kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2012 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 175)

There are never rest days when you have kids  

Yes, I'll PM you the recipe after I drop off Gordon at preschool.

Do we work in the same office?  This place reminds me of Lord of the Flies, and my current boss is the ring leader, but is having everyone else do his dirty work and pitting people against each other.  Things have been blown so out of porportion, it's pure madness.

Kelly - these sound interesting -

The Will to Win: Effective Goal Setting

Physiology & Strategies of Pacing

These sound interesting to me - 

Dry Land Swim Training

IM Training for the Time Challenged Athlete

Long Term Athlete Development

I would be interested in the following:

The Will to Win: Effective Goal Setting

Correct & Effective Dry Land Swim Training

Ironman Training for the Time Challenged Athlete

Long Term Athlete Development

However since you have to sit through and endure them. I would choose what interests you the most. Hopefully it is the ones we all have suggested

These are the ones that seem most interesting to me too.

Recipe please

You can also cut the sweet potatoes into itty, bitty cubes and sauté them in oil.  They caramelize and taste super sweet.  My family likes them overcooked and dark.  Fresh thyme, cilantro, or rosemary work with Scott's recipe.  That's what I did for Thanksgiving.  I roasted the sweet potatoes in the oven for about an hour, flipping them often.  I put bacon on top of them for that gathering, because my husband's family is the most carnivorous family I've ever met.  Can't believe I was sucked into the darkness with that bacon (the entire dish was eaten, so I guess it was a success).  

Up early for a Z1 trainer ride and core work.  Tonight is date night, and since my husband is on a juice cleanse, we have to go to Liquid Planet for dinner.  BOO!  I guess it's a smoothie & salad for me.  Probably for the best anyway, but I am really craving sushi.

Date night at Liquid Planet, now that's funny.

Still doing ok on the eating, but very "hungry" at night, which was my prime snacking time.  Tom popped a bag of microwave popcorn last night and I wanted to slap him around.  I had cottage cheese instead...

Today looks like this -

coffee w/ coconut milk
7 - whey protein, coconut milk, banana & flax
9:30 - 2 hard boiled eggs, pineapple
12ish - turkey burger, hummus, avocado, baby carrots
2:30 - greek yogurt, raw almonds
Dinner - roasted buttnernut squash & sweet potatos, and ??

I do organic pop corn popped in coconut oil.  Really good!  1 TB of coconut oil and 1-2 TB of kernels on the stove top.  Takes about 10 minutes on medium heat (and tastes much better than microwave popcorn).

We do the same thing on the stove top.  

Kevin and I are Christmas shopping for the kids (I'm about 80% done), stopping at Liquid Planet, and then going to a movie.  He is a huge history buff and wants to see Lincoln.  Yuck.  I'm not feeling it.  I'd rather indulge in some delicious cheese like Twilight.  He'll never buy that.  We may have to compromise on Argo. 

Nutrition: 5 a.m. - 1:15 bike/core 
7 a.m. - 1/2 c oats, slivered almonds, 1/2 scoop whey, banana, and almond milk 
10 a.m. - cauliflower rice with shredded carrots + red pepper slices 
12 p.m. - romaine, spinach, carrots, red pepper, tomatoes, 1/4 avocado, chicken breast, and homemade Russian dressing + pear 
3:00 p.m. - plain Greek yogurt, almonds, shredded coconut, and flax 
6:00 p.m. - Liquid Planet.....most likely going for a vegetarian pita with cucumber sauce on the side (or replaced with hummus) and a strawberry/carrot juice (small). I'm feeling hungry lately so I may add a soup 

I eat the same things all the time.  I buy the produce for the week and finish it off.  This week is lacking in greens.  We usually have kale & collards during the week.  

I was starving last night.  No idea why because my dinner was full of fiber.  Snacked on chicken breast strips leftover from dinner. 

Tough call.  I see a lot of newer runners with Brooks Glycerins.  I am going back to Brooks Pure Connects when I need new shoes.

Oh and it looks like I may have new race gear to roll in next season (and hopefully for a while).  Would come with some pressure to perform every time out, but none more than I put on myself really.

Does he know if he needs neutral, stability or whatever the other one is?  If not, he should have someone at a knowledgable running store watch him run.  I ran in stability shoes when I first started running because I didn't know any better and my friend recommended the shoes she wore.  Well, I kept getting injuring.  Went to 2 running stores and they both said I needed neutral shoes.  So that's what I wear now.  Still injure myslef, but different type of injuries that I'd say are more over use vs. wrong shoes.

I personally used to only wear Mizunos.  Switched to Saucony when Mizuno changed and I didn't like the new model.  Switched to Asics when Saucony switched and I started getting blisters with new model.  Still wear Asics, but not crazy about the model change, so...I just ordered 2 pair of Brooks to try.  One a regular shoe (Ghosts I think), and a pair of the minimalist shoes to try.  Not sure how they will work out but my friend had a 30% off discount so she ordered for me.

Oops, tried to edit but quoted...

BTW this is the obvious correct answer if you can drag him to the store.  It may be easier than you think if you explain the benefits.  His legs will take a pounding training and having the right shoe at the point of contact is an easy thing to do right.