Started my day with 13.1 miles. It was rough! I wanted to stop at mile 8.
I only ate half a banana and a bite of Ben’s pancake and sausage breakfast before leaving. Not sure if my body wanted my usual PB toast or what but I hit a wall and ended my run earlier than planned. At least I got 13 miles in – I have a half marathon next weekend and another half the weekend after that so I just wanted to make sure I’m up to the challenge!!
It’s weird, when I run 15 miles or more I’m not really hungry after (I think all the stress scares my body into thinking I’m being chased by a lion). But, after a 13 miler or less I usually build up an appetite and came back HUNGRY.
Breakfast fit for a queen runner – Toast, omelet stuffed with salsa topped with avocado, turkey sausage and a scoop of sunflower seed butter for dessert.
A little while later I was still hungry, but knew I just needed my food to settle. I finally asked Ben to peel the pomegranate for a snack. I talked him through the underwater de-seeding method and I think it changed his life 
Seriously. He LOVED the method and taking big handfuls of the arils. He said I should buy them all the time and he’d take care of opening them. Score!
Around 1pm my mom and dad dropped off my little brother so they could spend the day wine tasting. Matt and Ben hit up the movies while I went shopping.
I need to find a dress for Ben’s work Christmas party. I actually liked both of the dresses I tried on, but I didn’t love them so I passed. I kind of want something green or red for the holiday too. The search continues…
I also hit up Whole Foods for some hot bar action, but all the good stuff was gone. 
We saw Max the Lab on the way home – apparently he has a Facebook page as advertised on the back of this truck!
It was after 4pm at this point and the boys hadn’t had lunch so we stopped and grabbed a $5 Little Caesar’s pizza. Yeah, it wasn’t very good. Get what you pay for. 
Remember how I bought a whole turkey on Wednesday?!
Well, Ben heard on NPR that Julie Child would make it Spatchcock style – that is when you cut out the backbone and spread it out. He butchered the bird, I just stood there looking horrified and bossing <- my specialty. 
We had to cut it completely apart because we don’t have a pan big enough to spread it out. It’s in the over now – I’ll let you know how it goes!
Question: How’s it going with you?
That Turkey you showcase in your photo, those we also get here in South Africa since last year. Bought one last year and it was the best. Buying it again this year for Christmas 🙂
NOOOOOO!!!!! You lose so much juice and flavor by doing the under water pomegranate method!!
Cut it in half. With the handle of a wooden spoon hit the outside of the fruit and the seeds will fall out into the bowl and all those wonderful juices remain.
The arils don’t pop doing it this way – is that the juice you mean?
That pomegranate looks amazing! I’m always looking for new healthy snacks to try! I hope your turkey turns out well!
I just bought a POM deseeder at the store and it’s the best 2.50 I ever spent. It’s just a plastic ring, but it completely demolishes the pom and leaves you with all of the wonderful seeds, sans huge mess or danger of loosing a finger.
Oooh, pretty new shoes! Which Brooks did you go for? I’ve been eyeing the Pure Flow 2’s and Pure Cadence 2’s (currently in the 1st Pure Flows) and can’t wait for them to hit the shelves here for me to try.
Thanks for the great tip on the pomegranates! Was never really sure the best way to tackle those and they always look so good in the supermarket.
I did the same thing with a pomegranate this thanksgiving too; Whit brought some from a farmer he knows and they were bigger than softballs! They were huge!
Ay girl I need to do more than 2 miles at a time. Love that you just did 13.1. 🙂
Love reading your blog. I’m thankful that you & SR totally plug each other. I love that!!
Have a great day!
Good job on the turkey, hope it turned out well! When my husband buys a whole bird from the butcher he always has them butterfly it like that and he puts it on the bbq, so yummy!!!
There must be someone in the air…I wanted to do 14 or 15 miles this morning and ended up doing almost 13. My hands were so cold that I couldn’t move my fingers, so I stopped at a gas station and the kid inside was nice enough to let me use his cell phone to call my husband to come pick me up! I felt like a big loser but was so cold I didn’t even care at that point!
Something, not someone! I hate when the iPad finishes words for you!
Ugh, Little Caesar’s pizzas are so bad! My boyfriend used to live next to one and go all the time, and I could never understand how. cardboard!
I agree. Truly awful! Blech.
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I’m much further behind you in the 13.1+ mile runs than you, so I’m still figuring out how my body responds to said runs. So far, I’ve run in 3 half marathons, and therefore only really trained for that distance three times. I’ve learned how to properly fuel during the run, and that if I eat much of anything beforehand I get sick. Afterwards I’ve mostly been…thirsty! My first half was not so good and I got quite sick, so I couldn’t keep anything down for almost five hours afterwards. This past run was much better – I ate hotel lobby waffles and a bagel…a little protein in the form of PB.
Is that a Garmin 405? Are you happy with it?
Trying to decide which modl to get!
It’s the 410 – I like it but don’t love it.
It’s the first sunny morning here in the south of England for a few days so, little does my currently snoozing boyfriend know he’s soon going to be woken up and forced down to the seaside for a long walk. He he! Apart from that, Sunday jobs like ironing and hanging pictures to do.
You had me at cock- oh wait.
How’s it going with me? I ran for 45 minutes today- the longest since Surf City. I don’t understand why, or how, but I’m gonna go with it.
Nice! Are you going to do Surf City again? I just got an email and am debating…
My daughter taught me that pomegranate method. She’s pretty smart of a preteen. 😉
I’m always hungry the day after a run, no matter the distance.
I wish I was part of your family, you guys do a lot of fun stuff. And I am sure I could get invited over for some turkey 😉
The turkey was dry or I’d totally invite you over 🙂
Only 13.1, ahhh maybe some day!!
I bet that turkey will be great! We have a lot of pomegranates around here that people don’t even pick so we tend to help ourselves 😉 I just spied a full bush yesterday when I was out running. I use that underwater method too, although I just pick out what floats to the top and hold them down while I dump the water. Works great 🙂
I’ve been in marathon training mode and noticed the same thing about hunger. If I run more than 14, I’m not hungry or just don’t find anything appealing. Last weekend I ran a half marathon and couldn’t stop eating for the rest of the day. Thanks for the pomegranate tip too!
I need to try that underwater pom seed removal method. I saw it the other day and thought it sounded smart and less shirt staining!
What a great way to start off the day! I am never hungry the day of a 13miler..but the 2/3 days afterwards, I go crazy and feel like absolutely nothing will satisfy how hungry I get!