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What’s Blooming!

So glad it is Friday. This was a bit of a crazy busy week. It was kind of windy today and I just wasn’t feeling the bike today – I know! So, I just took a walk for exercise. Some fall scenes around the neighborhood.

People like to do up Halloween around here.

Focus, Lori! 🙄

I think if I ever wanted a divorce, all I would have to do is buy some of these inflatables and put them in the yard. I think they are kind of fun, but John doesn’t

We have had such nice weather that things haven’t quite given up in the garden yet.

One lonely little coneflower:

The snapdragons.

Not sure why I am having trouble focusing the camera today…

I love the berries on the burning bush, don’t you?

Some late primula? Primrose? I forget what these are.

Pink picture of the day – my nail polish! I actually don’t like the wild shine because it chips easily. Some cheap polishes are just that. 😀

Colder weather this weekend, but we will bundle up and ride to the lake tomorrow!

“Home” Duathlon and family feast.

Sunday morning! For those that missed, I mentioned on Friday why were are not doing the official duathlon, but are doing it on our own at home. Making it official for us, though!

I started off with my usual race combo brekkie with extra PB:

I wore my bib number from last year’s duathlon.

Funny that I was nervous for this. Shows that I was taking it seriously. Transition area set up:

There is coconut water in my water bottle for the bike, regular water in the 2nd bottle.

The temp said 39 degrees when we started, but at least it was sunny! We set off on the run together, but John soon pulled away. He is speedy McGee compared to me. The run felt pretty good. We altered the course just a little bit and in doing so, added an extra hill. It was a little tiring! 2.3 miles in and it was transition 1:

This was supposed to be a thumb’s up, but my thumb didn’t want to cooperate I guess LOL! I forgot to note the time when I stopped running, but I looked at my watch later and it was at 24 minutes, so I estimate I finished the run in about 22-23 minutes. Even though I was really sweaty, I was so glad to have this jacket on. The first part of the bike ride was downhill and 40 degrees plus sweat and 24 miles per hour is really cold! I was really trying to push the ride, but there was a headwind for the first 7 miles, so that was tough. I hit a red light as I was going out of town and pulled up next to a motorcycle. The guy looked over at me and said, “Wanna race?” Har har.

I realized that I had forgotten to put my protein bar in my pocket at that point. Oops. Lucky thing that having started this from home breakfast was much closer to race time than it would have been. I also knew I had a bottle full of coconut water.

John and I crossed paths around the turnaround point. I was a half mile to the turnaround when he was coming the other way, so I was about a mile behind him. Once I hit the turn around, I could really book it because of a tailwind. I ended up the 16 miles going an average speed of 14.5 mph in 1:08.

Hopped off, changed shoes and munched on the rock hard cold protein bar that I had forgotten. I ate about 3/4 of it while changing shoes and then set off for the other 2.3 miles. I was tired at this point, particularly my left leg. Just that last nagging thing from the herniated disk. I had to walk a little bit on the 3rd hill of the run, I was tired! I was annoyed at the person who designed this route. Oh wait… it was me! I passed by our house with one more block to go, and John had finished and cheered me on 😀 I also found a dollar, too! 2.3 miles later and I was done!

Finished up in 2:03 including transition times. I was pretty pleased, although I just do not have my pre-injury run speed back at all. I am missing about minute or more per mile speed still.

Reenactment of John crossing the finish line:

I took first place in the women age 40-45 category!

Then we had to come in and make an apple cobbler to take to my parent’s house for dinner as my uncle and his wife were coming up, or so we thought. After we got that in the oven, my Mom called and they lost their power! We offered to have them bring the food over and we would host the dinner. Good thing our house was fairly neatened up. John and I are pretty easy going, and actually like entertaining so we didn’t mind at all.

We quick set up a table:

It actually was nice because we just had to slide the pork roast in the oven and reheat a few other things. That’s the way to host a dinner!

My mom’s famous german potato salad. It’s her curse because she always has to make it for every family gathering. Yum! I was really hungry, even though I snacked on nuts, crackers, and cheese. Maybe it was 2 hours of exercise or something…

The brothers:

My dad, mom, Bobbye, and my uncle Dick:

It was so nice to see them. We have had a lot of family doin’s in the last month.

The only downside today? I lost the football picks. Boooo. That means I have to buy John dinner this week.

