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Run Ride Eat and Sweet Salty Peanut Butter Cookies

The first year I ran a marathon, I couldn’t wait to take time off from running. After just completing my 7th marathon, I can’t seem to stop running. It has taken hold of me. I wish I could say I had this passion for running that surpassed all else. I don’t. My relationship with running is pure fitness motivated with obsession sprinkled in. It’s love-hate. I absolutely love how I feel after completing a long run. I absolutely hate how I feel when I get out of bed and have to motivate myself to lace up. But I do it [...]

By Joanne|2013-04-21T14:51:26-04:00April 21, 2013|cookies|3 Comments

Lean, Smart, Healthy and Sweet Potato Quinoa

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up”. -Steve Prefontaine" Based on the book “Mastering the Marathon”. Leaner is faster, lets just face it. But perspective is needed. We perform our best at our leanest, healthiest body weight which is only achieved through effective training and proper nutrition. VO2 max, the ability to process oxygen and convert it to energy, is improved by weight loss. Simply a power to weight ratio. This is harder to maintain as we get older but it doesn’t mean we have to put [...]

By Joanne|2013-01-22T17:02:53-05:00January 22, 2013|Vegetarian|3 Comments

Recovering in S.C and A Taste of Utica Italian Bread, Round 2

A mini vacay visiting Mum and Dad in Pawley's Island, S.C. It’s always beautiful here, even when it rains, which it’s NOT doing (more than I can say about Utica, NY!). We had a wonderful dinner at Bistro 217 Friday night while Ted was walking the dogs in Utica. I know this because he called me to complain. I miss you guys! My Saturday morning mid range run was met with mixed feelings. Half of me was looking forward to see how my legs have recovered since the marathon last weekend and half of me just wanted to stay in [...]

By Joanne|2012-09-22T16:34:28-04:00September 22, 2012|Bread, Taste of Utica|Comments Off

Yasso’s Yes? or No? and Ratatouille Pasta

This week’s speed work was 800 repeats or some would call them Yasso 800’s. The Yasso 800’s are for marathoners looking for a very specific time goal. A lot of folk do the Yasso repeats then a lot of folk say they don’t work. I incorporate them into my workout simply for variety. How to do the 800’s: First of all, the name "Yasso" is from Bart Yasso, a well known distance runner who popularized the workout. This is how to do a Yasso 800 workout: Convert your marathon goal time in hours and minutes to minutes/seconds. Example: If your [...]

By Joanne|2012-07-24T19:56:42-04:00July 24, 2012|Exercises, Quick Meals|3 Comments

Life After Boston and FOFF Spicy Sweet Potato Fries

The ups and downs after finishing a marathon. The feelings of elation because you crossed the finish line, the regret that you didn’t push harder. Then your mum and dad send you a gorgeous array of red roses and everything feels better. What is it about a rose? My favorite flower. Just perfect. Life after Boston should be time spent allowing your body to recover. In my case, there was little soreness which made it easy to jump right on my bike and begin getting ready for the NYC Bike Ride. The ride is 40 miles around the boroughs of [...]

By Joanne|2012-04-21T09:25:16-04:00April 21, 2012|Food thoughts, Fusion Food & Friends|5 Comments

Fort2Fort 2012 Recap

I get so excited about running a race or maybe it’s the opportunity to run with humans instead of the dogs. Bipeds make me try a little harder to meet goal pace. Come the morning of the race, my stomach does flip-flops. I scan the room filled with other runners and take note of all the women, wondering who runs at what pace and thinking to myself “I bet she’s a fast runner.” I get myself in a state where I just don’t want to run. I don’t want to run by myself either which is why I always go [...]

By Joanne|2012-04-07T15:36:28-04:00April 7, 2012|Races, Running|1 Comment