Gourmet Runner

Lately I've been in the habit of writing a blog post at the end of the day, but last night I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Reasons: a) I did nothing interesting yesterday. Nothing . I ate leftovers, ran 3 miles on the treadmill, and worked. Stop the presses! Most exciting day ever! b) I spent the hours before I climbed into bed (at, um...9 pm) snuggling with my babies. I just couldn't tear myself away from the little guys! Right now it's noon on Saturday, and it's already been more exciting that yesterday. Another early morning wake up call so I could meet with the running group at 6. Some new additions to the people I met on Thursday, which was really nice. Believe it or not, I can be pretty shy around new people, so today was big for me because I was chatting away. I ran about 11 with the group, walked a bit with them, and then took off for 4 on my own. I finished up with 15 miles in 2:25, or about a 9:39 pace. The final four were at 9:09 or bel...

Oh my gosh, not those melons. These melons: Last night dessert was a massive bowl of cut up watermelon and cantaloupe. Leave it to me to really remember how much I love summer fruit on the first day of fall. Genius. P.S. Yep, this is what I wear when we have people for dinner. Pure class. I promise I made an awesome dinner, but um...we had people over. And I was busy getting everything together and forgot to take pictures. BOO. I made some baked chicken tenders, a mix of roasted potatoes (plain and sweet) and some broccoli. So good, and since hubby got thirds of the chicken I think it's safe to say I will add it to the ol' dinner rotation. And now to pick your brains about running and racing. I am running a 4-miler tomorrow morning. There are NOT a lot of races in my area, so this is really exciting and only 15 minutes from home. BUT I also have a 20 mile run on the agenda tomorrow. What's a girl to do? Here was my thought: Warm-up: 1 mile Race: 4 miles Eat, st...