lazy weekend on the shipyard.

mister peabody on the poopdeck
too much coffee

sausage and bacon (saturday morning breakfast)
french toast warfare

plums
rabbit and rice

7/12 - 7/13

some foodie highlights from race weekend

pre race dinner

short ribs

pesto and bread

salmon with couscous and raw zucchini salad


the next day...


post race lunch. left over couscous with kale, cranberries, carrots, zucchini and squash


snack. crackers with jelly.
dinner: homemade pizzas for tracy's birthday


a magnificent baked alaska for a magnificent day

and for good measure..an afternoon shot of ginger.

los gatos half marathon

results:

1:49:07
8:20 minute mile

overall: 157 out of 739 runners
female 20-29: 17 out of 85

week in review

potato leek soupspinach omelet with toast


wildflower salad with steamed cauliflower and tomato

humboldt bran muffin with walnuts and raisins. coffee

favorite snack. apples and peanut butter
mozzerella basil panini with tomatos and spinach. on focaccia with steamed chard.


snacking on seaweed
tomato and cucumber afternoon rainbow spread by Tracy


Octopus salad
sole with piccata sauce and veggies

monday: 6 miles
tuesday: off
wednesday: 7 miles plus pumping iron
thursday: 4 miles
friday: off

half marathon this sunday.!

7/6/08. big basin.

big sur is on fire, so we hiked in big basin this weekend instead.

(packing for 3.)



fungus


green.


distance hiked: 10 miles

7/5/08

early bird. peanut butter toast w/coffee.



post run breakfast: frittata with spinach and mushrooms. berry smoothie.

more bbq fun. cucumbers, cheese, olives and crackers


ziti with less red meat than the day before and an ear of corn (extended version).


coffee and cake.


distance run: 15 miles.

7/4/08

sleeping in.  breakfast:  

lunch/dinner.  

dessert.

wednesday: 0 miles

thursday:  0 miles

friday: 7 miles

7/3/08

out to breakfast with coworkers

2 fried eggs with toast and potatoes.

coffee

afternoon bbq and birthday celebration

garlic bread

meat medley.  plus avo's chourica.

my serving.  one cheeseburger with ketchup.

dessert:

maple cake with berries. 

easy rider

In kindergarten i hopped for 15 minutes dressed as a bunny to raise money for children and adults living with neuromuscular disorders.

In 2nd grade i got a yellow skip it for my birthday. it had a counter on it to keep track of the number of times the plastic ball came about my ankle. I beat nuno cordeiro from portugal on the skip it count during recess, exceeding the 3 digit allowance of skip its per skip it.

i was also really good at hula hooping for one summer, and remember rocking a side pony, some pink spaghetti pants, and my hips for what seemed to be an eternity at my cousin's high school graduation picnic.

Sadly, after having lived a little, these great feats of human endurance seem downright silly...achievements just minor enough to know that hula hooping and eating a hot dog at the same time won't pay my rent. (even if i look hot in pink spaghetti pants.)

but let's not get too depressed on here. .

sure it's hard working a 9-5, paying college loans, keeping up with rising gas prices, making my own food, cutting checks for rent that makes my blood curdle, and having to stay fabulous like all the time..
but that's not to say that the daily grind has actually shattered my dreams of doing the things i love forever and always into googleplexinfinity and beyond.

thanks to the folks out there who are determined to do the things they love for a really really long time:

like dean karnazes, who can run 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states, 700+ miles down the pacific coast to san diego, and across the world's most extreme deserts and still feed his family and release best sellers.

or david blaine, who can encase himself in a block of ice in new york city, stand perched like a gargoyle for 35 hours on a 90 foot pillar in bryant park and make it to bed with a hussie like Madonna

then there's this asshole who calls himself an artist (i still give him kudos for doing something for a long time.)

sure, these folks are spectacular and practically superhuman (aside from that last gig i mentioned)

but how about
this person?

who seems normal like you and I, and is taking a chance by doing something for a long time without sponsorship from north face or a list of readily available celebrity hook ups.

he's taking the time to be extraordinary, because you wouldn't think it, but most everyday people (including you!) can swing that way.

He's biking from oregon to boston to raise money for his very own Trips for Kids chapter in Western Mass. That's about 65 days of riding, covering an average of 75-110 miles a day, and 5100 miles total, which (in my book) amounts to doing something great for a very long time.

so support him on his quest for endurance, for reminding us that we can all be extraordinary, and for his efforts in making the world a better place.

brief hiatus

sometimes life gets really busy, and you pack your computer away, along with everything else, and high tail it to the middle of the woods.
here are some foodie highlights from this week.


snack: cracker sandwiches with cream cheese, cucumbers, sprouts and carrot sticks.



in a hurry green curry (with added zucchini)


strawberries

out to dinner with someone special.
prosciutto wrapped prawns in red pepper aeoli sauce.


venison with mashed potatoes and steamed veggies.


pre run breakfast

post run dinner: cheese ravioli with tomato sauce, salad and vegetable soup





saturday: 15 miles
sunday: 4 miles
monday: 3 miles easy. 5 x 200m hills
tuesday: 5 miles easy