Now we are going to cart our dessert over to my folk’s house and my sister’s family will be heading over there as well. More family! Good thing I took today off of work. Here is dessert:

Interesting tidbit I found out about my family. Genealogy tracing of my paternal side of the family shows Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman) making an appearance in there. How cool is that?

John and I are both noticing stiff quads now. I will wait and see if I want to go to the gym tomorrow.

It’s off to cobbler time!

Question: How well do you handle unexpected company?

Hot 100 update and duathlon decision

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Well – we have the Nor’easter coming through. Not as bad as those further east, but windy, cold and rainy today. That meant doing a run at the gym. Nothing like a quick workout! I had 2 miles scheduled and banged out 2.2. I looked longingly at the free weight section while I was running, too.

I was home before I knew it and actually showered before breakfast since I had a protein shake before the run and didn’t feel I needed to snarf food right away since this was a short workout, which was a novel feeling for me.

Then it was coffee time and some fall protein waffle time!

I tossed some craisins into the waffle batter and then topped with 1/4 cup lowfat vanilla yogurt and 1/4 cup of pumpkin mixed together. And 5 crumbled pecans. I liked it. 😀

Only 1 job to work today. Yippee! I had one doctor all morning and he was a good dictator so I was ultra productive. I love those days.

Lunch time was some veggie egg rolls. We got these at Super K-mart of all places. They are only 70 calories a piece, so 2 makes for an entree (for me).

I can’t believe another week has gone by. My Hot 100 Update:

Maintain my weight. Need to work harder on this.
No eggnog lattes until Thanksgiving day! Not in stores yet.
Do the duathlon and at least 1 more 5K race before the end of the year. Training for. See below on duathlon.
Do stretching exercises 4 days a week at least. 3 days again. Why is this so hard for me to do?
Visit one new blog each week that is participating in the Hot 100 Challenge and cheer them on. Been visiting.
Do one no-added sugar day each week. Done.

Overall okay. I really need to rein in the eating some, particularly with the holiday season. I am not sure why I have so much trouble getting in the stretching. This really only takes 15 minutes outside of what I do after a workout. I think because I don’t do it every day, it is hard to make it a habit. I might consider adding in some Pilates DVDs during the week (I consider that stretching and flexibility).

Snackers:

Then I decided to go out to a consignment shop and look at some stuff. I took some older clothes just for donation, so that gave me room in my closet! I spied the pink item of the day in the dressing room.

I liked this shirt, so I bought it.

You can almost see see the pattern on it. It’s more like a texture than a pattern.

Plus this little jacket:

It has a hood on it, but I think it is really only for indoor wear. I spent $18, so happy about that!

Once back home it was dinner time! Do you ever have those days where you just don’t want to eat veggies? I was having that today. Unless you count pumpkin that I had this morning.

This was cooked ground pork with some BBQ sauce with Cabot 50% pepper jack cheese on top of a potato.

So, John and I discussed the duathlon. We ended up deciding to do it on our own. I feel a little bit bummed, but not terribly. The positives of not going down are that we don’t have to get up before the crack of dawn to get down there (which would be even earlier due to race day registration); we can save $60; we can wait until it is a little warmer in the day to do it ourselves (temps will be in the upper 30s that early); and it puts less pressure on me. Sometimes these events really give me some pressure and anxiety about them. This stuff is supposed to be challenging and fun, right?

I am trying not to feel like I failed or something, but since we are doing it on our own – I guess there is no need to feel that way. So, we are planning our route to do (with hills) and are going to treat it like the real deal with transitions and all that (no cupcake break). That way I won’t have had a taper week to nowhere 😀

I will do the 5Ks, though.

Cold and blustery out, so just staying in and keeping warm. Maybe a little game playing, plus some snack of cinnamon chips and some of these:

Snuh-oh!

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We got hammered with snow! I shoveled late last night for a while and I am glad I did because it is heavy, wet, and sloppy. That actually kept the roads from getting too bad, so I wandered out to the gym this morning. There were only 2 crazy people of us there because of the weather, I think.

