Hello there!
Today I am running on green and green only. I was up until 1:30am last night. You only live once right? :biggrin:
This morning I pulled out all the stops…
For Breakfast, I had a ‘Carrot Camo’ Green Monster went 3 cups spinach, 1.25 cups almond milk, 1/2 cup shredded carrots, 1 tsp cinnamon, 3 sprigs parsley, 1/2 frozen banana, and 1 tbsp coconut butter.
It was a Carrot Camo because the carrots were camouflaged in the GM and the GM was camo amongst the plants!
Green Monsters cannot be beat for energy.
The leaves were being sticky fingers once again…
haha.
and a Run Glo Bar:
If there was ever a day for Raw Maca it was today!
After 15 mins of digesting, I headed out on a run to wake myself up. My goal was to run each mile faster than the previous with a strong finish.
The run:
- Distance: 4 miles
- Time: 33:30 mins
- Avg Pace: 8:21 min/mile
- Avg heart rate: 161 bpm
Mile splits:
- Mile 1: 8:49
- Mile 2: 8:26
- Mile 3: 8:24
- Mile 4: 7:47 (so proud of this mile!)
I felt awesome after this run. It was really tough and I wanted to give up after the first 1.5 miles, but I told myself ‘you are so much stronger than you think’ and I made it through! Sometimes the body just needs to be woken up a bit. Also helpful- new music. I am loving ‘Billionaire’by Travie McCoy this week! It’s such a FUN song.
It was super humid out and I was sooo sweaty when I got home. Cold shower felt amazing, especially on my muscles.
A lot of you have been asking me about negative splits, so I am going to address some of your questions in my next post. Some of the questions I will cover are:
- What is a negative split?
- How do I run a negative split?
- Why does it work?
- What are the benefits/are they for me?
Lunch was delicious and featured Rawlicious leftovers!!!
The Raaaaaaawwitch:
A little daylight goes a long way with food photography!
The onion bread is phenomenal. I have no idea what is in this raw onion bread (besides onions of course), but it is out of this world.
mmmm. It was a little soggy today but still awesome.
I also had 1 can of Amy’s Split Pea Soup with Paprika and fresh parsley:
I better get back to work…I am working on a couple big custom orders today. Check out how cute these ‘Puppy Love’ Glo Bars are for a local vets office.
Check out this giveaway for the Operation Beautiful book.
See you later alligators!
WOW– that last mile was super speedy!!! Great work!
Your lunch looks so good today!!!
You’ve got me drooling over that rawitch! Just delicious lookin’ :)
and by “witch” I mean “wich” lol
Oh my gosh…those puppy love glo bars are just too adorable!
I’m interested to read about the negative splits in your next post.
My sis and I are planning a trip to rawlicious in the next few weeks. I emailed her your post and she responding by simply saying, “when are we going?” LOL
hehe enjoy!
I do NOT like parsley for some reason. Blech.
I love that you post a pic of you after a sweaty workout. That’s how real women work out!
That green monster looks really good today–extra bright green. I could go for one just like that!
That green monster is GREEN! :)
Congrats on a great run and strong finish!
We have the same taste in workout music :)
I want your day!! The food, the run – both sound amaze! That last mile was super :)
Do you have any idea how to make raw bread? I’d love to make some, but I wouldn’t even know where to begin!
someone left a comment below with a raw bread recipe :) YUM!
Wow!!! You are really rocking your workouts!!! Great job on that last miles — incredible time on that one. And now you have me craving a green smoothie. So glad it’s almost time to go home from work so I can whip one up <3
YAY! You got your internet to work with you instead of against you!!
Puppy Love is the cutest thing ever! Love it!!
The food from Rawlicious looks amazing!!!!!! Thanks for sharing! The closest full dine-in raw food restaurant to me is about an hour away, so I don’t get there too often.
More speedy running (just in awe, over here :)) great job! Way to push yourself. It is so inspiring. I love all the work you put into your blog.
Thank you!
such a cute idea! love the bars:)
and way to rock the run!
Mmmm, I’ve never actually tried carrot in my green smoothies, sounds so good. Amazing run by the way! I really need to get back out there, the heat scares me off! =/
What a great run…I love negative splits! The food all looks delicious too of course. Oh, and I made some garlic scape pesto that is sooooo good…blogged about it this morning! My boyfriend just had it on toast with avocado and hummus and loved it too!
Wow, that GM looks really vibrant like it’s bursting with energy and goodness. Well done on a fab run and that last mile is truely amazing!
Love your pink workout tank in the pic! Where did you get it?
I like onion bread, too, but why do so many raw food recipes require the use of a dehydrator? *Sigh*
Lululemon :)
I think that would be one of my favorite parts of a bakery … doing custom orders and fun projects…
that rawich looks NOM.
really wanting that green monster ;D