Happy Thursday, everyone! Who’s ready for the weekend? I can’t wait for Friday to arrive—lots of fun and fitness planned. More on that in a second …
Lunch
Shortly after inhaling that delicious pear muffin from the Union Square Greenmarket yesterday, I sat down for a real meal—leftover spicy black bean quinoa with some avocado slices.
The recipe I shared was fairly conservative on the spiciness scale, so I’ll definitely add more Tabasco next time.
Dinner
I promise there’s some turkey on this Paleo pizza; I went a little heavy on the cheese.
Plus some roasted veggies on the side.
Breakfast
After sleeping in and enjoying two cups of coffee, I experimented in this kitchen and tried to make a protein pancake, but failed miserably. Can’t win ‘em all. I eventually settled on waffles.
And in related news, I’m totally out of nut butter. Grocery shopping must happen today!
Anyway, I’m pumped tomorrow’s Friday because my parents and one of my sisters are coming to visit—and celebrate my birthday! I turn the big 2-3 on Feb. 5, so it will be nice to kickoff the festivities early, especially since Tuesday will be relatively low-key—can’t forget about Wednesday morning’s 5:45 a.m. indoor cycling workout, so it’s safe to say my 22nd birthday shenanigans won’t be replicated.
Homemade cupcakes and Pinot Grigio.
This means I’m officially an adult, huh?
In addition to spending quality time with the fam, I’m also running a race this weekend?
How did my type-A/slightly-ODC self overlook this? Remember when I planned to run the Dash to the Finish Line 5-K, which was ultimately cancelled thanks to Hurricane Sandy? Well New York Road Runners (NYRR) agreed to transfer race registration and gave runners four or five options. Basically, most of these choices were longer races (10-13.1 miles), and although it would be fun to run 10 miles (#runnerd), this distance doesn’t match my training goals. Luckily, the Gridiron 4-miler is more aligned with sprint- and Olympic-distance triathlons—the Nautica South Beach Triathlon actually contains a four-mile run—so I promptly signed up. And obviously forgot about it! Let’s just say this will be an interesting experience: One, I can’t throw a spiral—there’s a “longest throw” contest, which I might conveniently miss—and two, this will be my second time ever running in Central Park, so the hills might kill me. (Ha—I’m so in trouble!) With this in mind, my only goal for this Superbowl Sunday run is to follow the “shorter, shorter, quicker, quicker” approach the entire time (aka this will be a training run.)
Time to head to NYRR for race material pickup!
Have you ever overlooked/forgotten about a race or important event? How did you handle it?
Haha I almost forgot I’m doing the Warrior Dash with hubby this weekend! Cheers to being more spontaneous!
The Warrior Dash will be so much fun–can’t wait to hear how it goes!
Have so much fun with your family this weekend!
you can never have too much cheese… just saying
Happy {early} birthday, Carrie!! Have an amazing time with your family!! And you can never go too heavy on the cheese. Just sayin’…
bahahaha, I guess I should read other’s comments before posting my own. I like the way Alex @ therunwithin thinks.
Lots of my favorite bloggers are turning 23 soon (thus I have to wait until July LOL). Sounds like a fun weekend planned. PS: Now I’m craving avocados LOL!
Where has the time gone?! We’re we just hanging out in college? Crazy!
Good luck on your run this weekend! I bet you’ll do great. I haven’t forgotten about races (I don’t do a ton) but I’ve done races that I didn’t go crazy to prepare for and actually did a lot better then expected. You’re in great shape so you’ll be just fine! On a side note- your pizza looks delicious. My bf always makes fun of me because I always want more cheese on my pizza. Can’t get enough 8)
More cheese is never a bad thing!
MMMMM cheese! It’s all good
I haven’t completely forgotten, but a week or two out – it slipped my mind until.
HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY!!!!! 23 was one of the best years of my 20s – the parts I remember… lotssss of nights out. Don’t do that.
LOL! If 23 is anything like 22, then I’ll definitely love it!
Have fun with your family! Enjoy the birthday celebrations!
Thanks, Kelsey! Can’t believe I’ll be 23 soon–I feel so old!
I love waffles with peanut butter and banana – one of my favorites
Also, I hope you have a fun weekend of festivites for yur birthday weekend!!
Waffles with nut butter and banana slices is a delicious combo!
I love waffles with peanut butter and banana – one of my favorites
Also, I hope you have a fun weekend of festivities for your birthday weekend!!
I’m total OCD and don’t often forget things…the flipside is that I frequently have anxiety dreams about forgetting something, like a test or appointment :-/
I’m off to read your race recape now