Catching up

I really meant to write this post sooner! Had another "race" this past weekend, a 3K, and after running the 5K first, this wasn't as big a deal. It actually felt good. After the first mile anyway. Why is the first mile such a beast?!

Obviously, it was a St. Paddy's Day event. Check out my new Brooks! Very lightweight and felt great on the run.  The rest of the day was spent drinking way too much beer and Irish spirits. Very stupid. Makes for a rough Sunday. Anyway.....

Now have a training plan in place for an upcoming 8K. What the hell am I thinking? It's an event sponsored by my church, so I figure I should give them my race money. Don't know if I can actually run the whole thing, but I will finish one way or another. And I'll have a cool pint glass to show for it. Yeah, my church is cool like that.

I ran 3.5 miles yesterday, while is the longest I've ever run at one time, so that felt pretty amazing. Tomorrow will be 2miles, then 4 miles on Friday or Saturday. Scary.

I've been scouring lots of gluten free vegan blogs lately looking for new thoughts/ideas. Still want to try gluten free baking again but am overwhelmed by the thought. I did want to address the question that I still get asked all the time, especially now that I'm GF: "What DO you eat?!" This drives me crazy! It's almost as bad as "Where do you get your protein" and "Where do you get your calcium"?  So, here is a very short list of all the foods I can think of off the top of my head that I can eat whenever the heck I want!

Almond milk (or soy, hemp, coconut, rice or oat), any and all nut butters, any and all legumes (lentils, pinto, kidney, black, white, garbanzo), potatoes, greens (spinach, chard, kale), any fruit (bananas, oranges, apples, blueberries, strawberries, cherries, grapes, kiwi), any vegetable, brown rice, quinoa, tofu, olives, pickles, any fermented foods, hummus, rice crackers, GF potato chips and tortilla chips, avacado, salsa, homemade pizza, pancakes, cornbread, coleslaw, gegan ice cream & cookies, sushi, juices and smoothies, CHOCOLATE RICE CHEX CEREAL!!!!!! Who could even get all that in one day?! I could add more, but I'll shut up for now.......

Since it's late for me, going to end with a recommendation for the book I'm reading at this moment and loving.

If you like the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, you will love this! Check it out. Gonna go read some right now........

Peace