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April 27th, 2012

Drink Chia review and giveaway

I mentioned before that I’ve been experimenting with chia and have come across some awesome recipes lately that I’m excited to try, like the ones in this post at the fitness dish.

In the process of searching, I came across a new (to me) product: Drink Chia. These are light and refreshing fruit juice-like blends [...]

February 22nd, 2012

Tomato poached eggs

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I’m still feeling good after Sunday’s race, and have been able to ease back into my normal routine with a recovery spin on Monday and a easy run yesterday in place of speed work.

I would love some training feedback: I’m debating how to handle this Saturday’s long run, as the following Saturday is a [...]

January 29th, 2012

1) Long Run: What a gorgeous day for a run yesterday! Sunny and 60′s here… I must say, living in Texas is growing on me. It was one of the first runs in a long time that I felt really strong the whole way through, and wanted to keep going. I ran 12 miles [...]

January 20th, 2012

Cross training challenge and looking ahead

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Thanks to Kim’s New 2 U Cross Training Challenge, I’m determined (and excited) to try some new things this year. I’m most curious about some of the unique classes at our gym, with intimidating names like “Chiseled,” “Cardio Sculpt” and “Ripped.” I’ve backed off my running this week to recover from Sunday’s race, so I [...]

January 18th, 2012

Race recovery and baking fail

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Besides having little left in the tank after my half, the second sign that I under-trained a bit was how sore my quads were on Monday! The good news is my shins feel fine.

I took it easy on Monday and Tuesday, with just a few short walks to and from the playground with L. [...]