I took a picture of my tree bridge for you! This pretty street is the first 2 miles of my run.

Running Stats

• Miles: ~ 5
• Time: 43:49 (but I did stop to take pictures)
• Av. HR: 160 (that’s high!)
• Max HR: 181
• Cals: 343

After this, I did some Mixed Level Shredding and had a quick snack of an EAS Myoplex Lite. I guess Mark bought these at some point. This was certainly a first for me, but we were seriously low on food and I needed to rush to the market before work.

At first I thought it was disgusting, but by the end I kind of liked it and would like another.

I did some grocery shopping at Stop & Shop. All this was about $70

I had a buy one get one for the cereal and almost everything else was on sale. I got kiwi per the recommendation of rhodeygirl and Krista. I hardly ever eat them and have never bought them, so this is exciting.

On the way home from the store I had a cutie banana.

I had a super quick lunch of hummus on a wrap and goldfish (look at their smiles). The wraps are not good. They are bland and thick and just not good La Tortilla Low Carb nonsense. Sometimes cheap is not the way to go. Stop & Shop NJ, please start carrying Joseph’s brand wraps.

And a bowl of yogurt with pecan butter and flax.

I went to the Gap after work because they are having a big sale – 40% off all sale items, but I didn’t get anything. Of course, nothing I wanted was on sale. Isn’t that always the case! I liked these blue shorts and ridiculous dress even though it makes me look like a hot air balloon.

By the time I got home I was pretty hungry, so I had some cheese and crackers while making dinner.

I had a really great dinner. It was lentil burgers from 101 Cookbooks. This post is already quite long, so I will hold off on discussing further until I eat it for lunch tomorrow.

After dinner, I had two delicious City Girl Country Girl Chocolate Chip Cookies. A perfect end to a fabulous day!

Night!

The day turned out to be quite snacky. The thing about running longer distances (13 today – woohoo), for me at least, is that while I am hungrier, I can’t fit any more in my belly than usual. This means eating regular meals and a few extra snacks.

Snack Number 1 was a Mini Bag of Popcorn.  It was way too salty. I love popcorn, but really prefer it plain.  I also have a terrible habit of eating the unpopped kernels, which I enjoy on the way in; but give me such a stomach ache. Luckily, I remembered that this time and threw the kernels away.

After work I couldn’t make dinner fast enough. I had leftover soup from Friday night, but I added kidney beans for some extra fiber, leftover corn on the cob and sweet potatoes with cinnamon.

I would say this next thing was a snack, but it was really part of dinner – an Ezekial Tortilla w/ Pecan Butter. Just love everything about this.

And then, my final snack was delicious BackCountry Cookies. I actually froze this a week or so ago and pulled a couple out for dessert. I microwaved them for less than a minute and they were perfect. I really love all the City Girl Country Girl cookies!

And now, I’m done!

Music Question

Ashley left a comment asking what kind of music I listen to when I run. This is an important and fun topic!

I posted a list of some of the songs on my iPod here. Since then, I’ve gotten a few more great ones:

• Jack Johnson – Upside Down
• Soulja Boy – Kiss Me Through the Phone
• Flo Rida – Right Round
• Kid Cudi – Day ‘n’ Nite

To me, running music doesn’t necessarily have to be fast. The ability of a song to absorb me and help me ignore the desire to STOP or give me a little extra running attitude is sometimes just as important on a running playlist as one that pumps me up. Check out InTheGym.net for lots of good playlists and song ideas. Also, Melissa posts about music a lot and has a list of songs in her sidebar.

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