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Food Clubs and Pasta in Red and White Sauce

First the $10.00 PETSMART gift card (or e-certificate) AND the $269.00 DRAWING. ENTER HERE. Good luck. Next, the workout…drum roll…TAPER WEEK! Began with a total upper body and ab workout: back, chest, shoulders, and abs. Arms were worked yesterday with legs, which are pretty sore today. Guess I didn’t go as light on my legs as I thought. Shane and I went for a 3 mile easy run to shake those legs out. It was 62 degrees and wasn’t raining. Perfect running weather. During tapering, the goal is to recover from any physical demands your hard training has put on [...]

By Joanne|2010-09-28T06:50:00-04:00September 28, 2010|Quick Meals, Running|11 Comments

Production Kitchen and Berry-Low Fat Upside Down Cake

Running/Exercise: After yesterdays Morning Glory experience, I needed a good workout. I ate SO MANY bun scraps and candy like raisins…UGG! My stomach stills flips at the thought. Legs and arms were worked for 55 minutes before running 4 miles at near race pace. This week is taper week before the marathon on Sunday. Weight workouts will be light and I’ll run through Friday. The longest run shouldn’t exceed 5 or 6 miles with two days of strides. The Production Kitchen Sunday morning, my kitchen was turned into a production kitchen WITHOUT the production equipment. What a mess. This all [...]