I know my zucchini chips might have been an epic failure, but these noodles and meatballs certainly were not! Click here to see the original recipe.
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Yesterday, Ryan's parents, brother and I ran the Gate River Run 15k (9.3 miles) race together in Jacksonville, FL. It was Mary's 1st 15k and the second time Ryan, Rusty (his dad) and I have done this race. Everyone had a great time and felt really good (although Ryan can barely walk today since he didn't train at all, LOL). Family races are so fun! Ryan (1:24:56), Ashley (1:34:09), Mary (1:44:19), Rusty (1:18:03) & Greg (1:07:47)
Late last year, I had the idea to start an official running club at my work. I started emailing people to find out who would be interested and then pitched the idea to HR. After some negotiating back and forth, we were able to launch the official Piper Racing Team.
As you may or may not know, I've been trying to eat a lot healthier lately to lose some weight and get back to my college size. Last week, I tried to make some zucchini chips to go with this seafood salad I made.
This past weekend, I did my 2nd Half Marathon, yay! My running partner and I followed this 12-week Plan and it went pretty well. The only other half I've done before was the Walt Disney World 1/2 Marathon and I didn't do very well (2:42:28 or 12:24/mile) but mostly because I didn't train for it. Well, I got a new PR of 2:02:33 (9:21/mile), yay! I was hoping for 2hrs and I almost made it - next time I'll def get it! Here's a pic of me and three of my Piper Race Teammates after the race!!
A month or two ago, Piper hired a young female stress analyst named Angela. I quickly found out that she liked to run and was interested in running before work. I was SO excited to have found a possible running partner and it's really been working out great. After only a couple weeks we decided that we needed to sign up for a race to train for together. So what did we pick?? Click the pic to see more race info.
As most of you know, I've been trying really hard this year to slough off some of the extra weight I've put on since college. You know those little shoulder angels they show in the movies? Below is my favorite from Kronk. Well sometimes, I have intense cravings for snacks or sweets. I'm not often actually hungry I just decide I want Coke or ice cream or a snickers (or a Snicker's ice cream, even better). So now I just try to visualize my "shoulder angels", LOL. Tonight is definitely one of those nights - wish me luck!!
As I mentioned before, this past weekend I did another round of freezer cooking. Similar to what I did this summer, I wanted to do some complete meals frozen and also some healthier options (like from the Team Beachbody meals). Breakfasts: We mostly have protein smoothies (recipe below if you are interested) but I also made some egg sandwiches to freeze as alternate options. Ashley & Ryan’s Protein Smoothie
Makes enough for 2 people, cut this in half if there is only one person 16oz Unsweetened Original Almond Milk 2 scoops Whey Protein Powder (we use Jarrow unflavored, Designer Whey is good too) 2 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 2 tbsp Peanut Butter (natural is best but we usually just use creamy Jif) 1 Banana (I freeze them in slices so I always have some on hand) Ice Nutrition Facts (per serving, makes 2 servings): 301 calories, 24g Protein, 25g Carbs, 13g Fat One of the things that was so fun about Bonnie & Steve’s BCx Bootcamp was that we got to use lots of tools that weren’t just standard bars or dumbbells. I already told you I bought some Bodylastics Resistance bands but I also wanted to have some sand bags and a slosh pipe without buying expensive equipment.
I came up with a fun little workout the other day and just thought I'd share. This one is a tough one so I've also listed a shorter version to make it easier. Here's the full workout if you think you're tough enough, heeehee. I'm calling it the "Negative Burpee" workout because you are basically trying to do negative splits (each run faster than the last) and you do lots of burpees. Here we go, wahoo! You don't need any equipment for this workout except for a stopwatch and the only exercises you need to know how to do are burpees, mountain climbers, pushups and situps. Below is a video showing how to do burpees in case you don't know how. This video shows her doing the pushups as part of the burpee - I like to separate them and do the pushups afterwards. If you want to do them as part of your burpees like in this video, you can skip the separate set of pushups you see listed in my workout. |