lest you think this will be all running, all the time, let me start by saying my first CSA pickup is today! yay! so look forward to photos and food and scramble to eat everything, starting tonight.
and now back to running. ha! y’all know that I get kind of into stuff and totally obsess about it. the only difference here is that I actually HAVE to train, because I don’t want to embarrass myself in front of my co-workers. I mean, they handled the dance party and the arm wrestling ok, but will they handle the red face alright? or will they only be able to handle it if I am also a decent runner? what if I’m so slow everyone in the race finishes before me? I don’t want to be the last one.
* side note: michelle suggested the perfect karinajean triathalon: dance party, arm wrestling, and 10K. who wants to sign up? *
anyway, I’ve been running a lot. and talking about it all the time. and thinking about it all the time. I just bought new support undergarments specially designed for a woman of my… um. talents. I bought fancy new socks. I bought some running shorts, but what I’m really interested in buying are some running skirts. (although wouldn’t it be nice if they were less “look girly-girl while running!” and more “be tough and comfortable in a skirt!”)
this is the amount of running I’ve done so far this week:
- sunday: 4 miles
- monday: reasonable pace 5K
- tuesday: fast pace 5K
and this is the amount of protein I’ve eaten so far this week:
- sunday: 2 fried eggs, then lots and lots of sushi at the best baby naming party/luncheon ever
- monday: 2 hard-boiled eggs, a cup of a salad made mostly from crabs, tuna, and shrimp, and then a can of herring in lemon and cracked pepper.
- tuesday: 2 hard-boiled eggs. and the day has just begun.
hopefully by eating lots of protein I can avoid eating lots of crackers and ice cream like I usually do when I dive into a new exercise regimen!
so, aren’t y’all so glad that my CSA starts this week so instead of blabbing about running and protein consumption I can instead blab about my fridge and how messy it is and how I need to clean it out and how I should have done it last night because tonight I’m getting my first shipment and shoot, there are still radishes in there or something from last season?
boy I hope there’s lots of leafy greens. and not any green beans. I need to start slow, and green beans are always the hardest thing for me to eat.
We’ve gotten two CSA shipments already and I’m loving it! No green beans yet for us, but to help you finish your green beans in a timely manner whenever you do get them, here are a couple of tips:
They’re great raw, just to munch on as a snack in front of the TV. Also, cut small and included in a salad.
Cooked, I’m not a huge fan of them boiled–really, though, that applies to most vegetables; I’ve been on a roasted vegetable kick for a while now. Try sauteeing them with olive oil/butter (your choice, or a mixture), salt, pepper, and sliced garlic. It’s one of my favorite ways to eat beans.
I feel a little about green beans as I do grape nuts. TOO MUCH CHEWING. I can eat a few, but a whole bunch gets to be overwhelming! I will try to carry them around with me to eat raw, though – not in front of the TV, I don’t watch much of that these days, but maybe at my desk at work.
my next home purchase will be a grill pan for my stove. I am so excited!
Some of those on sale running skirts are well priced, but others are expensive. Lands End has some $30 skorts that I have been eyeing for sometime, but have not purchased yet.
http://www.landsend.com/pp/PerformanceSportSkort-72239_161436_59.html?CM_MERCH=PAGE_172
As for your finishing time, I guarantee you that you will not be the last one to finish the race. There will be some people who have not trained at all and others who are in it more for the run / walk.
You’re totally starting to sound like a runner and I think it’s great!
it’s crazy, right? that I’m sounding like a runner? totally nuts.
I don’t think I’ll be VERY LAST, I just don’t want to be so much laster than the rest of my coworkers that they’re all standing around checking their watches waiting for me to arrive. it might be worse if they were all standing around the finish line waiting for me to show up and cheering – I can see myself face planting from the attention. yikes!