Welcome to the second Mexican Meatless Monday! You guys know I love easy recipes and this is another one of my classics 🙂 Tonight for dinner I made Easy Black Bean Soup (see I even added easy in the name). The soup only requires four ingredients plus chips and cheese for topping. Ingredients: can of refried black beans, vegetable broth,…
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2010 Disney Marathon Recap
I’m still alive, but not feeling great. Let me start at the beginning though… The day before the race we drove from the Sarasota area to Orlando for the expo. Ben’s brother Jon was our driver 🙂 We were all shocked at how cold it was! Jon didn’t even pack pants! The expo wasn’t amazing considering the size of the…
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The miracle is that I had the courage to start
“The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.” – John Bingham I kept telling myself this today during the run since all the odds were against me on this one. After a very hard training season, I couldn’t get to sleep last night because I suddenly felt super sick. I even had…
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Off to Orlando
I am off to Orlando today! I’m a little stressed because Ben’s brother is taking us and were..waiting for him to get here… I made overnight one hour oats as soon as I woke up this morning (overnight oat recipe, but just waited an hour to eat it). I wanted to make sure I got in some good fuel and…
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Marathon Jokes
In an effort to keep the mood light (despite my anxiety about it), I’ve decided to share some marathon humor. Someecards always comes through for me… Funny shirt ideas: “This seemed like a good idea – three months ago!” “26.2?! I thought it was 2.62!” “Running is cheaper than therapy.” “I’m not slow, I’m just enjoying the course!” “This sport…
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Disposable Running Gear
Today I hit up the Goodwill for some disposable running gear. I know it’s going to be super cold at the start of the race, but I get hot fast once I’m running. So, I don’t want to wear extra clothes once I am warm. I went to the Goodwill in search of a sweatshirt I can wear to the…
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It’s Tempting
It’s tempting. And I’m not talking about this cake and ice cream I had after dinner ( so tempting that I couldn’t resist)… What’s tempting is to make a goal of pacing myself faster than is realistic. It’s tempting to hope that some how, some way I’ll be able to beat my first marathon time. But, I shouldn’t. Marathons are…
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Eating out…again
I’ve eaten out the last three meals! I know that’s what happens when you travel, but we normally eat at Ben’s parents most of the time when we visit. On our way to Ben’s sister’s place I ate some all of these cherries. If cherries were illegal I would be in and out of jail my entire life. Addiction. For…
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Intuitive Eating and Healthiest Thing on the Menu
I used to almost always order the healthiest thing on the menu. I would never go into a restaurant and read the menu looking for what I really wanted. Nope. I would always scan it just looking for my healthy options (read healthy as: low calorie). But, so often I would eat my “healthy” choice then go back home and…
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