Happy Thursday!
Last night I went to a top secret meeting at Skinny Runner’s house. It was extremely important so we got all dressed up…
We’ve been planning this meeting for weeks to discuss the result of the election and the implications it has on our future children’s lives. I also suggested we start a petition to let GMOs marry non-GMOs but SR vetoed it.
That, or we just hung out and drank wine with Katie 
SR put out a nice spread for the event…
But, since I thought she subsisted on pickles alone I brought a Subway sandwich to eat. I offered to share, but no one wanted any since I got jalapenos on it. I’m spicy.
I also brought along those FSTG Chocolate Chips I got in the mail yesterday. The chocolate flavor is very mild and would go great with a kind of salty/sweet cheese like the cranberry stilton I bought this weekend.
We stayed talking way too late until Marni finally put her paw down and kicked me out. She may look cute, but she means business.
This morning I woke up and tested out my new Brooks Utopia Thermal Hoodie. I am not a fan of the color, but it’s super comfortable and fits well!
I am like a lizard and can’t regulate my body temperature very well. I get warm fast on runs but if I’m not running I’m freezing outside. So, I think this hoodie is still a little too warm for running in Southern California right now, but it’s perfect for walking.
I get a lot of questions asking about cold weather running and cold weather gear. I know it’s hard to get up and out when it’s freezing outside, but having the right gear helps! This hoodie is designed to be worn on runs in 40 degree weather or below. I love that about the Brooks line of running gear – they give you specific temperature ranges so you know the right amount of coverage! 
It’s important to keep your extremities warm in cold weather running so thumb holes really help too! You can slip your gloves on over this if needed.
Brooks recently shared a few very cool “Run Happy Moments in History” and asked me and the other Run Happy Ambassadors to share theirs. I said my new Long Beach Marathon PR was my Run Happy Moment! (They asked before I ran Santa Barbara, but I still think LB is my fave.)
YOU can play too! If you want to share your favorite Run Happy moment check out this Brooks Running page to submit yours and you might be featured on their Facebook page!
Question: Chocolate Chips? Love it or hate it?
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i had to go look up what a gmo is. dont tell anyone.
thanks for coming over, my friend!
Very cute hoody! Love Brooks’ tshirts and hoody’s.
Chocolate chips (the ones for baking) – love! Chocolate Chips – no thanks!
Cute hoodie. It’s so hard to dress this time of year, I start out freezing on my run but then warm up and usually end up tying my jacket around my waist.
I love chocolate chips. And I love your run happy moment, that was a great PR. Congratulations!
I like that hoodie! If you don’t want it, I’ll take it. I’m always cold on my runs.
hahahah
You don’t like that color? I think it’s so cute! Girly without being too loud.
I am going to have to Google GMO too…….chocolate chips = YES! Sometimes I like to mix chocolate chips with goldfish crackers or cheezits for a really unhealthy snack.
The color is really cute on you, and I love the thumb holes. That is now a requirement when I buy a running jacket.
LOVE chocolate mini chips…I think the color looks good with the orange hair personally. And the coat is cute.
Yea, plus one on the googling “GMO”…my adult ADD is in full swing these days, can barely stay focussed enough to google something. Would for sure try chocolate chips…I see them being a “take it to the face” with any nut butter, yum!
How can you not like purple? Best color ever, everyone should agree!
Love the hoodie. I’d need one of those plus a sweatshirt for my morning runs. It’s cold here! It took me 3 hours to warm up after running yesterday.
I have the Brooks Utopia thermal pants and LOVE them! I also got the hoodie this year but have yet to try it, I am also quite reptilian when it comes to body temps.
As for chocolate chips? YES PLEASE AND THANK YOU!
LOVE, especially when they are mixed with peanut butter.
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I want that jacket in Black! I almost bought it a week ago but heard of a sale this weekend where I plan to buy it!
Love the hoodie! Thumb holes are a huge plus!
Why don’t you like the color?? It looks great on you!
Thanks! I’m just not a big purple girl.
Sounds….interesting. I’m with you on the body temp thing, I just can’t get it right. I like the vest idea (middle pic). I live in Santa Clarita so it’s cool on my AM runs, but I always feel weird running in a tank top around all these people in jackets and pants!
I actually love that purple hoodie colour. You look great!
Chocolate chip – yes, yes!
Chocolate chips? Love! As long as there’s the word chocolate in it, I will love it.
The Brooks top is cute. I am in WI, so we are already down in the 30′s and am already layering up on my runs!
Love it. Definitely love it!
i love chocolate covered potato chips, best of both worlds!
I am the same way right now. Shivering when I walk and dripping sweat when I run, it is an attractive look.
I have never had chocolate chips, but I have yet to discover chocolate I don’t like!
Oooh….love the hoodie! and the color, actually. Feel free to send on to Boston anything that’s too warm for California!!!!!
I wish I could hang out with you and SR! Those chocolate chips look amazing! I like that running guide-I always mess up what to wear when I run outside!
Just because I am a food nerd who writes about this stuff: GMOs can already mate and reproduce with non-GMOs and that is why people are so angry about it. To not legalize this would be discrimination against GMOs. But do they deserve a non-discriminatory place in our society? That is the question…
Believe it or not, I am not a chocolate fan so I would pass on the chocolate chips. Down with sugar, Bring on the salt!
I am obsessed with that brand of chips but the chocolate is definitely my least favorite flavor. And I love chocolate.
Definitely do a GMO post! It’s an important issue that doesn’t get enough attention, and everyone in within the healthy living blog community should know about it.
Here’s another blogger who has really championed the issue: (it’s very political, heads up)
http://foodbabe.com/2012/09/26/the-united-state-of-gmos-keeping-us-in-the-dark/
And a more mainstream source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/business/california-bid-to-label-genetically-modified-crops.html?_r=0
Oooh! Thanks for sharing – I’m going to read these
I love that color! And I think it’s very flattering on you with your hair/skin tone.
FYI this jacket is on sale at REI for $77 off of $110! I adore it and probably need it in both of these colors…
http://www.rei.com/product/836642/brooks-utopia-thermal-hoodie-ii-womens
Choc chip cookies! FTW!
You B. I’ve wanted that hoodie for so long but I’m too cheap to buy it. Send it to me, Iowa is cold.
You look nice in that color! Definitely a keeper.
This is kind of random but I was wondering if you did any strength training or other cardio besides running. I am a runner and I’m just trying to find a happy medium with cross training, running is hard on my knees.
Yeah, I try to do strength training 2x a week. I fell out of the routine a bit in October but am getting back to it now. I only run 5 days a week max (some weeks 4).
Why did you bring your sandwich instead of eating it at home before or after?
I hadn’t eaten dinner yet and we were just doing snacks at her house, so I picked it up on the way over.
I love the hoodie and I love how you and SR are friends, I wished I lived closer because I would crash every single outing
You would totally be welcome to crash