Marathon Recovery | Apple Crumbles

Raspberry Banana Creamy Yogurt Cake

This time last week I was celebrating a very enjoyable marathon victory. It wasn’t a personal best but it was one of my better runs by way of enjoyment, effort, and time. The weather was perfect for a run and I felt terrific upon finishing. I felt so good, I decided to run the annual Heart Run and Walk. It’s not a race but an organized run of multiple distances: 3 mile, 5 mile, 10 mile, and 18 mile. For the past 4 years, I have run the 18 mile as part of my Boston Marathon training. This year, since [...]

By Joanne|2015-03-08T17:00:51-04:00March 8, 2015|Baking, Running|2 Comments

Recovery and Asparagus Salad with Fried Eggs

After running the Tacoma City Marathon it was time for an extended recovery period. It’s tough because there is all this post marathon high left in the system. Yet the body needs a break after training for so many months over so many miles. The recovery period shouldn’t be lying on one’s back, wine glass in hand with a bag of veggie chips. *Notice I said veggie chips? Well when you eat enough of them, there is nothing healthy about it. A chip is a chip whether it be potato or beet. Active recovery helps expend excess energy while staying [...]

By Joanne|2014-05-11T14:55:27-04:00May 11, 2014|Quick Meals|6 Comments

Mini Taper and Tortilla Pie

I’m “mini tapering” for the Stockade-Athon on Sunday. It doesn’t seem right to taper at all since I’ve been taking it easy since October 3rd. I’ve been following Hal Higdon’s Post Marathon Recovery Schedule and week four says “Race”. Ok, but I’m not looking forward to it. It’s a 15K, 9.3 miles and I can’t expect to meet my last 15K time of 1:14. But the mind has begun to churn out goal times and planned methodology. I can’t help myself. It just might be a set up for major disappointment but there you go. The mind of the obsessed. [...]