Daily Archives: August 22, 2010

Q&A starts now!

snacks

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These Clif Crunch Bars are incredible. They are like the Nature Valley ones but I love the chocolate chip pieces!

I added them to my Amazon Shop too. Check it out here

outfit

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run

Run: 6.4 Miles in 54:37 [8:32 per mile]

8:35
8:42
8:33
8:30
8:24
8:27
3:23 (.4) @ 8:35 pace

 

Post Run

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Powerade

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Brunch again. My school only offers brunch on the weekends, which stinks because we eat at 10 and then have to wait until 4 for dinner and then you’re hungry all the time!

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Applesauce, chocolate milk, egg and cheese sandwich. The sausage on it wasn’t cooked all the way so I had to take it off :(

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Then I had some ham and mac n cheese along with daily orange juice.

snacks

Got hungry again around 2pm.

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Triscuits and cheese. I absolutely LOVE triscuits and eat them plain.

q&a

Some Q&A for you!

An anonymous reader wrote “aww..i think its so precious you and alex go to the same school and everything. don’t you guys get sick of eachother?! i kidd, i kidddd ;)
btw..what’re your thoughts on eating fats after running? i’ve read in a buncha places that it’s not beneficial to consume fats after exercising, and to only focus on lean proteins and carbs..but there are days when i cravee an avocado sandwich after running :/
what’re your/alex’s thoughts on the matter? since you two run a lot?”

So onto the answers…

1. We actually don’t get sick of eachother! We live about 30 minutes apart back at home so we only get to see eachother about once or twice a week. So when we are at school we do see eachother everyday but since we have the same interests and are both runners, we have almost the same schedules. Plus we do allow time for ourselves as well. Which I think definitely helps not getting sick of eachother!

2. With your question about fats after running. After you have ran you deserve food, if you are craving an avocado sandwich go for it. Just consume a drink that has some carbs and protein in it to get your electrolytes back up. Chocolate milk is a great post run/workout drink because the carbs to protein ratio is perfect. For an athlete your average fat intake should be around 35% of your calories for the day. Your sandwich will also consists of carbs with the bread, and if you add other things to it that could add protein or more carbs even then it’s perfect!

The reason why you need carbs and protein after a workout is because that is where your energy comes from. Primary energy source is carbohydrates and then protein is next. So you have to replace your lost glycogen by refueling with carbs and protein after. It’s not necessary to replace fats that might have been used during exercise, but you can eat them post workout/run as long as you are still refueling with your carbs/proteins. But like I said, just combine something to your avocado sandwich! You’re a hardworking athlete that deserves to treat yourself to food you like and crave. All with moderation.

 

If anyone has any other questions, I’d love to answer. But just remember it’s just my opinion and/or my knowledge of what I’ve been taught so far. So other opinions are always helpful!

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Smoothies Return!

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More like brunch.

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Made myself an egg and cheese bagel sandwich and had some chocolate milk, an orange and some sausage to go with it. Very delicious.

snacks

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Tested out the blender to make sure it works.

Green Monster Smoothie

Frozen berry blend
lots of spinach
some V8 pomegranate blueberry drink
half a banana

Alex and I both had one. Definitely need to get sherbet since the freezer actually freezes to make our smoothies thicker!

Then we played Farkle and had 1.5 trader joes Chocolate Chip Dunkers

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Alex wanted to show off the chocolate side and the cookie side. He had already taken a bite out of one haha.

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Dinner did not look too good so I opted for the “white/yellow/brown” meal because the pizza looked incredible and who can deny cheese fries? Also had my daily orange juice.

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Alex always makes me ice cream. I didn’t eat the cone because alex said it was stale, so I just had the ice cream part!

 

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Our school has a movie channel that plays movies that were just released all throughout the week. So we caught Shutter Island and watched it. Definitely made you think. I won’t say anything more in case you all haven’t seen it. But it was interested.

 

Had an off day of running today but tomorrow I will be doing my long run with the girls at 7am. So I’m going to hit the hay!

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