Lunch was salad with hummus and an open faced grilled cheese with an apple. I love carbs and cheese – whoever thought of this combination should be given some kind of nobel prize. I had a carb attack yesterday around 3pm and went straight for the sugary cereal. After munching on more than one cup I realized I was just…
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And by Half I mean Full…
Half Marathon Training Clarification : The mileage on my weekly long runs is actually the mileage I would run to train for a FULL MARATHON. My training program is almost treating the OC Half as a practice run for the full marathon. I am considering running the SD RnR May 31st, so I need to have a lot more miles…
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Half Mary Training
Here is my first draft of my half marathon training. I have not done any speed work in the past and this schedule requires a lot of it, so I am going to do the first week and gauge what I can do based on that. Like I said earlier, this program is pretty advanced for me, so if I…
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Relax
Yoga in the afternoon and wine at night while playing my favorite slot game make for the most relaxing evening. My yoga class was a level 1 and it was really good! Sometimes the Level1-2 classes are too challenging to be enjoyable. I can’t imagine how difficult the Level 2 classes are! After class I had some time to kill…
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Off to yoga
Hey, I am off to yoga right now so I just wanted to post some recap pics of lunch and snacks. I was very snacky this morning after I couldn’t get full from breakfast, apparently I need to read last nights post about snacking again! Here is a wordless recap… Today’s snacking – I’m gonna take some time to think…
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Road Run
I have a set little route I run on Wednesdays. It’s about 7.5 miles out and back and it’s great because there are only 3 lights (each way) for the entire time! But, the city (?) has been doing road/sidewalk construction for the last 2 weeks. There is no sidewalk on the other side of the very busy street so…
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Nomad Monica
I must have come from some kind of nomadic tribe because I cannot stop walking. Even though I ran this morning all I wanted to do when I got home from work was take a long walk. I think part of it clears my mind and I’m pretty stressed with wedding/life/work/etc right now, so it helps 🙂 I managed to…
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Stop "bodering" me & my Irish identity
My stomach hurt when I woke up this morning 🙁 I tried to stall my run as much as I could, but I couldn’t wait any more so I took off for an easy and slow 6 miles. Today was going to be a few 800m repeats, but there is no way my stomach was going to let me push…
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What'd you call me?
Dinner was Whore’s Plate. I don’t know if that’s really what it’s called, but my Cuban friend, Adriel, told me this. A while back I made this dish and he said that his grandma called it a “Whore’s Plate” in Spanish. It’s just rice with a fried egg on top – nothing fancy. He says they called it that because…
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