Stationary bike warmup, then:

Chin ups: 2 sets of 2, 1 set of 1 (these are not getting any easier!)
Barbell Romanian dead lifts: 3 sets of 8 at 95#
Seated lat row: 3 sets of 8 at 55#
1-legged dumbbell deadlift: 3 sets of 10 (each leg) with 15# DBs
Horizontal cable woodchop: 3 sets of 8 (each side) at 50#
Dumbbell pliet squat: 3 sets of 10 with 35# DB
Bent over reverse fly: 3 sets of 8 with15# DBs

Worked the hammies today! Then I tried out the elliptical for the heck of it. I have to say that I do not get the excitement over this piece of equipment. It felt awkward to me, and my legs felt too far apart. I just stayed on for 5 minutes and then went treadmill walking.

Came home to pick John up and we braved the weather to get bagels.

Probably should have stayed home, but we didn’t. The coffee shop was pretty busy, so we weren’t the only ones who needed a fix 😀

I was reading this paper with breakfast to see what new events are coming up and I see this!

Results from the duathlon last October – 5th in my age group. Maybe there were more than 5 in my group, but I don’t know. Yay me! I am doing this event again and my goal is to shave 10 minutes off my time.

There was also some new artwork at the cafe featuring 2 of my favorite men:

Now they need some of my framed breakfast pictures to go next to them!

Did some work and then got to shoveling our driveway for the UPS truck to come in. About 45 minutes of shoveling. What a work out! In hindsight, I should have not worked out with weights today, since shoveling heavy, wet snow is a strength training workout in itself…..

Lunch time and I celebrated National Tortilla Day with a tuna wrap!

I was still really hungry after this, so I had a protein bar. It was still snowing at this point, so John went out and cleared out some more while I was working:

It has stopped snowing for the moment, but we are going to get hit again tomorrow. Possibly another 5 inches? 😯 It might turn into rain, we are sort of on that borderline.

I was all excited about dinner tonight because I actually was able to use the fading light to take a picture of it. Days are noticeably lighter now.

I used the GT express and added a cubed up laughing cow wedge to the egg mixture. Outstanding!

I did okay with eating today. I got snacky and had some peanuts and some crackers with my latte. I was stomach growling hungry. Think it was the shoveling.

Going to settle in with some pumpkin custard tonight and working. It’s a late work night for me!

Don’t forget those questions 😀

Tuesday musings and waffle sandwich!

Went to bed a little later last night after watching the Broncos top the Chargers – WooHoo!! 6-0 baby! I actually fell asleep during part of the game because I was so tired. What a fan LOL! I woke up this morning and nixed the gym because my thighs were still feeling sore. One more day and I’ll hit the gym Wednesday morning. I miss my weight lifting.

Yummy protein pancakes with banana/maple topping for breakfast. We got a ton of bananas at the store the other day. The over ripe ones were on sale, so I peeled and froze probably about 10 bananas for future use.

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Still waiting on the cord for my computer. It’s so hard to get used to a different one and work efficiently. It’s like being plopped into a new office and not knowing where anything is, but being expected to hit the ground running. But at least I am functional!

I was wanting waffles for lunch, and decided to use them as bread for an egg sandwich! This was sooooo good. 2 waffles are 120 calories, which is less than 2 slices of bread. With an egg and some laughing cow cheese. And a pear on the side.

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We have a winner! Loved it.

Trying hard to keep calories down today, since I overate yesterday and am not moving around much. I have to remember to rest – the duathlon was a big deal to my body and I need to pamper it.

A few years ago this woman:

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never would have thought she would become this woman:

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There was definitely some radiance to be found at the finish line 😀 It still feels weird to think that I have done a triathlon and a duathlon (and a few 5Ks) this year. Who is this lady? I also know that there is plenty of room for improvement and challenging myself, and it is pretty exciting to see what is in store for next year!

Pink item of the day!

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Cranberries are in the store and I finally got around to making the world’s best cranberry sauce. Served along side chicken and some pan sauteed brussel sprouts. Delicious!

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Tomorrow is bagel day and hopefully biking! The weather is supposed to be warmer overnight for a change. The break has been fun, but I do like being back in routine.

Thank you and duathlon hangover

Thank you to everyone from the bottom of my heart for your comments on my duathlon recap from yesterday! I am thrilled that it inspires anyone to go out and do something more. Proof positive that anyone is capable of so much more than one might think. You just need to get out of the comfort zone and do.

