Daily Archives: May 23, 2011

Miscellaneous Monday

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While it may technically be summer break, I still managed to find a pile of snow lingering around!

Today is my father-in-law’s birthday!

My in-laws: Steve & Kelly

We celebrated last night with dinner at our place.

(Ha, ha! Craig’s cutie patootie got in the picture!)

On the menu:

White Bean Dip with Food Should Taste Good Multigrain chips

Everyone enjoyed the dip. It could have had a little less garlic though.

Kristin posted a recipe for this Asian Noodle Salad the other week, and I knew I would be trying it soon!!

Oh my goodness gracious!! This was ahh-mazing—so, so, so, good!

Everyone was raving about how delicious and flavorful it was! We all loved the fresh ingredients it had!

You must make it now!!

Fresh fruit: something you can never go wrong with!

Watermelon

This was a must because ever since my father-in-law was little, he got watermelon on his birthday.

(Locals: I got this at Costco, but it wasn’t that sweet.)

Dessert: French Silk Pie

Absolutely divine!! Creamy, chocolately, and absolutely amazing!!

Recipe can be found here.

Time to serve it up!

Muahahaha!!

Today has been filled with miscellaneous activities:

- blog posting

- lunch with Craig

- a little shopping

And a much-needed eye brow wax.

I went to The Beauty Room based off a recommendation.

Overall, I had a good experience. My appointment did start 15 minutes late, which was kind of annoying, but the gal was apologetic for running behind.

A relaxing night is in store for me—something I don’t get to do when I am working!!

Let Summer Vacation Begin!

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Today is the first weekday of summer vacation and not having to wake up to an alarm was glorious!

Of course I slept in until a whopping 6:30 a.m., but hey, that’s a whole hour later than when I got up for school!

I got my Monday morning started with a run! My marathon is quickly approaching, so no time for slacking!

I prefer running on an empty (or nearly empty) stomach, so I just had 3 Clif Shot Bloks before leaving. (There are 6 bloks in the package.)

I decided to do a tempo run today. I chose an “out and back” route and ran out “easy” (at my normal pace) and then came back “hard.”

Distance: 9 miles

4.5 miles – 38 minutes (8:30 minutes/mile)

4.5 miles – 35 minutes (7:30 minutes/ mile)

Time: 1:13

Outtake #1

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Breakfast was a delicious bowl of oatmeal and iced coffee.

My standard bowl of oatmeal with banana, peanut butter, and granola on top.

If I have hot oatmeal, I want iced coffee! (And if I am having overnight (cold) oatmeal, I want hot coffee.)

A recap of my runs for May 16 – 22

Monday: 6 miles

Tuesday: 5 miles

Wednesday: 5 miles

Thursday: 7 miles

Friday: 4 miles + 30 minutes of weight lifting

Saturday: 12 miles + 90 minutes of yoga

Sunday: rest

Total: 39 miles

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Time for a shower and some normal clothes. Yeah! No more athletic clothes.