Good intentions gone awry........................

Busy, crazy, insane day yesterday, life happens I guess.

I was powering through my morning well, and even made one of my "perfect meal in a glass" for breakfast. In a blender (my smoothie maker died) stuff a couple of good size handfuls of spinach and/or any kind of dark salad greens (does not include iceberg) in the blender. Raw, fresh ones. Then dump a fresh pineapple on that (smush it down). Can use canned, but make sure it is in own juice. Add some water so it will blend and do just that. Then to that mixture I add a banana (makes it creamy), a couple scoops of protein powder (we are no longer officially raw folks), some Maca powder (a super food from Peru), and psyllium husk powder (pure bulk fiber). One could also add powdered vitamins is desired, and or tofu for the protein. Blend again until all mixed and breakfast/lunch/dinner is ready. One can also add ice (or freeze the banana)if you like that style. This amount of ingredients makes three servings for me and I keep the other two in the fridge or freezer for another day. Sugar free, and an excellent way to be sure you are getting all your greens in for the day. The banana has potassium, and the pineapple has bromine or whatever it is that they want you to take in pill form.

So, I have my creation complete by 9:30 AM. My goal is to eat by 9 to 10 in the morning each day. Then people started coming and going and I didn't finish my drink until 1:30. My intentions were so good, reality not so much. The day continued like this, and it was 8:30 before I ate dinner. About a third of a veggie salad from Subway with one of those sm packets of Tuna (love these by the way for their convenience and portability), and a TLB of ranch dressing. Perfectly satisfied with this, I ended up eating a small bowl of mint chocolate-chip ice cream sometime after the salad. This was totally not my fault! Flicking through the channels, I came across the Food Network Challenge with people trying to break world records. These two guys were seeing how many scoops of ice cream they could dip in one minute. I am watching this, thinking to myself, "ice cream sounds good" with no plans to act on the thought when my youngest (watching with me) says (at the same time I am thinking this), "Boy! That makes me want some ice cream." I caved! One more example of how sugar is my enemy.

But this is a journal about running right. How one fuels the body is a big part of running, and one I have put a lot of effort into. I am a work in progress.

And I did run 2 miles last night. It was 7:30 by the time I got started. I opted to take my Jack Russell with me. Jack's were bred as working dogs, and Emma is a smart one. When we go for a walk she acts like a regular dog, sniffing here, there, everywhere. But when I take her running, I tell her she is working. If she does try to stop to sniff I tell her, "Your working" and she keeps moving. She is still a dog, and did HAVE to stop, and it was either run (about an 1/8) of a mile out of the way to the trash can or carry it with. Of course I did the increased distance.

I was gone a little over twenty minutes, Emma helping me to keep up the pace. This is another thing I need to get to become a habit before the real training begins, remember to look at my watch when I get out the door. I have a HR monitor with a stop watch, but I have not been wearing that regularly as of yet. I am still trying to learn all the functions and get frustrated if the thing starts beeping while I am running and I don't know why. I have a whole month to figure it out. It will happen.