I really am beat today. My legs are fairly sore and I definitely feel like I really pushed it yesterday. Certainly did not feel like this after my triathlon. Isn’t that funny? I am also an eating machine today! It’s hard not to overeat, but my tummy is just growling all day. Only a walk outside today and that was it. Still not sure if I am going to the gym tomorrow or not. I am also really tired, the kind of tired where I can’t keep my eyes open. I had taken some Tylenol PM last night and got almost 8 hours (super rare for me), and not sure if I need more or what. I have to stay awake for the Broncos game tonight, though! :O

Started off the day with some waffles and pumpkin butter plus craisins.

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Then the computer problems started. My laptop power cord has been acting funny and the computer blinks out. The battery is so old that it won’t stay charged, so I have to use the power cord adapter. The adapter itself started beeping (who knew it could do that??) – so now I cannot use that computer. And it is set up for all of my work stuff. I am able to hijack John’s computer to do some work, but I am having to do it bare bones without all my medical software on it (so productivity suffers). Ugh! New cord is on its way at some point. Did I not say last week that I have some kind of electromagnetic issue? (I am writing this post from John’s computer as well)

Needless to say that has made me a bit grumpy today and then more snacking on chocolate chips and peanuts. I think it is also a little bit of the letdown after yesterday.

I forgot to mention yesterday that even when you do careful planning for race day, things can still go wrong. We had driven a good chunk of the way and I realized that I forgot my water bottle! It was full and sitting on the counter waiting to go with. I was a little upset because I knew I couldn’t go the whole race without hydrating. I had a carton of coconut water, but that was only 12 ounces. We hit a McDonalds and bought a bottle of water (yay plastics…), but when I put it in the bottle cage on my bike, it was too small and was flopping around. One bump and that would have been out of there. So, I tucked it into my front bag. Do not ever try to ride and unscrew a bottle at the same time. I thought I was going to wipe out! Not sure why it didn’t occur to me to just stop LOL. But, at least I had some water. I also learned that cold Balance bars are like rocks. Halfway through the ride, I grabbed the unwrapped bar out of my bag and bit into it and it hurt my jaw to chew! Normally they are soft and go down easy, but the weather was so cold that the bar was really firm. Plus I was trying to chew while out of breath. Lessons learned for the next time 🙂 Weather can change everything about race day.

Pink picture of the day!

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Limiting the pictures today because of using John’s computer.

Fingers crossed for the Broncos!

Question: Are you dependent on a computer?

Duathlon Recap!

Woke up in the dark hours of the morning and took a peek outside, expecting to see snowy rain, but it was dry. Fingers were crossed at this point. Cold, though! Showered and put on my layers then came down to the breakfast I had set up and ready to fix:

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Tried and true race fuel. Banana oats with protein powder and nut butter (okay, I drizzled a little chocolate sauce on there, too).

I was getting nervous on the way there. See how early it is?

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Cold and gray, but no rain. Starting to have the feeling like “What am I doing???”

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Bike racked up and very chilly right here!

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There were about 80 competitors. They all looked quite into it too, and I felt funny with my 10-speed clunky bike with all the speedy road bikes. I also was wondering if there was a height requirement, since everyone was taller than me 😉

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Ready, set, go!!!

First run went well. My legs were nice and fresh and the cold didn’t bother me after the first half mile. One mile in and they called out times – I was at 9:26, which surprised me. I was thinking I was going to do 10:30, but I guess that’s what fresh legs do for you. At the 1-mile point the course went uphill for probably a 1/4 mile. Killer hill and there were a lot of walkers (right at the start!). I just put my head down and plodded up the hill. I was falling towards the back, which is what I expected.

Here I am coming in from the run and transitioning to the bike. 2.2 miles done!

I didn’t waste any time, but chugged some water, popped on the helmet and went. I decided against the fleece jacket because of how hot I felt at that point. That technical turtleneck is amazing!

About 1/2 a mile in was a really steep hill. So hard, and a lot of bikers were quite slow on this hill and weaving around. I thank my Lake George rides for making it up the hills. The wind started to pick up at this point and it was blowing either into my face or into my side for all but the end of the bike run. I really pushed it for the ride. I kept chanting “Go big or go home” and “Leave it all on the race course.” Good thing no one was very close to me to hear all this LOL! All the while, I kept thinking of having to run that stupid hill again in the last leg. I was breathing hard for most of the ride, so I was happy about that because it meant I was working hard. People had passed me at this point on their speedy bikes and I actually assumed I was in last place.

