Big Daddy Diesel !!!
Yay for BDD! I know the RoadID will get tons of use when you start your IM training! Woohoo!
Send me an email and I'll get you the info. for the gift certificate!
I hope you all have a great weekend! :)
December 10, 2010
RoadID Winner!!
There were 83 comments for the RoadID giveaway! Based on Random.org, the winner of the RoadID gift certificate is.......
December 8, 2010
Blahness and being sick!
So, I think I figured out why I was feeling so "blah" last week. I'm pretty sure it was my body's way of preparing me for what was to come this week. It started with a fuzzy feeling in my head, then quickly progressed to a pretty nasty head cold. I was praying that it would stop there, but no, it has now traveled down into my chest. I am miserable. I hate being sick. So, running is out again this week. Starting my winter tri maintenance plan this week is out too. Ugh!
I'm hunkered down surrounded by this (I think I've gone through 2 boxes already!):
And drinking this:
While eating these: "Feeling sorry for myself healthy brownies" [HERE]
What? Doesn't eating brownies help with chest colds? :) It's interesting that when I originally posted the recipe for those brownies, it was January, and I had bronchitis, which started as a head cold! So, I am praying that I do not get bronchitis again!! I basically have 5 1/2weeks until the PF Chang's marathon and I do not want to be sidelined for weeks! I'm already freaking out about what I'm going to do training wise when this cold goes away!
P.S. Don't forget to enter my RoadID giveaway! The contest ends tomorrow!!!
I'm hunkered down surrounded by this (I think I've gone through 2 boxes already!):
And drinking this:
While eating these: "Feeling sorry for myself healthy brownies" [HERE]
What? Doesn't eating brownies help with chest colds? :) It's interesting that when I originally posted the recipe for those brownies, it was January, and I had bronchitis, which started as a head cold! So, I am praying that I do not get bronchitis again!! I basically have 5 1/2weeks until the PF Chang's marathon and I do not want to be sidelined for weeks! I'm already freaking out about what I'm going to do training wise when this cold goes away!
P.S. Don't forget to enter my RoadID giveaway! The contest ends tomorrow!!!
December 7, 2010
RoadID Giveaway!
RoadID Giveaway!!
Do you like my Christmas color theme? Yes, I'm a dork! :)
For those of you that read my last post, you know that I won an awesome Outside PR gift bucket from Tall Mom on the Run! One of the items in the bucket was a RoadID gift certificate. My husband and I took advantage of the sale RoadID was having at the beginning of the month and we both ended up getting a wrist ID. Since we don't really need two IDs, I contacted Scott at Outside PR and asked him if I could "pay it forward" and give the RoadID gift certificate away! Needless to say, he said, "Yes!" So, one lucky reader will be able to get a RoadID for themselves, or give one as an awesome Christmas gift! :)
Because the last day to order a RoadID and get it by Christmas is Dec. 14th, this will be a fast giveaway. The contest will end on Thursday, Dec. 9th, and I will announce the winner Friday.
Here's how to win!
Please leave a SEPARATE comment for each entry! :)
1. Be a follower of my blog, or if you already are let me know! :)
2. Go to RoadID [HERE] and tell me what you would get if you won.
4. Enter RoadID's Holiday Giveaway [HERE] by following on Facebook or twitter.
FOR AN EXTRA ENTRY!!
5. Donate $5 (or more) to a RoadID supported charity [HERE] and let me know what charity you donated to.
Good luck everyone!!! :)
Do you like my Christmas color theme? Yes, I'm a dork! :)
For those of you that read my last post, you know that I won an awesome Outside PR gift bucket from Tall Mom on the Run! One of the items in the bucket was a RoadID gift certificate. My husband and I took advantage of the sale RoadID was having at the beginning of the month and we both ended up getting a wrist ID. Since we don't really need two IDs, I contacted Scott at Outside PR and asked him if I could "pay it forward" and give the RoadID gift certificate away! Needless to say, he said, "Yes!" So, one lucky reader will be able to get a RoadID for themselves, or give one as an awesome Christmas gift! :)
Because the last day to order a RoadID and get it by Christmas is Dec. 14th, this will be a fast giveaway. The contest will end on Thursday, Dec. 9th, and I will announce the winner Friday.
Here's how to win!
Please leave a SEPARATE comment for each entry! :)
1. Be a follower of my blog, or if you already are let me know! :)
2. Go to RoadID [HERE] and tell me what you would get if you won.
FOR AN EXTRA ENTRY!!
