Lovin' The Carb Loading....

Well folks, the big event, the Jay Challenge is next Saturday!! Gulp. Sounded so cool when I signed up. According to the race director, this race is the hardest "marathon" (33 miles) put together for its distance in North America.

Help, I need.............

Training advice? Naw, its too late for that.

I need.........

Course information?................. I have that, but why lament over impending pain?

I need..........

I need............

I need what every girl craves during stress......

CARBOHYDRATES!!!

LOL. Really. I need carbohydrates, now!

Next to running blogs, cooking blogs are my most favourite daily read. I love to pore over the pages and dream of the day when I will find the time to trudge over to the grocery store and find all of the rare ingredients for fancy recipes and go home and cook up the perfect meal for Hubs and I.

Truthfully, the cooking rarely happens throughout the school year, but a whole lot of dreaming goes on, and then I settle for Shake and Bake for dinner.



Hey, its kinda tasty....

I was perusing my very favourite cooking blog the other day, Smitten Kitchen, when I came across this very perfect carb loading dish, zucchini strand spaghetti. In fact it was so perfect it made me gasp with delight. This dish I will make!! Tonight!! I even made my own fancy basil oil last night, and it turned out awesome. This is what the dish should look like (Deb's from Smitten Kitchen's, not mine).




Mine will likely look less perfect. I even bought a mandoline for the occasion to julienne the zucchini. Hubs and I watched videos on You Tube last night trying to figure out how to use it without cutting off my fingers.

Oh sorry..... Did you come here to read about running?

Alright then, the training plan for today is a short 6K recovery run and a 20K bike. I have seemed to have snapped out of my lethargic stage. I may cut back mileage this weekend though in favour of tapering and more carb loading.

Happy training and thanks for reading!