16 miles done! Again, speedy. I just left my gloves on, chugged some coconut water, put on my running hat and set out. I knew I was on the last leg (and my legs felt it!).

Hit the one mile mark and the hill. I was struggling a bit here and just put my head down and jogged. My calves were burning! All of the sudden I noticed that I was just walking really fast up the hill, my pace had slowed down so much. And then I got a stitch in my right side. This never happens to me. I took a few deep breaths and actually had to press my hand into my side, which relieved the stitch while I did that. Then I started thinking “Is this my appendix bursting?” LOL. I said to myself I was going to finish no matter what. Plus I knew there was only a mile to go. The rest was downhill and I tried to go faster. Hard to do that while holding your side, but it felt so much better to do that. As I passed the loop around, I saw a few people just starting the run, so I realized that I wasn’t last at all (although only ahead of about 5 or 6 people). The stitch left with about 1/2 a mile to go. Here is as much of a sprint as I could manage – and a big smile cause I was done with the other 2.2 miles!

Note the time – my goal was to be around 2 hours and I finished in 1:55 and change! Yes!!!

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Totally wiped out. This is one of the hardest things I have ever done. It was harder than the triathlon and I really laid it out. I am soooo happy and pleased!

GoWear fit shows this –

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Post race coffee and egg sandwich and a pumpkin scone.

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I am totally wiped out now. This is my plan for the rest of the day:

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I am all settled in for the after the race watching football and probably a nap with a special treat for myself. One of those days where I can get away with 2 bakery items in one day LOL!

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I’m still trying to digest that I actually did this today 🙂

Gearing up for the duathlon!

Don’t you love those days where you actually can sleep in, but can’t actually do it? I was up before 7 am this morning. Still dark out and I was all snuggly in the flannel sheets. So, I just lounged a bit and woke John up to talk to him. Poor guy. Normally I pop out of bed and hit the gym while he sleeps in every day.

Nice weather here today, I really wish it would be this way tomorrow, but the forecast is looking dimmer and dimmer. I won’t cancel the race unless it is snowing, and that’s just for safety of biking on snowy roads. I might whine a lot, though!

I took a little more time for breakfast primping after being inspired by Susan doing that yesterday. Plus the banana was a larger one, so I saved some to put on top.

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We went to a museum today to view a Degas exhibit.

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I really wish I could have taken pictures in there. The great thing is that it did not focus on the ballerina pictures that he is most famous for, but all the music background shots. Pretty neat!

I also tried my hand at making pumpkin butter from Danica’s site, and substituted honey for the agave. Simple and delicious.

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Spread some warm on a gingersnap (these are now hidden up high, thank you).

Pink item for the day spotted at Lowe’s!

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Then we stopped for coffee where I did a little carb loading 😉 (right??)

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Apple cinnamon scone.

So, check list for Sunday’s transition bag:

coconut water
balance bar
water bottle
bike gloves and stretch gloves
running hat
cell phone
tissues (runny nose from cold, I’m sure)
spare bike tire tube and CO2 filler and wrenches (hope I don’t need!)

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This is all going into my front bike bag (except I will be wearing the gloves.)

Planned outfit will be compression shorts and my long workout pants, technical turtleneck, workout jacket and fleece jacket. I probably won’t wear the fleece for the run, but will need it for the bike. I will be totally mismatched, but hopefully warm. Colors include black, light blue, bright red, pink, and dark blue-grey.

Bike tires are all filled up and checked, and chain lubed up.

Here is a link to the race course

I am pretty excited, although starting to get panicky about the weather. It’s going to be a smaller field. About 80 preregistered. Not sure how many will show up tomorrow and register with crappy and cold weather forecasted. I am okay with coming in near the bottom. I think the field will be more hardcore than the triathlon was.

Okay everyone! I will post an update after the duathlon tomorrow when I get thawed out and back home after we go out for something warm and yummy when I am finished!

See you on the flip side…..

3-day weekend and bleeping cold!

It’s so cold out! I wanted an outside bike ride, but again, this morning it was 30 degrees when I woke up. So, I waited until later. I am going to put flannel sheets on the bed tonight (I am such a dork to get excited about that…).

It was definitely a morning for warm oats. I made banana PB&J oats:

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This was with the Silver Palate oats. This bowl kept me full from 8 until noon! I am shocked. I did supplement with mid morning tea:

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This is good tea. My very favorite tea is good old fashioned Constant Comment, though!