5. Donate $5 (or more) to a RoadID supported charity [HERE] and let me know what charity you donated to.
Good luck everyone!!! :)
December 3, 2010
A week in review and other things too
Training:
* Training for this week can pretty much be summed up by one word: BLAH! Ever since my 18miler turned 14miler last weekend, I have just been in a weird funk. I don't know what it is, but it needs to stop NOW! I guess it didn't help that my husband was sick with a 24hr. stomach bug and my youngest is having night terrors. The lack of sleep is definitely playing a toll.
* I missed my yoga class this week too...:(
* I downloaded a winter tri maintenance plan from beginnertriathlete.com and am thinking about starting it up in the next 2 weeks. This might sound crazy, but I think my blahness (not a real word, but it should be!) is because I'm tired of JUST running. I miss riding my bike and swimming. It may sound crazy, but I actually like looking at my calendar and seeing a nice mix of swims, bike rides, and runs to do! I'm not sure how it will play into my marathon training, but I guess I'll find out pretty soon.
Other things too:
*Trish at My Path to Travel left me a comment directing me to this site and I thought I'd pass it along: http://ironbandmusic.com/emails/120110.htm. I'm sure you all know the story of Jon "Blazeman" Blias. Well, music and triathlon recently came together to raise more money for the Blazeman Foundation to fight the war on ALS. All you have to do is go to iTunes, buy the tunes, and 100% of the proceeds will go to help fight ALS. Pretty cool huh?
Here are links from iTunes:
*Blazeman Band - Ironman Blazeman [HERE]
*Ironband - Please, Please, Santa [HERE]
You can also check out this video [HERE] of the "Iron Blazeman" song video featuring some great musicians and pros. I have to admit it was pretty crazy to see Chrissy Wellington and Matty Reed singing. :)
* I won an Outside PR bucket full of goodies from Tall Mom on the Run and it came in the mail today! All I can say is WOW! There were so many cool things in the bucket! Check out all the goodies!
I am so excited to try these things out!
Oh, and I have some good news! One of the items you see in the picture will be featured in a special giveaway! Details coming soon! Woohoo! :)
* So, Hammer nutrition [HERE] is having an awesome sale right now. All of their fuel and supplements are 20% off from now until Dec. 17th. My husband and I love Hammer gel, so we decided to take advantage of their awesome prices and stock up. Well, our order arrived today and I was shocked to find tons of extra things inside!
Hammer rocks! The boxes and big gel container is what we ordered, everything else were free goodies! I have been reading a lot of great things about Perpetuem and Heed, so I am really excited about trying them out in my training. Plus, now that IMAZ is right around the corner (well, really 11 months away..he he), I need to figure out what my nutrition will be come race day (yes, I am already stressing about it!).
* Is it really already Dec. 3rd??? That is crazy! That means we only have 22 days until Christmas! Wow! I think we're going to get our Christmas tree this weekend. Yay!
I hope you all have a great weekend! :)
* Training for this week can pretty much be summed up by one word: BLAH! Ever since my 18miler turned 14miler last weekend, I have just been in a weird funk. I don't know what it is, but it needs to stop NOW! I guess it didn't help that my husband was sick with a 24hr. stomach bug and my youngest is having night terrors. The lack of sleep is definitely playing a toll.
* I missed my yoga class this week too...:(
* I downloaded a winter tri maintenance plan from beginnertriathlete.com and am thinking about starting it up in the next 2 weeks. This might sound crazy, but I think my blahness (not a real word, but it should be!) is because I'm tired of JUST running. I miss riding my bike and swimming. It may sound crazy, but I actually like looking at my calendar and seeing a nice mix of swims, bike rides, and runs to do! I'm not sure how it will play into my marathon training, but I guess I'll find out pretty soon.
Other things too:
*Trish at My Path to Travel left me a comment directing me to this site and I thought I'd pass it along: http://ironbandmusic.com/emails/120110.htm. I'm sure you all know the story of Jon "Blazeman" Blias. Well, music and triathlon recently came together to raise more money for the Blazeman Foundation to fight the war on ALS. All you have to do is go to iTunes, buy the tunes, and 100% of the proceeds will go to help fight ALS. Pretty cool huh?
