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Going the Distance for the Weekend List

October 9, 2016 by christine

Happy Sunday! It is nice to relax a bit, I’m feeling more caught up and chilled after a busy couple of weeks. Friday night hubby and I stepped out for spicy Thai vegan comfort food – I just adore this simple cashew tofu stir fry.

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I’m getting more into the fall spirit and have been making pumpkin pie smoothies for breakfast.

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Vanilla protein powder blended with carrots, frozen bananas, greens, raw ginger, and pumpkin pie seasoning makes a fun fall breakfast treat.

Especially when followed by taking the dogs for long walks to enjoy the changing leaves.

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And letting Leela pee a little on everything!

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After the gym yesterday, I had a simple and hearty chickpea salad lunch with hummus dressing and snacked on veggie chips.

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Then slow cooked a pound of chickpeas to use during the week.

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I love using them in salads, soups, quinoa dishes and I’m experimenting with mixing them more into the dog meals since beans are great for dogs too and Miko might be a bigger fan of them than me!

I also took my mom shopping to our local Fleet Feet store to get new fitness shoes for her and a new pair of Brooks Glycerin 14s for me for my long marathon training runs. I could have easily spent hundreds there – new compression pants, socks, shoes, etc! But we had to move on to our next shopping adventure to get pumpkins and fall decor.

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I love pumpkins, I might even be obsessed with them. They’re just such a festive fall decoration and picking them out was a fun, big deal for Halloween growing up. Good thing they’re cheap here because I like to have them all over the house.

And today was long run day, so I fueled up last night with a simple quinoa and chickpea dinner adding more yellow zucchini from our garden.

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Then treated ourselves to So Delicious Neapolitan Frozen Dessert hubby found at Grocery Outlet.

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For only 120 calories per serving, it’s very good! Creamy with a rich chocolate flavor and sweet strawberry flavor with visible strawberry chunks.

Whew, and there was today’s long run – 14 miles and the longest I’ve ever run!

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I did not push the pace because I was pushing the distance and was a little more weighed down for this run with a full hydration vest, two smartphones since I’m on call this week, and Gu Energy packs to get through the miles. I was really feeling the distance for the last mile and the warm weather today did not help. But overall I’m glad I did it and did not notice any new pains during the run and had energy to take the dogs for a walk after. I also got through a lot of podcast episodes from Planet Money, The Bearded Vegans, and This American Life. But I’m ready to relax now … after catching up on laundry and running to Target!

The list:

Men’s Journal discusses getting ripped on a vegan diet.

Dr. Greger gets hardcore on type 2 diabetes

This woman’s struggle with running led her to her first marathon.

Running became this man’s best weight loss plan.

The challenges and joys of running a marathon.

DJ Khaled is getting closer to veganism.

These vegan Thanksgiving recipes look delicious.

So do these.

So many great sweet potato recipes here!

Filed Under: General, Product Reviews Tagged With: chickpeas, health news, marathon training, plant based news, plant-based, pumpkins, running, running news, running shoes, salad, smoothie, so delicious, soymilk, tofu, vegan, vegan dining out, vegan eating out, vegan news, vegan runner, vegan Thai

Comments

  1. Laura ~ Raise Your Garden says

    October 10, 2016 at 5:37 am

    Love the baby corn in your stir fry! They are so tender and tasty. Maybe I’m addicted to pumpkins too, we have so many, but they are not cheap. Many are 8-15 a piece. Then I find a roadside stand for a buck a piece and I went crazy buying them up. And white pumpkins, love those. And you can always roast those yummy seeds, one of my favorite snacks.

    • christine says

      October 11, 2016 at 4:40 am

      Agreed on baby corn. While living in Florida, the large pumpkins were about $100! Here there more like $20 and it’s easy to buy tons. :-)

  2. Ellie says

    October 10, 2016 at 4:03 pm

    Checking out the sweet potato recipes now! Thank you. Congrats on the long run! You crushed it!

    • christine says

      October 11, 2016 at 4:38 am

      Thanks and you too on your race, wow!

  3. Gingi Freeman says

    October 10, 2016 at 7:05 pm

    Love Red Mill Brand, have been meaning to tour their mill some day, they are near my in laws! <3 – http://www.domesticgeekgirl.com

    • christine says

      October 11, 2016 at 4:38 am

      Me too and that would make such a great post!

  4. Linda @ Veganosity says

    October 11, 2016 at 7:15 am

    Great run! Now that you’ve run your longest run, every one after get’s easier. It’s a mind game. :)

    Pumpkins!!! I love them too. So pretty.

    • christine says

      October 11, 2016 at 3:11 pm

      Thanks and that sounds good to me, but I gotta get up to 20 miles too – eek!

  5. Hannah says

    October 11, 2016 at 10:00 am

    I’m definitely NOT in the fall spirit yet and not looking forward to the colder weather ahead… But pumpkin pie smoothies might help. That sounds amazing!

    • christine says

      October 11, 2016 at 3:13 pm

      Thankfully it doesn’t get too old here and pumpkin spice everything helps. :-)

  6. Mary Ellen @ VNutrition says

    October 13, 2016 at 4:30 am

    That pumpkin pie smoothie looks good! I’m always jealous when I see your tasty looking Thai meals. I need a better Thai place than the one close to me.

    Great job on your long run!

    • christine says

      October 13, 2016 at 4:53 am

      Thanks! I hope you get a good Thai place soon! Thanks on the run, going for longer this weekend – eek!

Hello! I'm Christine, an IT Professional in Northern California. I'm also passionate about a healthy, plant based lifestyle, running, fitness, and being eco-friendly. 40 (ack!), married, with furkids. Read More…

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