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Baked Banana Pie

Finishing this weeks weight workout with back and shoulders. It was a good workout for 40 minutes. Nothing terrific on the Food Network. There was Road Tasted with the Neeley’s. I just can’t get into that show but it was too early for today’s news so I suffered. It’s another travelling and eating show and I’ve just about had my fill of those. I didn’t start with a warm up because I wanted to taper somewhat for Sunday’s run. It was 70 degrees early this morning and didn’t feel quite so muggy outside when Shane and I took off for [...]

By Joanne|2010-07-08T16:24:42-04:00July 8, 2010|Food thoughts, Quick Meals|14 Comments

The Canal Classic Bike Ride

Last week, I received a notice about a Sunday morning bike ride called the Canal Classic, a pre-race ride for all cycling racers. I posted a message to the MVBC group asking if “C” riders could do the ride. The response was impressive. Most everyone said “You should do the ride. There are a few challenging hills, but it’s a great ride and CHUCK is buying all the ladies ice cream”. Sounded good to me, the ice cream that is. Here is the link on mapmyride. Don’t under estimate a 6% incline. HOLY MOLY those hills are endless. Before I [...]

By Joanne|2010-07-05T09:43:15-04:00July 5, 2010|Cycling, Running|11 Comments

Baby Showers, Graduation Cakes, and Testing

Test results for Running Coach certification: I PASSED! YAY! I hate tests and I’m a crappy test taker. But the result on this particular test was a passing grade with FLYING COLORS. Ted and I took Shane for a long walk Sunday morning and decided to skip our morning bike ride this week. Ted had shoulder aches and pains and I was hurting from low back to my toes. We’ll shoot for a Monday night ride, if it’s not raining. Monday workout: treadmill time in order to evaluate the foot pain situation. Was it still sore? Was it going to [...]

By Joanne|2010-06-28T06:23:34-04:00June 28, 2010|Life, Running|15 Comments