Here are links from iTunes:
*Blazeman Band - Ironman Blazeman [HERE]
*Ironband - Please, Please, Santa [HERE]
You can also check out this video [HERE] of the "Iron Blazeman" song video featuring some great musicians and pros. I have to admit it was pretty crazy to see Chrissy Wellington and Matty Reed singing. :)
Oh, and I have some good news! One of the items you see in the picture will be featured in a special giveaway! Details coming soon! Woohoo! :)
* So, Hammer nutrition [HERE] is having an awesome sale right now. All of their fuel and supplements are 20% off from now until Dec. 17th. My husband and I love Hammer gel, so we decided to take advantage of their awesome prices and stock up. Well, our order arrived today and I was shocked to find tons of extra things inside!
Hammer rocks! The boxes and big gel container is what we ordered, everything else were free goodies! I have been reading a lot of great things about Perpetuem and Heed, so I am really excited about trying them out in my training. Plus, now that IMAZ is right around the corner (well, really 11 months away..he he), I need to figure out what my nutrition will be come race day (yes, I am already stressing about it!).
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I hope you all have a great weekend! :)
December 1, 2010
Humpastry Day - Cranberry Muffins
Cranberry Muffins
I had half a bag of fresh cranberries left over from Thanksgiving just starring at me every time I opened the refrigerator. I hate waisting food, so I thought about making more of my cranberry sauce extraordinaire that I made for Thanksgiving, but then I realized that I could probably use them in some type of Humpastry day recipe! Now, I'm not a huge fan of fresh cranberries because they always seem to be a little too bitter to me, but I wanted to try them out in muffins. I wasn't sure how this recipe would end up, but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised! Although the cranberries were still a little bitter, the rest of the ingredients complemented them nicely and made for a pretty good muffin!
Ingredients:
This batter made a lot of muffins! I filled up my 12 big muffin tins, but still had tons of batter left over, so I made 20 mini muffins. I figured my boys would get a kick out of the mini muffins! :)
* 1/2C unsweetened applesauce
* 1/2C white sugar
* 1/2C brown sugar
* 2 flax eggs (2Tbl. ground flax mixed with 6Tbl. warm water)
* 1tsp. vanilla extract
* 1C vanilla yogurt (you can also use sour cream or plan yogurt)
* 1/4C orange juice
* 1C all-purpose flour
* 1C whole wheat flour
* 1tsp. baking powder
* 1/2tsp. baking soda
* 1/2tsp. cinnamon
* 1/4tsp. nutmeg
* 1/4tsp. salt
* 1 1/2C chopped fresh or frozen cranberries (I just cut the cranberries in half)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and lightly grease a muffin tin **Note: I used muffin liners and the muffins totally stuck to the paper! Ugh...total FAIL! So, for this recipe, I would suggest lightly greasing the tin.
2. Prepare flax eggs and set aside
3. In a mixing bowl, mix together the sugar and applesauce.
4. Add the vanilla extract and flax eggs and mix well.
5. Fold in the yogurt.
6. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Gradually add the mixture into the wet mixture until just combined.
7. Fold in the cranberries.
8. Fill the muffin tins 2/3rds full of batter.
9. Bake in the oven for 15-20minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
10. Let cool in the muffin tins for a couple of minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
11. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
This batter made a lot of muffins! I filled up my 12 big muffin tins, but still had tons of batter left over, so I made 20 mini muffins. I figured my boys would get a kick out of the mini muffins! :)
* 1/2C white sugar
* 1/2C brown sugar
* 2 flax eggs (2Tbl. ground flax mixed with 6Tbl. warm water)
* 1tsp. vanilla extract
* 1C vanilla yogurt (you can also use sour cream or plan yogurt)
* 1/4C orange juice
* 1C all-purpose flour
* 1C whole wheat flour
* 1tsp. baking powder
* 1/2tsp. baking soda
* 1/2tsp. cinnamon
* 1/4tsp. nutmeg
* 1/4tsp. salt
* 1 1/2C chopped fresh or frozen cranberries (I just cut the cranberries in half)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and lightly grease a muffin tin **Note: I used muffin liners and the muffins totally stuck to the paper! Ugh...total FAIL! So, for this recipe, I would suggest lightly greasing the tin.
2. Prepare flax eggs and set aside
3. In a mixing bowl, mix together the sugar and applesauce.
4. Add the vanilla extract and flax eggs and mix well.
5. Fold in the yogurt.
6. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Gradually add the mixture into the wet mixture until just combined.
