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Long Jog and Pickled Beets with Tagatose

This weekend was our anniversary. 13 years! It hasn’t gone well. This and that and the other…you know. Naturally falling in line with all other things upsetting, my running suffered. My mind wasn’t in it so every step, every foot fall, felt like a bowling bowl dragging me back. Saturday: A 90 minute run. Ran with Ted and the dogs then finished the last 40 minutes alone. My mind was heavy with bad thoughts and upsetting things. I was just happy to finish. In spite of everything, I looked forward to Sunday’s long run. 20 miles. Taking it easy and [...]

By Joanne|2013-07-28T13:40:12-04:00July 28, 2013|Salads|2 Comments

Strong Bones and Beet, Fennel, Asian Pear Salad with Chickpeas

If you swim, have you noticed a slight soreness in your shoulders, back, maybe your legs, after doing laps in the pool? That’s water resistance. I naively assumed swimming was an upper body exercise. This email from SparkPeople opened my eyes to benefits for the other end of the bod: “…a recent study from Israel's Wingate Institute in Netanya indicates that women who frequently swim laps have greater leg bone mass than women who don't swim at all. Action Sparked: While weight-bearing exercises are the best way to strengthen your bones, swimming is another option, especially for obese exercisers who [...]

By Joanne|2011-10-10T20:06:47-04:00October 10, 2011|Salads|Comments Off

Beet Chips and Carrot Strings

A week of struggling to get out of bed. Burned out. Winter blues. Call it what you will, it was really tough getting out of bed and into the gym this week. All workout plans were completed, no let downs there. It was just a struggle during the first part of the week. Hate that! BUT… this is what happened today (Thursday)… Got up to do my 30 min. Elliptical + 30 min. weights + 3 mile run with Shane. I took this as an experiment instead of my usual all natural fruit energizer: Everlast E-Drenaline. I was a bit [...]