Beating the rain

Today was my first run of the 12 weeks of training I have. My previous workout schedule included runs on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Now, I need to run Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. I take a yoga class Mondays and Wednesdays, so that means running after work.

The only problem with this is timing my eating correctly, since I tend to be rather hungry by the time I get home from work.

Today, it wasn't such a problem. My employees brought in cinnamon rolls (vegan, from this book), fruit and POG juice (pineapple, orange, guava, which I came to love in Hawaii a few weeks ago). Two cinnamon rolls later, I was through my noon yoga class and still wasn't hungry for a real lunch. I did eat one "burger"--the best non-meat burgers we've found from this book--and a small salad. I can't live on sugar and refined flour (just because its vegan doesn't mean its healthy).

When it finally came time to run around 5:20 this afternoon, I was feeling pretty good, and I only had to go three miles. I managed to make it around Greenlake and then some to make three miles before it started to rain again. Woot! Beat the rain!

By the time I got home, I was finally hungry. My husband and I had one of our favorite recipes, the Pineapple-Cashew-Quinoa from Veganomicon. Oh--and another slice of my birthday cheesecake. The healthy food diet is kind of dead in the water this week.

My time on the run? About 36 minutes, a 12 minute mile. So slow! I'd love to run the half-marathon at a 10-minute-mile pace, and am hoping all this running in preparation for the race helps me speed up. If not, that's my goal for my second half-marathon.