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Why Do I Run and Apple Twigs

As I tried to get to sleep at 11:15 pm, tossing and not being successful at getting into a comfortable position, thoughts began spewing from my mind. One such thought was why I run or more specifically, why do I run races? I ask myself that question over and over again and couldn’t/can’t come up with a satisfactory answer. My initial response was I like it…No, no you don’t like it. At the beginning of every race your stomach is in your throat, it’s the only time you perspire in nervous anticipation and, lets face it, the body hurts sometimes [...]

By Joanne|2012-09-23T09:46:48-04:00September 23, 2012|Baking, Running|9 Comments

Getting Through It and Morning Fruit

It was a rainy morning. The alarm went off and I got up, went through the ritual of brushing teeth, putting on workout clothes and tying back hair, then I went downstairs and laid on the sofa to listen to the rain. I fell asleep. When the kitchen light went on, because Ted was getting ready to workout, I went back upstairs, got under the comforter and fell asleep once again while listening to the rain. I love listening to the rain but never allow myself time to stay in bed and enjoy it. This morning I did. There were [...]

By Joanne|2011-08-16T18:51:20-04:00August 16, 2011|Life|2 Comments

Friendly Support and A Berry Good Breakfast

Ted and I kicked off the long weekend with a wonderful glass of Kendell-Jackson Chardonnay The wine was given to me, just a couple of weeks ago, by my running friend Jim. We held the Utica Road Runners membership meeting at my house and Jim said every host gets a bottle of wine. I was thrilled because, well… you all KNOW how I love my wine! Speaking of Jim, lets all wish him luck as he runs Boston’s Run to Remember this Memorial Day weekend. Good Luck JIM! - Anyone else running this race? As for earlier this week, we [...]

By Joanne|2011-05-27T20:39:13-04:00May 27, 2011|Breakfast ideas|6 Comments

Living Ageless with Food

Well, I did it again …. I’m signed up for the Philadelphia Marathon on November 20th, 2011. Why? Because if I want a better marathon time, I have to keep entering marathons. So here we go again but more on that later. For now, here is a lengthy write up about nutritional benefits of certain foods. LIVING AGELESS When we were on vacation, I picked up a copy of Natural Awakenings Magazine (S.W.FL). It offered a good article on page 46 “Foods for Ageless Beauty: Nourishing Skin from Inside and Out”. It’s inspiring to know that the foods we love [...]

By Joanne|2011-05-24T17:54:43-04:00May 24, 2011|Health and Nutrition|8 Comments

Road Food

NOTE: Please excuse the format ...for some reason and AGAIN!!!! Windows live writer isn't working and WORDPRESS won't format correctly....sorry!!!! :( First morning waking up in South Carolina. Even though we went to bed at 12 AM after visiting a bit with Mum and Dad after our arrival at 10 pm, Shane and I were up at 6:20 to go for a 4 mile run around Heritage Plantation. It was 46 degrees, a bit wet from last nights rain, but perfect running weather. Apart from an older gent who had LOUD GAS (he was picking up his newspaper and didn’t know [...]

By Joanne|2009-12-31T18:31:47-05:00December 31, 2009|Breakfast ideas, Food, Food thoughts, healthy cooking, Quick Meals, Running|1 Comment

Fruit Technology

What fruit do you have in your house? We have fresh pineapple: Pineapple Grill Relish 1/2 a medium pineapple, peeled, cored, chopped 1/2 a Red Sweet Bell pepper, chopped 2 TBS fresh parsley 2 TBS Lime Juice 1 green onion, sliced 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped fine. 1/4 tsp cardamom Mix all the above in a bowl. Serve with grilled chicken or pork. Nutrition values for 2, 3” slices of fresh pineapple: calories: 60 protein: 1.0 g carbs: 16.0 g fat: .5 g Chol: 0 sodium: 10.0 mgs figer: 1.0 g There is at least one grapefruit always on [...]

By Joanne|2009-10-27T15:54:07-04:00October 27, 2009|Food, healthy cooking, Quick Meals|1 Comment