Hello!! How are you doing? Happy May! I love when a month starts on a Monday – it’s like a super new fresh start. I’m setting some May goals to help me get back on track with running faster and eating healthier. Oh, and I really need to organize a few things on the business and home categories. We’ll talk May goals below.
First – I’m super excited that I randomly spotted weighted gloves at Marshall’s yesterday! I’ve wanted weighted gloves for the longest time.
I have wrist weights but those don’t stay in place so it’s hard to do anything with them on. I’ll let you know how I use these and if I like them soon!
Vegas has claimed this empty shelf container thing as his new favorite place to leave fur. Thanks cat.
What to do when you have a DESSERT EMERGENCY:
And last night I had a 9-1-1 emergency need for dessert. NEED. But I didn’t have anything dessert-y at home. I was about to call the authorities when I realized I had a box of chocolate cake mix.
Did I bake a whole cake for myself??
Well, I’m not opposed to that but I didn’t because I knew that:
A.) it’d take too long
B.) I’d eat the entire thing within 19 hours
So what is a girl who needs cake to do??
I made a mini-cake in the microwave! Usually a ‘mug cake’ like this is a healthier version of cake but this was just a single sized version.
I mixed a few Tb. of cake mix, 1 egg and a little bit of melted coconut oil (I would have used PB but I was out). Then, I put it in a bowl sprayed with non-stick spray. Microwave for 1 minute. It was done in 1 minute, but if the bowl was deeper it might have taken longer.
Also – I covered it with my microwave vent thing so it stayed moist. (Yeah, I had to use that word even though it’s pretty well know that 99.8% of people hate it.) Plus the egg was more than what was needed for that amount of cake mix but I went with it.
In other eating news…
I have to mention the amazing lunch I had at Lucques on the blog trip with Bosch. It was another delicious meal that went above and beyond my expectations.
We started with warm bread, almonds and olives. And prosecco. Surprisingly, I don’t drink during the day 98.6% of the time. It’s just not my jam. So I turn down alcohol before 5:15pm. But I cannot turn down champagne or prosecco – I just physically cannot.
The salad had a ‘soft egg’ on it. This made my entire life better. And chicken paillard for the main course (we had options).
I went with the chocolate crème tart of dessert. It was magical.
I don’t even know how I’m going to go back to burnt grilled cheese or whatever the hell else I usually eat! That’s the problem with being exposed to the fancy life – it opens your eyes to all these new amazing things.
BEST Run Eat and Repeat blog post from April 2017
Best RUN
Oh, this was the easiest choice of my life. No contest.
The Boston Marathon was the best run of the month and of the entire year so far.
Best EAT
Hmmm. I’m going to go with the dessert from dinner with Curtis Stone. He actually didn’t make the dessert – he has a pastry chef who made it. But it still wins.
Best post I’d like to REPEAT
The big debate on walking breaks while running was put to rest in this interview with Jeff Galloway. I liked everyone chiming in who has tried it too!
My Crunchy PB Dip recipe was a big hit. Try it if you haven’t!
Might have to bust out this Egg White Taco Recipe for Cinco de Mayo this week.
And my tips on prepping your house if you friend has cat allergies made me happy (to guilt Cindy into coming over).
May Goals:
Clean out email – once that’s done I’ll add another organization goal but this takes priority.
Write marathon training plan on calendar and stick to it
Brush teeth after dinner – even if I end up eating something else I shouldn’t give up on trying.
Olivia Murphy says
Nice post it really sounds good after reading your april, may goal but I am late here as april and may are gone this year but I really like your post. Keep sharing I am new here but will be happy to read your next post.
Angela @ Gym Clothes says
Hi,
My May goal is to wake up early morning and going for jogging.
Brushing my teeth thrice a day
And doing shopping this month for my mom
Pippa says
My May goals are to:
1. Run my first comeback race after breaking my ankle in December
2. Actually do yoga
3. Kick ass at my new job!
x
Allison says
I’ll be interested to hear about how your experience with the weighted gloves goes. Honey bought me ALL the running gear for Christmas including wrist weights. While he knocked it out of the park generally I returned the weights since that sounded like zero fun to me. I’ll be checking back to see if I was wrong…
Lynn says
Goals for May: Include speed work. Until now, all I’ve done is steady pace, with some hills involved. I’m not training for a race right now, but I’ll probably sit down and create a training schedule anyway, just so I don’t regress too far.
Melisa says
FWIW, I would suggest not to use weighted gloves when walking or running. They can lead to knee problems.
Meesh says
Holy heck all of that food looks DELICIOUS!!!!
Nathaly @NathyCure says
That dessert looks amazing. And I knew Boston Marathon would be the best run when I starting reading this post.
My main MAY goal is to just run, run, run and run. Need to rebuild my weekly base mileage.
Sally @ sweat out the small stuff says
I’m planning to attend a yoga class each week. Last night was my first ever class and I loved it!
I also hope to be able to run again this month. Been injured since mid March and not 100 percent yet.
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says
May goal for me is to sleep earlier! I have such a bad habit of going to bed at 5am! (I know)
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Juliette | Namastay Traveling says
Ohhh that dinner looks amazing! My May goal..which has actually been my goal for every month this year but hasn’t gone as planned is to cut back on sugar. Specifically, no extra sugar M-F, and reasonable stuff on the weekends. Getting to the point where I depend on it. Wish me luck!
Barbara Szendrey says
May Goals…
train train train
for the Marine Corps Marathon – my first marathon (haven’t ran a half either)
Run Eat Repeat says
Good luck!! I ran MCM it was awesome!!! Great great race. You’ll rock it.
Barbara Szendrey says
Thanks!
mallory @ boston runner says
i don’t like drinking during the day either, i just want to take a nap after
may goals…
-beat my half marathon pr (1:35)
-drink less wine during the week!
-stress about work less (my impending vacay should help this!)
have a great evening!