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Peachy Keen

by Meghann on September 19, 2008

Happy Friday everyone! I hope everyone is as excited for the upcoming weekend as I am. Lately my weekends have been jammed pack, which is fine with me. I love being on the go all weekend, its so much better then sitting at my desk all week for work.

I also love the weekend, because it means longer time for running. Since I try to run before work during the week I usually only have about an hour and at my pace is usually no more then 5 miles. But on the weekend I get to step it up and see what distance I can reach before my body can’t take it anymore. I have two great long runs planned for Saturday and Sunday! They’re the last long runs I can fit in to my schedule before my 15k next weekend.

Here are my stats from this morning’s run:

Time: 54 min 23 secs

Distance: 5.24 miles

(I’ve decided not to include the calories burned estimates anymore, until I get an HRM I really don’t trust the stats they provide online)

 

This morning’s cereal creation was another experiment.

 

 

I decided to puree a peach in my food processor, before adding it to the cereal. It came out with the same mushy texture as my applesauce that I usually add on top. I combined the pureed peach with ½ cup of Kashi Go Lean, ¾ cup of Kashi Heart to Heart, and a handful of grapes. A great morning combo.

 

 

 

I really liked the idea of pureeing the peach before adding it to the cereal. It mixed so well and every piece of cereal had a little bit of peach attached to it. I think I’m going to experiment with pureeing more types of fruit before adding them to my cereal.

 

Countodown minus 8 hours until the weekend!

Does anyone have anything fun planned?

 

As I said above, my weekend outlook is pretty filled.

Friday – Laundry, Bloggers Dinner (!)

Saturday – Long run, Shopping!, Picking my Mommy up from the airport, Driving to my parents

Sunday – Long run, baking, family birthday party, back to o-town, grocery shopping, relaxing

 

 

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Another Fun Fruit

by Meghann on September 16, 2008

The best thing about running in the morning is getting to watch the sunrise almost every day. I love how the sky turns a beautiful orange and red. I get to watch the earth wake up around me and it makes getting up early so much more worth it.

 

Here are my stats from this morning’s run:

 

Distance: 4.73 miles

Time: 55min 26 sec (including a 3 min cool down walk)

Calories burned: 484 (this is according to MapMyRun.com so who knows how accurate this is)

 

I also wanted to add a little side note that every morning unless otherwise noted I have half of a Cliff Z-Bar before my run or any form of exercise I do. If there’s a change I will let you know. J

 

Today’s fun fruit is Guava.

 

 

I’ve had guava juice before, but can honestly say I’ve never ate an actual guava. When I saw these at the store I knew I had to try them. They were small so I decided to have 2 this morning.

 

 

They are a pretty shade of pink once you peel off the skin.

 

 

Again, with the seeds. These seeds were worse then the ones from the cactus pear yesterday. My one complaint with this fruit was the annoying seeds, it just made every bite a bit of a chewing struggle.

 

 

I added the cut up guava to a combination of Kashi Heart 2 Heart and Kashi Go Lean cereal.

 

I would say the guava was pretty good. I think I prefer it as a juice though. They really weren’t that much, if I saw them at the store again I would purchase a couple and probably make a kick ass guava smoothie… I just need a strainer for those damn seeds. J

 

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First Watch

September 14, 2008

I love Sundays. I know it’s the last day of the weekend, but for some reason I always feel more relaxed on Sundays then I do on Saturdays. So far, today has been a perfect Sunday. I woke up nice and early to meet Caitlin for our 8.0 mile run. Before my run I tried more »

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