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Weekend Meals + Mooooves

August 8, 2010 by Hillary 8 Comments

The exhaustion is setting in, and the to-do list is extending. How’s that for an ugly sentence? Must trek  on… but first, yesterday:

I woke up early to crank out a long training run. I ran with my running gals, Ali + Amy – we were moving! We covered roughly 9.5-10 miles in 88 minutes. It was refreshing to conquer the hills in the misty morning air.

I rushed home and cranked out a humongous waffle with this recent purchase from the local co-op bakery.

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Topped with the usual: banana, pecans, and real maple. [For the record, I ate half of a banana for running fuel, and only ~2/3 of the monster waffle.]

I cranked out a shower [well, not really… I don’t know how to take quick showers], and then jetted over to the computer doc for the final fix. My computer is working at light speed! Adding more memory [1GB –> 4GB] = a miracle!

There was no time to play with my like-new computer, as I had to rush to my last catering event of the summer. I was really surprised with how well my body held up after my long run and 6 hours on my feet – sweet!

Thankfully, I didn’t have to make myself dinner though. My mama had a beautiful meal ready when I walked through the door.

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Fun Noodles + Roasted Cherry Tomatoes + Sautéed Zucchini + Fresh Basil, Parm, and Pinenuts – so so wonderful!

Afterwards we splurged with Haagen Dazs Five Coffee Ice Cream with crumbled chocolate almond toffee on top. Life’s rough.

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Finally… today:

It was extremely damp outside [as seen below] when I woke at 8:30, so I didn’t rush to get on my bike gear. First, I leisurely enjoyed an oatmeal parfait.

  • 1 c. water
  • 1/3 c. thick-cut oats
  • 1/3 c. fresh blueberries
  • 1 T flax
  • raw walnuts
  • cinnamon + raw sugar

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After my morning eatin’ + readin’, I suited up, fastened my helmet, and my dad and I were off for our third and final ride of the summer.

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Mustard brings joy to a grey day.

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We stopped to let the chickens cross the road.

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White fluffy chick, you are precious.

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We also encountered a preschool of toddler cows.

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How sweet are you, #102.

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I don’t see why someone would want to eat you. Don’t worry, you’re safe with me.

We had a great, relaxing ride today. Nothing too intense, but it was sufficient cross-training to finish off training week #3.

  • Distance: 20.2 miles
  • Time: 1:38:14
  • Average Speed: 12.2mph
  • Top Speed: 24.5mph

 

Hours later, and this post is finally finished. Many breaks were taken as I fixed dinner + dessert for my parents tonight. Stay tuned for the recipes! Hope you had a healthy weekend. I’m off to fold my entire wardrobe + pack pack pack.

 xo Hillary

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bananas, Blueberries, Breakfast, North Coast Co-op, Oatmeal, Pasta, Salad, Waffles, Zucchini

Unmentionables

July 11, 2010 by Hillary 16 Comments

HI!

Hooray, I finally have time for bloggin’! I’ve worked my little big behind off the past four days, and it feels so so good to sit down and relax. I am working again tomorrow, but then I have a b.r.e.a.k.

Yesterday’s event was extremely longgg. I clocked in a total of 13 hours! The wedding was at a campground-ish area on the river, yet this was no casual wedding. The bride looked like a princess as she pulled up to the ceremony in a horse-drawn carriage. Setting up a reception for 300 people, prepping food for 300 people, serving food for 300 people, and then cleaning up after 300 [drunk] people is a lot of work, people. Overall, the event went well on our part. But… the bride was not too happy that her cake collapsed! [We were not responsible for this.] Shouldn’t the cake baker know better than to leave a 4-tiered cake sitting in the 90* heat!? I was terribly sad for the bride; that would be my worst wedding nightmare!

I have to admit, with little chance to blog this past week, I also avoided filling up my camera card with my eats. Think of it as a good thing though, because now I’m motivated to do my thing again…

Today’s brunch.

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Van’s + a perfect peach, pecans, unsweetened coconut, and drizzle of real maple.

 

Today’s dinner [apparently, only yellow & green were invited to the party].

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organic lettuces + arugula, fresh parsley, grilled tofu, avocado, cucumber, tomato, peppers, vinaigrette, salt and pepper

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steamed farmers’ market squash + basil chevre

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I’ve written a couple posts about running attire: 1) My First Running Skirt & 2) My Running Shoe Relationship; though, I’ve failed to mention the ‘unmentionables’.

As a top-heavy athlete, any generic sports bra will not do the job – no cute and colorful under garments for me : ( I need a bra with a lot of support, and unfortunately, most that do that are expensive [I’d rather suffer the price of a good bra, than suffer the physical pain] and not stylish. I can rarely find a racerback that does the trick. That is, until I came across Bounce, Title Nine’s extensive bra collection.

I decided for as much as I exercise, having more than 2 sufficient sports bras was necessary; I chose the Triple Threat Underwire.

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I can’t give it an honest review yet, as I haven’t given it a true test-run, but so far it fits great… and it’s not too terribly ugly. I have high hopes.

  • Do you have any favorite exercise ‘unmentionables’?
  • Do you splurge on any particular exercise items/attire?

I hope you all had a nice weekend and are ready for the week ahead. How is it almost mid-July!?

Toodles!

Hillary

Apparently, I didn’t properly link my most recent CL post, so here it is in case you missed it: Savvy Summer Snacking 101.

 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chevre, Coconut, Cypress Grove, Maple Syrup, Peaches, Pecans, Salad, Squash, Title Nine, Van's, Veggies, Waffles, Zucchini

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