Sunday, March 8, 2009

Family Emergency

by Meghann on March 8, 2009

Hi everyone.  It’s Caitlin.  As you may have already heard via Jenna,  Meghann and I had to ditch the Britney Spears concert and RUSH back to Orlando.  Meghann’s lovely sister, Kelly, was hit by a car this evening while riding her bicycle.  Luckily, she was wearing her helmet.  Her prognosis looks OK right now.

 

Meghann is with her family on the east coast of Florida and doesn’t know when she’ll be back to Orlando.  But, she’ll resume blogging upon her return.

 

I know Meghann and Kelly would appreciate your support, so please keep Kelly in your prayers and thoughts.

 

This is a friendly reminder to ALWAYS WEAR YOUR HELMET — no excuses!

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Poolside Blogging

by Meghann on March 8, 2009

Happy Sunday Blog World!

I am happy to report that it is another beautiful day in Central Florida, and please don’t hate but I may or may not be blogging pool side. ;)

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It is just too beautiful of a day to stay inside. And come on does this pool not look mouth watering refreshing to you?

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And check out the view of our little pond that I am currently enjoying.

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Alright, alright.. I will stop rubbing it in! It’s just so refreshing to finally have some spring like weather. My Siter is even at the beach today, which I would be right there beside her, but It’s not possible with the Britney Spears concert tonight so I will just have to catch some rays poolside for an hour or so instead.

Because of the time change and the late night I am expecting tonight I decided to sleep in a little this morning. So instead my normal 7:00am wake up call I went with 8:00.. which would have been 7:00 normal time anyways so I’m not sure how much you would call that sleeping in. Oh well.

I also mixed up the routine by eat breakfast first and then exercising. I pulled out an Aunt Jemia Whole Wheat Waffle mix I had yet to try and made Strawberry Waffles.

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I followed the directions on the box and just added some chopped strawberries to the mix. When the waffles were done I heated up a chopped apple with cinnamon and Sugar free Syrup.

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Oh how I love morning waffles. THis mix worked great, though I did miss the more heartier waffle the Hodgen Mills mix provides.

I had planned today to try my first Brick or when you go straight from biking to running. I started out by biking 10 miles on Blue. I did the 10 miles quickly (well quick to me) and transitioned to running gear at my car. In the transition had 4 of these Power Bar Gels.

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THey weren’t bad, just really chewy.

THen I took off on a 4 mile run. THis was my first attempt at doing a brick and I was expecting an odd sensation in my legs and thats what I got. It was almost as if my legs had forgot to run. I also felt as if I was going soo slow, when in actuallity I was keeping a decent 9:30 pace. Around mile 2 my legs remembered to run again and everything was back to normal.

Does anyone have any advice for this transition in the Tri next week? I have plans to practice it a few more times this week.

When I returned home I was starving even though it was only technically 11:30. I just ignored the clock and made a nice big lunch.

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I made a Pita Pizza with Spicy Tomato Basil Sauce, Swiss Cheese, Roasted Red Peppers, Banana Pepers, Broccoli and Cauliflower.

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Pita Pizzas are so easy to make I just popped it in the oven at 400 degrees until the cheese was melty and everything was heated through.

I also had a beautiful salad on the side. The salad was a bed of Spinach topped with Grapes, Granola, Tomato, Cucumber, Mixed Sprouts and an Orange Poppyseed Dressing.

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It was a great lunch and now I am just chilaxing poolside.

I will not enough time to post tonight since we will be getting home so plate, but expect a full recap tomorrow of mine and Caitlin’s Britney Spears concert experience!!!! Soo excited! Now I just need to decide what to wear?!?!?

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