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Running Masochist and Orange Shrimp and Broccoli

I sure hope that title doesn’t get me a lot of mail that freaks me out. It doesn’t take much. The following quote made me wonder, are marathon runners and ultra runners masochists? – or maybe we just like control in any form we can get it? By Derek Clayton in “The Masters of the Marathon” I don’t think you can become an outstanding runner unless you get a certain amount of enjoyment out of the suffering. You have to enjoy absorbing it, controlling it and – ultimately- overcoming it. What’s going on at AppleCrumbles that is making us happy? [...]

By Joanne|2011-03-29T17:21:01-04:00March 30, 2011|Quick Meals|5 Comments

EEK! I need a cupcake

This morning as I went into the gym and got on the Elliptical Trainer, I saw “something” scurry around the corner. “OH NO!” I gasped. I left the Elliptical and peeked around the wall. Nothing. I continued looking into the corner and out he came. “HOW AM I GOING TO CATCH HIM? I CAN’T STOMP HIM! IT WOULD MAKE A MESS AND I DON’T WANT TO KILL HIM.” These were my thoughts… way too early for me to speak out loud, besides, there was no one to hear me. I didn’t have to worry about catching him nor making a mess since the mouse [...]