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Better Pace for the Weekend List

February 12, 2017 by christine

My sister and I are still working on our crazy goal of 100 miles of races in 2017 which means four half marathons, a full marathon, and smaller races between. Yesterday we took on the Race for Justice Valentine Run which was just a 4-mile race, but a festive Valentine’s event with a fun mix of elite runners and groups of friends making it a costumed social event. As usual, the small cluster of outhouses were not enough and the line was crazy minutes before the race start. Good thing we got there early enough!

It was also a dog friendly race and I just loved all the dogs there and even some in costumes too. Since it was only 4 miles, I pushed my pace which was challenging without a warm up and the middle of the course was more hilly than expected going through a ritzy neighborhood with gated mansions. Still, my official finish time was 33:57 which put me at a better ranking for my age group and happy that I came in just under 34 minutes. I told myself 35 minutes would be good, 34 would be awesome, and I did even better which is a nice little confidence boost.

For this race and last Sunday’s 10k, Whole Foods provided the post race breakfast with vegan friendly bars, pretzels, and fruit – so that was great too. I’m trying to use these shorter races to set specific goals and hopefully meet them. The weather was perfect, first sunny day we’ve had after over a week of rain. You can see the line of storm exiting the area and the sun finally out after raining overnight, so that was awesome. And I got to see one of my favorite runners again in this race, he was also in last weekend’s 10k and I’ve seen him in other races over the years. I call him The Grunter because he grunts loudly when running and you can’t miss him, but he’s 85-years-old and can still run under 10 minute miles. How awesome is that? So inspirational that we can be that active and energetic well into the 80s and I hope to see him at more races.

This week I went to Pho Vegan Asian Cuisine twice! Once for lunch with my mom and sister where this veggie noodle soup hit the spot on a cold rainy day.

And Friday night with hubby to load up for Saturday’s race where this curried tofu dish was divine.

I also met my other sister and mom for lunch at Ikea for a little girl shopping where I got this lovely plate if veggies balls, lentils, and more veggies.

I didn’t buy anything else, just food on this trip while looking for ideas on possible updates in the office and home gym.

Other eats included steamed spaghetti squash and salad for lunch one day.

This fabulous potato leek soup hubby made for dinner.

This fun tomato basil saute I threw together in a work with tofu, zucchini, and peppers.

And this kale salad with kale from our garden – it’s growing like a weed after all the rain, and a dressing made from ripe avocados I needed to use up quick.

It’s been a good week of eats and running, but also busy at work and being on call for work. I decided to make next weekend a 4 day weekend taking an extra day off and I am looking forward to that! No big plans, just working on stuff at home, catching up, and relaxing while not being on call for work!

Okay, the list!

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Veganism healed her relationship with food and body.

Weird Al is another awesome vegan adding to my list of places to try in LA.

Remember Octoman? The kids are 8 now and vegan!

How to deal with a snotty nose on runs.

You’re never too old to start running.

Running got this man away from his sedentary lifestyle.

Running in cold weather can improve performance.

Slowing down is the secret to a faster marathon?

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Comments

  1. Ellie says

    February 12, 2017 at 4:51 pm

    OCTOMOM IS VEGAN?!!? That makes me smile huge!!! Now all we need is Bernie and the Obamas

    • christine says

      February 13, 2017 at 6:09 am

      I know, crazy! And so true!

  2. Linda @ Veganosity says

    February 13, 2017 at 9:10 am

    You rocked that race! Great time! I love hearing about the 85-year-old runner, what an inspiration.

    • christine says

      February 14, 2017 at 6:16 am

      Thanks and so true on that runner, such an honor to see him out there.

  3. Laura ~ Raise Your Garden says

    February 13, 2017 at 12:36 pm

    Wow, my 2 sisters and I do not run for V-day, we eat chocolate. Oh well. hehe. Everything in moderation. I saw that Octomom was vegan on your Facebook feed that popped up on my personal page, actually more people are vegan than most people even realize. Was at church yesterday and invited a young couple whom I hadn’t seen in awhile (mostly friends with their parents) but they’re both vegan and look fantastic!!! She lost so much weight since becoming vegan and says she has more energy too!

    • christine says

      February 14, 2017 at 6:17 am

      Hehe, there will be chocolate eating too. That’s awesome about the young couple!

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  1. Run Plant Based — Over this Week says:
    February 16, 2017 at 7:19 pm

    […] is almost over, woohoo! It has been an off and strange week for me and I am ready to end it. The 4-mile Valentine Run I did on Saturday with my sister did something awesome – they let us download the race […]

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