Run Eat Repeat

Earlier today I was on a mission for pancakes. When I get a craving I cannot move on with my life until I satisfy it! By the time I got home and showered it was 1pm so I had to find 1.) a place that was still serving breakfast and 2.) a fellow mid-day pancake date. I ended up at…
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This morning I had a 13 miler on the schedule, but ended up doing 12. It was hot, I was mad, I’m okay with 12. Before I left I had some iced coffee and toast with Almond Butter and banana. This is pretty much my “go-to” pre-run fuel every time. I used to be all about Clif bars and got…
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Agua Frescas is Spanish for “Fresh Water”. It is a sweet drink of water, fresh fruit juice, sugar and fresh fruit. They come in many different flavors but the most popular are Watermelon, Strawberry or Horchata. There are a lot of places you can get agua fresca around here – they sell them at super markets, restaurants, swap meets, outside…
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Hello and Happy Friday! I am so happy I made it through this week 🙂 I had four really super long days, but I only have to do that for two more weeks and hopefully we’ll be in our condo and able to eliminate the 2+ hour commute in August. Today is 5K Friday – did you run a solo…
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I made the mistake of eating mostly carbs for the whole day 🙁 By 6pm I was super hungry and crabby. Too many carbs make me crabby because my blood sugar just keeps going up and down all day and I’m never satisfied. My choices were healthy, but they were balanced – and that’s where I went wrong. Breakfast –…
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It’s been a long time since Ben and I were on a cross country drive. More specifically, it has been a year. A year ago today Ben and I were in Yellowstone National Park. You can read the recap here. It’s also been a long time since I’ve binged – well, it was a long time previous to today. The…
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How do you describe your eating style or food philosophy? I find that I am often in situations where it’s obvious that I eat differently from the people around me and I say different things depending on my mood. Today I am “Eccentric” 🙂 My response was greeted with a smile and it was a non-issue. Smooth sailing that time!…
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When I was a kid nothing less than an “A” or 100% would be acceptable. I was a hard worker and I took pride in everything I did.  I feel like But now I’m performing at 60% and I have been letting that be okay. I have been settling for satisfactory lately. My running, my eating, my life/organization – all…
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