Food & Exercise Log

Breakfast One mug of organic coffee with organic skim milk and Peppermint Mocha Coffee Mate, which probably cancels out all of the organic.  One trick I have learned with flavored Coffee Mate is to first use nonfat milk to cool the coffee and dilute it a bit.  By using milk first, you eliminate the need [...]

Running Through The Snow

Here are some very high quality cell phone pictures from the first mile or two of my snowy six mile run on Saturday.  It was lovely.  And cold.  And also a little windy at times when I hit the clearings that separate the large patches of woods.  I frequently found myself with two choices, especially [...]

‘Twas a lovely morning.

My four mile run this morning was lovely (pardon the thumb). <3 Again, my pre-run snack (small banana) and running outfit worked out nicely.  It was about 45-50 degrees F.  Afterward I did a long, thorough stretch and felt really refreshed.  I usually have a delicious strawberry recovery shake (I do like some supplemental shake [...]

Two-And-A-Half Workouts

For dinner last night I made this easy mushroom sauce and it turned out fabulously. (Her pic, not mine.  I was too hungry to stop for pics!) Next time I’d add a little less white wine simply because D prefers less but the sauce was delicious.  I served it over whole wheat egg noodles with [...]

New Threads + CSA

I’ve been in need of cold-weather running gear so I went to TJ Maxx on Saturday to see what I could find.  I scored four items for less than $45: a pair of tights, two long-sleeved performance shirts for layering, and a cute Adidas women’s running hat.  Apologies for the picture quality. Seamless, footless tights [...]