7. Fold in the cranberries.
8. Fill the muffin tins 2/3rds full of batter.
9. Bake in the oven for 15-20minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
10. Let cool in the muffin tins for a couple of minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
11. Enjoy!
November 28, 2010
Time, Tired, and T-shirts
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Marathon training is in full effect in our house these days. With my husband and I both needing to do our long runs on the weekends, we've had to figure out a schedule so that we can both get our runs done, then still have a good part of the day together with our boys. So far, we've been able to make it work. Mother Nature has been pretty good to us this fall and we've had some awesome running weather. But, we'll see how it goes when the snow comes and the temps start to drop only giving us a certain number of hours during the day to run. Brrr...I don't even want to think about it yet!
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I think marathon training this 2nd time around is starting to take a toll on my body. I don't know what it is lately, but my body is just tired. I've felt it coming on the last couple of weeks, and this weekend was pretty much the tipping point. I was supposed to do an 18 mile run. I started off feeling good, but around mile 11, my legs just started feeling a little heavy. I just wasn't feeling it, so instead of pushing myself to do 7 more miles, I stopped at 14. Maybe I should have pushed through and done the total distance, but I just really didn't have the motivation to do it. I finished my run and seriously felt like I had altitude sickness. I was kind of loopy and felt like I could just fall asleep right then and there. What is up with that? I think I'm going to go easy on myself this week and hopefully I'll get my mojo back by the weekend.
T-shirts:
I thought I'd take this time to talk about a really cool site called Family Fan Club (HERE). Here's some information from their site about what they're all about:
FamilyFanClub is a small, privately owned company that creates and sells original endurance and multisport designs on quality apparel and gift items through the internet and race expos. We strive to deliver fun, creative products that celebrate support of athletic and fitness accomplishment.If you take a look at their site, they have some really cool designs for a variety of sports, including triathlons. One of their designs is what was used for the "Cheap Gear" button on the right side of my blog. What I like about the site is that you can pick a design or personalize it according to the race or event you're doing or for someone you're supporting. How cool is that? Another cool thing, is that they just added the ability to print on performance wicking 100% polyester tech shirts! Woohoo for tech shirts!
Oh, and as a side, I think it's hilarious that they have LOST shirts. If you are one of my original followers, you know that I was majorly obsessed with the show LOST. Ha ha!
Anyways, I am seriously thinking about making a shirt for me, my sister, and my husband for the PF Chang's marathon! How fun would that be to wear the shirts during the marathon!?! Or maybe I'll leave a hint for my husband to make cute shirts for my boys to wear during Ironman Arizona!?! :)
Have any of you ever gotten a shirt made for a special event you did or one you were a spectator at? I just think it's such a fun idea!
Anyways, I hope you all had a great weekend! Thank you all so much for the awesome comments you wrote on my IMAZ post. I loved reading through all of them and am so excited to be going through this crazy IM adventure with so many of you this year! :)
November 25, 2010
Being Thankful
On this Thanksgiving day, there is so much that I am thankful for. So much that it would probably take a novel for me to write everything that I'm thankful for. So, for today, I thought I'd show some of the things I'm thankful for with pictures!
My husband: He is my support, my friend, and my love.
My boys: They are my everything
My health: I "get" to swim, bike, run, hike, do yoga, etc.. I know there are many people out there that are not able to do these things, so I am very thankful for what my body is able to do.
My parents: My parents are just amazing. I love them dearly.
Family: I am also thankful for my sisters, my sister/brother-n-law, and my in laws. They are amazing people that have hearts of gold.
Friends: Specifically, my blogger friends. I cannot express how much I appreciate all of your comments and encouragement. I never imagined this blogging thing would take on such a big part of my life. I love reading your blogs and have learned so much from each and every one of you. So, for all you do, thank you. :)
I hope that on this Thanksgiving day, you are all surrounded by those you love. Have a wonderful day!
My boys: They are my everything
My health: I "get" to swim, bike, run, hike, do yoga, etc.. I know there are many people out there that are not able to do these things, so I am very thankful for what my body is able to do.
My parents: My parents are just amazing. I love them dearly.
Family: I am also thankful for my sisters, my sister/brother-n-law, and my in laws. They are amazing people that have hearts of gold.
Friends: Specifically, my blogger friends. I cannot express how much I appreciate all of your comments and encouragement. I never imagined this blogging thing would take on such a big part of my life. I love reading your blogs and have learned so much from each and every one of you. So, for all you do, thank you. :)
I hope that on this Thanksgiving day, you are all surrounded by those you love. Have a wonderful day!
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