Easter Oats

Good morning!

Yesterday ended up being quite a productive day, that is, after I stopped shopping for Spring races and snuggling Sketchie to death! ;) I am almost caught up on my emails. Now, I need to update the Green Monster Movement submissions and then get caught up on Glo Bakery stuff (gulp!!). I got a lot or orders while away so I will be busy as a bee after Easter weekend.

This morning I got up and prepared for a run along the Murder Hill route. I have not run this route since last Fall, so I was a bit scared!

Let’s just say the Flat running party of the past 2 weeks is officially OVER!

I shed a single tear.

I filled my Camelbak with an energizing mixture of gin and tonic…haha..I joke, I joke. ;) I actually filled it with chilled Japanese Sencha green tea. It was deelish and very energizing.

My pre-run fuel– two handfuls of Mulberries by Navitas Naturals:

Love those lil’ guys!

The run was a good one despite all the hills, I managed to pound out a decent pace.

The run:

• Distance: 6.75 miles
• Time: 1 hour 7 mins 35 seconds
• Avg pace: 10 min/mile

My goal for this run was a negative split (quicker second half than 1st half). I have a very hard time achieving a negative split when I do hill runs, so this was a challenge for me. Last year I rarely achieved negative splits on these runs because after the hills I would be burned out and slowly taper off to a slow, dying crawl. :mrgreen:

Today was a success though…just barely:

• Running out: 34 minutes
• Running back: 33 minutes 25 seconds

I sprinted the last 300 metres or else I would not have made it. I was quite happy with this split because it included 3 brief walking points on the way back, that I didn’t have on the way there.

Breakfast featured this bad boy! Bob sent me a bunch of samples of oats when I was testing them for my Glo Bars. I ended up using their regular organic oats for my bars, but I sure do like their extra thick oats for oatmeal. So chewy!

I am so glad I saved this because I was in such a maple mood this AM! This stuff is GOOD.

Into the pot went:

• 1/2 cup extra thick oats
• 1 cup hemp milk
• 1/2 cup water
• vanilla
• cinnamon
• pinch sea salt

Then I topped it with the maple almond butter and pure maple syrup!

Off the hook!

I used my new plastic dishes from Target- they are very Easter like! :) The spoon is from a Kitchen store in Tanger outlets though.

I also made some vegan marshmallow squares to bring to our family get together. It is the same recipe off the box of Kellogg’s (I still remember it from when I was a child!!) except I used vegan marshmallows, organic sprinkles, and margarine.

I am off to pack up now. We are off to the in-laws for a big Easter get together! Sketchie is very excited to go for a long car ride. :)

Have a great day! See you from the in-laws.