I will spare you my boring lunch of tuna sandwich today. I had it toasted to keep warm. It stayed cloudy and I knew it wouldn’t get much warmer, so a bit after lunch I put on a long sleeve technical shirt, my workout jacket and a fleece jacket and headed out for a ride. It was so cold! Windy, too. I just did a 9-10 mile easy pace ride. My legs feel pretty good. Another couple easy days and they should be fresh for the duathlon! I had some company on the canal for my ride:

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There were about a dozen ducks swimming in the same direction I was going. Coming back the wind was at my back, so it went quicker. I did not even get the least bit sweaty on this ride. I have to remember that I did a run last December when it was 15 degrees out, so I can do it in the mid 30s.

I was thoroughly chilled to the bone (bicycle-sicle!) when I got back and John made me a latte and I bundled back up in a sweatshirt. I was happy to get this! (This is my work station).

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Last day of work for the week. I am taking Sunday off to chillax (to quote Lynn) after my duathlon. I am going to freeze that day! I am more worried about the weather than the actual duathlon. Overnight temps are supposed to be 30 degrees and a high in the mid 40s. The duathlon starts at 9 am, so it will be around 35 by my best guestimation. I need to revamp my clothing ideas for that day and just layer up. I think my technical turtleneck is in order. I just worry about getting too hot with that on, since it is really hard to get off (it’s tight) I would have to wear it the whole time.

Pink item for the day!

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Ice cream is so unappealing right now LOL! Guess that’s a good thing.

If you like pumpkin like I do, Fat Fighter TV has posted links to 10 healthy pumpkin recipes (including one of mine!). Pumpkin butter is on my agenda.

Dinner was a happy accident. We had a bit of ground turkey and I just sauteed it and then dumped in the rest of the steamer veggies with cheese sauce that we had leftover from the other day. It came out yummy! Plus, John made some jalapeno corn bread. I am all about the warm stuff today.

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Having a little problem with snacking since this afternoon, though. Not sure if it is lack of sleep or the cold (a little from column A, a little from column B). Dark chocolate chips and wheat thins make a great sweet/salty combo, but not in large quantities :O

Tonight is blanket time and writing time. Feels great to be on the eve of 3 days off!

Question: What is your favorite tea?

Bike ride video and be a good egg!

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I did a switcheroo today like I did on Tuesday and worked out later in the day. So, I started off with a combo I have been thinking of for a while – mocha oats! Susan and I were on the same wavelength.

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40 grams oats
3/4 cup coffee
1 small banana
4 grams cocoa powder
10 grams chopped toasted pecans

I used the coffee in place of the water. This was very strong brewed coffee, too. It was a very unusual flavor, I have to say. I couldn’t taste the banana at all, just a bit of sweetness. It was eye opening!

My wonderful husband bought me some memory for my camera! I was talking about getting some because I can only take so many pictures and very short video with it. And then he said not to buy any because he got me some. Early Christmas gift for me!

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Isn’t technology amazing? 2 Gigabytes and the size of my fingernail.

Today was my hardest training day before taper week before the duathlon. I did a 1.5 mile run, then 16 mile bike ride, then 2 mile run.

As promised, here is a little bit of my bike path. It’s like my own Blair Witch Project LOL! I took so much video today, it was fun. This is just one piece.

I am such a nerd LOL. I feel like a bit of a goof. I held the camera in one hand while riding. Actually surprisingly steady for that.

It was the most gorgeous day today. So beautiful. I kept stopping to take pictures:

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Stunning, just stunning. I wish I really could capture this on camera.

After the bike ride and before the 2nd run, I had some of this!

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Zico, would you sponsor me, please?? 😀 I love this stuff. It’s coming with me on duathlon day!

Pink picture of the day:

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This is a local laundromat. That color is on purpose LOL!

I felt really good when I finished. I did take more breaks riding that I should have, but I realized that I will be able to finish the duathlon. I know that now, and if I have to take a few breaks, it’s okay! I am getting excited and nervous about it. I can’t wait to see what kind of weather we will get next weekend. Mid October could be anything!

Question: Do you have fall photos to share? List the link, I would love to see!

Finding Radiance

Trying to live a fit life loving food, cycling, gardening and everything in between!