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Eating Equals Energy and Oatmeal Cookies for Breakfast

When I first decided to run longer distances, 10 miles or more back in 2009, the thought of eating something before these early morning runs never occurred to me. After all, I had been going to the gym for years and running 5 miles a couple of hours before having any kind of food. I remember my first attempt at 12 miles on a stomach full of NOTHING. An epic failure. I was very careful working myself up to running that distance without getting injured although paid no attention to an equally important aspect of endurance which is nutrition. Now, [...]

By Joanne|2015-04-08T15:17:59-04:00April 8, 2015|Health and Nutrition|2 Comments

ReFresh, ReNew, ReFuel

I’ll be honest. I’ve never enjoyed drinking milk. The only time I have ever desired milk is when I’ve been sick and wanted warm milk and honey before going to bed. Cold milk? Not me! A year or so ago, I started reading about athletes getting into chocolate milk as the perfect drink for recovery after a tough workout. In fact, I heard about chocolate milk being healthy, nutritious, etc., etc., etc. a few years ago. It has taken me THAT long to give it a try. I picked up a small bottle of Fat Free Nesquik Chocolate milk. Since [...]

By Joanne|2012-08-17T15:40:24-04:00August 17, 2012|nutrition|4 Comments

Preparations

I would love to eat one of my HUGE Saturday morning omelets with heaps of hot cherry peppers, topped with Tabasco sauce. That would have followed my 8 – 10 mile run with Shane but no. No because I am running my first half marathon tomorrow and I am being extremely careful with the foods I put in my body. This obsession began on Monday but has reached painful proportions as of yesterday when I couldn’t have all the wine I wanted (I can only drink 2 glasses at the most, to be honest) and I felt guilty about having [...]