Feeling good

Six days out from marathon day and I’m feeling good!! I could get used to this taper schedule forreal!! My knees and hips don’t hurt, my endurance is up and most importantly I feel good. During these last 3 weeks of tapering, I’ve been trying to work on increasing and maintaining my speed. Woke up this morning, bright and early, and got my 3 mile run out of the way before work. My main time goal is to complete the marathon while averaging a 10:00min/mile pace, but this morning I was feeling good and froggy, so I pushed myself and ran 3miles in less than 27minutes, averaging 8:57min/mile pace!!! I’m so proud of myself. I don’t think I’ve ever run THAT FAST for THAT LONG and STILL feel like I could’ve kept going. PROOOOGRESSSS!!!!…and it feels good. 🙂

Early morning FLEX!

Breakfast this morning was my usual bowl of oatmeal with bananas, honey carmelized apple bits, walnuts, and cinnamon…in my measuring cup to go in my bell-lay!! 🙂

With just days away from marathon, I’m not eating ANYTHING new and I’m steering CLEAR of the processed, packaged, white sugar, alcohol, cheesy, and fiber-rich foods. I just can’t risk a crummy run or the BG’s aka the bubble guts. This runner, right here, is sticking to what I know!! So what does that include? Complex starches, protein, whole grains, and low to no fat. Unfortunately,  I got a little lazy yesterday and didn’t cook, so lunch today was a big owl bowl of garden mixed salad to which I added strawberries, tomatoes, fat free feta cheese, and chopped walnuts. I drizzled some low-cal, low sodium, low fat raspberry walnut vinigarette over it. I snacked on some unsweetened applesauce and fresh strawberries throughout the work day.

But if I plan to keep my meals safe and clean, I DON’T have a choice but to cook. Just like my run pace, my schedule has picked up the pace too, so I have little time. I need a TECQ meal at this point (Tasty, Easy, Clean, and Quick), so I decided to go with salmon, brown rice, and steamed broccoli. I marinated the salmon in McCormick Grill Mates marinade and sprinkled the fillets with some shaved almonds. I steamed the broccoli and seasoned it with Mrs. Dash Southwest Chipotle seasoning, Salt-FREEEEEE!

Lunch for the rest of the week!

What are some of y’all’s lunch meal plans for the week?

CB