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Well... it's time for another alphabet post! I've done a few of them so far and the are kind of fun. You can find J here and T here.


WooHoo!!... Lady, my bike,who I just named after having her for almost a year, came home from the bike shop today! Some of you may remember that my last bike was Sissy it just came to me during my ride that this one was more of a lady and thus she was named. I was missing Lady like crazy this last week. So to celebrate I brought her inside and we did a DVD that Kathleen loaned me. Rides DVD: Volume 1 The Rockies It was fantastic to be seeing some of the Boulder country side as this course follows the Boulder Peak course.


Week...this last one was not heavy on the training. But all that is gonna change this week.


Winter...we are not done with it yet...the biggest flakes I have seen this year..

Want it???? I have two books, Slow Fat Triathlete and Shape up with the Slow Fat Triathlete. I would be happy to pass these on to someone if you or anyone you know might read them. If your interested send me an email and I will send
them to the first person who expresses interest. They would be really great for a beginner or someone you would like to get interested in tri's.

Wait for it.... I have got some really good recipes coming up this week...do you like Pumpkin? I love it and you are gonna get in several different forms.

What's for dinner? Turkey Meatloaf

Lest you think that all my new recipes are fantastic I bring you this meatloaf...

What were you thinking?!?!??!

The meat loving son exclaimed when I cut in to this turkey meatloaf. He had been starving and waiting for this for the best part of an hour. The fact that it was made with ground turkey was not a problem, we've had many good turkey meatloaves, the fact it contained lentils....now that was a problem. I keep trying to like lentils and I just don't. I don't know why. Maybe I just don't know how to cook them. While I was not as repulsed by this as my boys I didn't really like it either, in fact in a rare occurrence around this two teen boy home with a cheap mom, the leftovers ended up in the trash. If you like lentils and would like to give this a try let me know and I will gladly give you the recipe or if you have a lentils recipe guaranteed to make me like them bring it on!

Wow meatloaf really doesn't photograph well.

I did really enjoy the glaze that was on this and might try that on another recipe. Oh well they can't all be good right?

I admit it....

I AM A WIMP!!!!!!!

I can't even make myself stop at the gym in this weather. I am not hard core like some people that I've seen. Call me whatever you want I'm going to wait for it to warm up some.

Have a good day...

Your speeding!

So first off lets address the obvious...I've had a few changes around here. Came home from my long run today and threw everything on the counter from my run and then looked down and just decided it was going to be my new blog header. And since I had been doing much thinking about spring as I ran (and the fact that it is suppose to be in the low teens for the high temps in a day or so) I decided spring colors was the way to go. So here's the new look...what do you think?

Training this week was actually pretty good. I got in two each of swim, bike and run as well as a couple of strength training workouts. I also dropped my bike off at the shop for it's spring tune up and set up an appointment for a bike fitting which I've never actually had done.

Long run today while a little cool was really pretty nice. I went over to Standley lake to run so I could get off of the concrete and asphalt. In my first mile I passed a gentleman who called to me "Your speeding!" and made me laugh. While I was anything but speeding it was nice to hear and made me remember that it is all relative. One persons slow is another's speedy.

Here is the gorgeous view I was running toward. That's the dam in front of the mountains I ran to the right of it first then back down and over to left.

This is just before mile 3 running through the empty campground with the spot marker.

Look how beautiful the mountains with the snow are. But as you can see the foothills have none. We've seen very little snow here in the metro area.

This shot is from the other side of the lake and you can see the wind turbines in front of the mountains.

And that's it 7.25 miles done. While it was any thing but speedy, I felt pretty good about it especially considering I stopped numerous times for photos, a potty break, a phone call and it was pretty hilly too. Training for spring 1/2 mary is coming along just fine!

What's for Dinner? Stuffed Poblano Peppers

So this one is not a new recipe, but something that I enjoy throwing together often and wanted to share. Poblano peppers are usually pretty mild although I must say recently I've had some pretty spicy ones which is a little strange. I would imagine if you don't like spicy food that you could use Anaheim peppers or for that matter a green, red or yellow. This can be a great way to use up leftovers, I put in whatever is in the refrigerator. This particular one turned out to be fantastic!!

In this mix I have approximately:
1/4 c. zucchini
1/4 c. yellow squash
1/2 c. mushrooms
1/2 small onion
1/4 c. cooked butternut squash
4 oz cooked chicken
1/2 c. black beans
1/2 c. grape tomatoes cut in 1/2
salt
pepper
cumin

Saute the zucchini, yellow squash, mushrooms and onion until tender 8-10 minutes add butternut squash, chicken, beans and tomatoes. Add salt pepper and cumin to taste.

Stuff peppers (as you can see I had more filling then room) and smother with canned enchilada sauce. This time I used Las Palamas Green Chili enchilada sauce. Cover and bake at 350-400 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour. You can stick the peppers to make sure they are soft. Top with sour cream or/and cheese if you would like.

As I said you can put almost anything in these. I believe this is the first time I haven't added some kind of grain, either brown rice or couscous. It was just as good without it. You could use different veggies although these are my standards. You could mix in cheese and you can also use red sauce, that's tasty too although I prefer green. I've made these for the boys and they like them too although Carb lover didn't like the outside pepper so much.

Go clean out your refrigerator and enjoy!

A man ahead of his time.

Do you remember Jack LaLanne? His exercise show started in the late 50's and continued for more then 3 decades. I have some vague memories of seeing him on TV when I was a child. He passed away on Sunday at the age of 96.

Well into his late 80s, LaLanne continued his personal fitness routine of two hours a day — one hour of weight training and another hour exercising in the pool — beginning at 5 or 5:30 in the morning (a concession to his age; in earlier days, he started at 4 a.m.).

Los Angeles Time Obits

I heard part of this today on the radio and I was amazed that even then he was so dead on with this advice.


Wow what an inspiration. RIP Jack Lalanne.

Can you imagine?

What is this? This is approximately 30 lbs worth of canned goods (and most of the cans that were in my cabinet before I went shopping) It is also the amount of weight that I have lost in the last 9 months. It's been a slow journey with months at a time that I didn't lose anything, or lost and gained over and over but as you can tell from my weight tracker it's been a pretty steady downward trend. It also puts me pretty close, 13 pounds, from my "high" goal weight which I really can't remember ever being at but I'm sure I was in at in my 20's.



Are there benefits of losing 30 lbs?

HELL YEA!

Lets start with the running. I'm getting faster. Not fast, just faster. In the last 6 months I've gone from a monthly average pace of 12:42 to 12:14 that's almost 30 seconds a mile! Like I said not fast but it would be really hard to get that kind of increase just training I think. Especially when you don't like to make it hurt.

Clothes all fit so much better and I've dropped 2 jean sizes. This means I get to shop for new clothes, can't see anything bad about that, well except for the obvious lack of money. Luckily most of my workout clothes still fit which means the spandex must have been stretched to the max before. I will however need a new wetsuit since the one I had was already slightly big.


My knees and feet don't hurt! Not only when I run but just on an average day they feel pretty darn good almost all the time.


Self confidence. I feel much better about myself in general and as an athlete. Am I still shaking in my boots about that 70.3? Yes but every pound makes it seem that much more attainable.

Then of course there are the obvious health benefits of which there are to many to list.

This one may seem odd but food...it tastes good again! When I'm heavier it's as if I just eat to be eating and don't really taste or enjoy it again. When I'm watching what I eat and eating healthy everything tastes so much better and I get real enjoyment from it.

I'm sure there are many others that just aren't coming to mind right now but it's time to get out for my weekend long run...7 miles today..I think I'm going to be smiling. :)

Have a great day!