Hello and welcome to Friday! I woke up thinking it was Sunday and I was late for the race, so I am extra happy it’s only Friday 🙂
I did an easy 5K to get my legs moving and some ab work. I definitely want to work on strengthening my abs because I get majorly poor form when I’m fatigued during a run. But, that is another post for another day.
After my run I made breakfast whilst g-chatting with Glenn Jones, who is running the LB Half. Glenn, I hope we finally meet in person at some point! Perhaps on a trail run? Hint, hint.
Simple stuff: english muffin with AB and banana and pumpkin butter. Sprinkling of chia seeds because I enjoy picking them out of my teeth for the rest of the day. It’s funny because it’s true.
And yogurt because a bigger breakfast is better :) 
Seriously kids, since bulking up my meals I feel so not “food obsessed” like I used to be most of the time.
If you are always thinking about food – eat more during meals and snacks. Then, go on and live your life 🙂
Question: Who is racing this weekend?
Any other grand plans?
I’ll be on the lookout for you Monica! And I’ll warn you before the next Trailheadz run.
GOod luck!
I raced this morning. I did a 15K.
Not racing this weekend, but I’ve got a half-marathon over Halloween weekend. Starting to get pumped about it!
I’m about to go bulk up – thanks for the reminder. My cheese omelet just didn’t quite cut it. Good luck with the race
Monica – good luck with the run sunday. Your hours of training, jars of nut butter, and sense of humor will surely get you through it (I could go on but then that would reveal that ive been reading the blog for too long :). Can’t wait for the marathon update.
Running my first MARATHON in two hours – OMG! Have a great race!
My hubby and I are running the Half in LB – if we see you, I’ll cheer you on!! Good luck!
Thanks for the tip about bulking up meals. I feel pretty food-obsessed sometimes and feel like I’m always planning what I am going to eat next. I’m going to try to do this more.
I love your advice about “bulking it up”…so true!
This is soooooo soooo very true. I use to think about food 99% of the time whenever I was eating hardly anything in my meals. Or when I was eating all fat free, sugar free, chemically full things. Now, I can eat 3 solid meals a day and go four 5-6 hours before I even start to think about food.
I just said this the other day, “I’ve never met a single person on a diet who wasn’t hungry all the time.”
Love the IE advice!
Monica good luck Sunday – I hope you have a great race!!
I have met and run Glenn, he is a great guy! Yes you must come out and trail run with us, so much fun you will love it. I am not running right now since I am hugely pregnant but hope to be back at it asap. We run with http://www.socaltrailheadz.org you should come out to their next new member run, great group, beautiful trails and oh so much fun. ; )
Good luck with your race! 😀
My weekend highlight will be carving a pumpkin with my best friend (and roasting those pumpkin seeds!).
I love chia seeds 🙂
Good luck this weekend!
Good Luck!! I’m doing Nike women’s full on sunday.
Ahh good luck Sunday! Ill be racing along with you, just on the other coast! You’ll do awesome 🙂
Seriously though! I don’t know if it’s becuase I’m eating more carbs or running less, but food has not been the first thing on my mind for the first time in MONTHS. Loving it!
I’ll be doing the Susan G. Komen race tomorrow!
Good luck this weekend! Can’t wait to read about how much ass you kicked.
I’m running a 5K this weekend to support a friend who recently lost a crapton of weight.
I am running a 5 k tomorrow!
Good luck with your race this weekend – can’t wait to read the recap!
Ditto to the chia seeds, I love how they gel up!
Good luck in your race, I am running the Baltimore Relay tomorrow!
Couldn’t agree more! If you aren’t satiated after a meal, add something to bulk it up. Oatmeal hasn’t been doing to trick to keep me full like it used to – now I’ll eat a scrambled egg or 2 with some salsa in addition to the oats and it gets me to lunch. I actually learned this while traveling and it’s helped me, like you said, to not obsess about food during the day.
Good luck on your race this weekend!! No races for me, but I am going to a concert at House of Blues on Saturday night! So that should be fun! 🙂
I hate how the chia seeds stick in your teeth and get all gelatinous. It grosses me out.
Good luck at your race this weekend! I’ll be thinking about you. No races for me this weekend, but the Army 10 Miler is next week.
Good luck this weekend!!!! I know you’ll do awesome!!