Weekend Recap (02.01.2009)

This weekend was great. I accomplished a ton of household stuff. The most exciting thing was that I finally bought a new dishwasher. Mine has been out of commission for at least 5 months and I hate washing dishes. Cant wait for it to get here on Friday!

Workouts

Friday: Key Running Workout #2 (2 mile warm-up, 3 mile tempo, 1 mile cool down)

Saturday: Day Off

Sunday: 10 mile easy run. (start and finish at my parents house)

I feel so good to have finished a 10 miler today. I haven't run that long since the Harrisburg Marathon back on November 9th. It was a tough course with a ton of rolling, country hills.

At one point, I became agitated because we passed the turn to go back and went on a long out and back that I wasn't expecting. Plus there were more hills. I got through, but definitely had something to say about it. oopsie. We'll call it my runner's low. The high came when we were finally done!

Food

Its not everything I ate, but the best stuff is highlighted below.

Saturday Oatmeal. Oatmeal, skim milk, blueberries, white chocolate and peanut butter chips, almond butter, agave nectar.Saturday Carb Load. We took a trip over to DiPasquales in Highlandtown to get some stuff for our carb load dinner. It is a great italian market, deli, restaurant. Roasted Red Pepper Ravioli. Spicy tomato sauce. Fresh Baked Italian Bread. Good Olive Oil. Mini Packet of Nutella.Orangina.Dinner was the ravioli with spicy sauce and fresh parm. The pasta was incredible and HUGE. I could only eat three ravioli.Grilled garlic bread.Italian Bread w/ nutella. An amazing combo. Can you see Oscar begging in the background?Sunday Pre-Run Oatmeal. Oatmeal, skim milk, bananas, white chocolate chips, agave nectar, almond butter, a peanut somehow slipped in.Sunday Post-Run Brunch. Since the run began at my parents house, my mom ran a 3-miler and then came back to put together this awesome spread! The freshest, sweetest strawberries. Oranges. Muffins. Toasted Fruit & Nut Bagels with whipped cream cheese. Coffee. Juice. (not pictured)

Sunday Superbowl Dinner. Grilled Steak, Mashed Parsnip, Mushroom/Shallot/Garlic/Red Wine/Rosemary sauce, Roasted Fingerling Sweet Potatoes.It was Deeeeelish. A little Woop Woop Shiraz to wash it all down.Found the fingerling sweet potatoes at Trader Joes. Love that place. How good was the Superbowl halftime show?! Bruce was AWESOME.

Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!