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Finally back to normal eating! : ) Took today as a total rest/recovery day as it is one day post-marathon; tomorrow definitely will include a swim- so therapeutic for tired legs! : ) Breakast at 5am: Green powder w. vitamins, Shake: green tea/protein/flax/lecithin/raw almond butter/pumpkin 9am meal: steamed broccoli & cauliflower with a dash of […]

Breakfast at 5am- 3 hours before race start: Rice & Shine Cereal (gluten free, organic brown rice cereal- I only eat this for breakfast on the day of a race), banana, raw almond butter, flax, lecithin, green powder w. my vitamins; americano afterward Race PR; 3:13:34 at Seattle Marathon, 3rd Age Group and 6th woman […]

The day before the race: have to be sure to keep on top of hydration and the muscle glycogen stores (most frequent consumption of starches here today…) breakfast: green powder w. vitamins, hard boiled egg whites w. avocado, 1/2 banana w. some raw nuts next: 1/2 baked potato w. olive oil sprinkled atop, apple lunch: […]

Breakfast: green powder w. vitamins, egg whites with 1/4 avocado, tomato, raw spinach and an apple next: 1/2 banana, sliced turkey, raw veggies (cucumber, carrots, tomato & celery) then: 1/2 Organic Vegan Food Bar, beautiful organic pear, 4 oz of tuna sashimi followed by: steak, asparagus, green salad, 1/2 baked potato, a glass of Cab […]

pre-run breakfast at 7am: green powder w. vitamins, etc… hard boiled egg whites sprinkled w. olive oil & mixed with fresh garden tomato, small banana w. almond butter 1 hour EASY run with pick ups – getting ready for Sunday! next meal: organic greens with grilled chicken on top, red bell pepper & an apple […]

(Travel day-heading to see the family in San Fran for Thanksgiving…) Breakfast at 7am: Green powder, flax, lecithin w. vitamins; 4 hard boiled egg whites, olive oil, apple with raw almond butter, steamed kale and an americano about an hour later 10am flight- so PLENTY of water before and during; brought snacks to eat en […]

5:30am Work breakfast: green drink with vitamins; pumpkin shake (green tea/protein/flax/lecithin/almond butter) 45 minute aerobic run with pick ups 9:30 am 3 oz chicken breast on a bed of spinach with 1/4 avocado, 2 T pomegranate seeds & an apple 12:30pm sliced turkey, .5 oz raw walnuts, 1/2 banana, Americano 3pm Red Kale (flash steamed), […]

(Back to work) 5:30 am- green powder mixed w. water to swallow vitamins, shake: green tea/pumpkin/protein/raw almond butter/flax/lecithin 30 minutes- resistance training/CORE 9:00am- raw kale sprinkled w. cider vinegar, olive oil and GARLIC! :), sliced turkey and a pear 12:30 (pre-swim): organic plain goat’s milk yogurt, banana, 1/2 oz raw walnuts, 2 hard boiled egg […]

Again, since training volume is lessened, the normal breakfast pre-training is substituted with a version slightly lower in starch… Green power/flax/lecithin & vitamins, 4 hard boiled egg whites, banana w. raw almond butter, 1/2c organic plain goatmilk yogurt, americano Bike workout on the Computrainer/Intervals then spinning out the legs…- 2 hours- 2 hammer gels during […]

(Tapering for the Seattle Marathon, that is! Training volume is reduced (as is caloric intake) but I still include some intensity.) Breakfast, 7am: green powder mixed w. flax & lecithin to swallow vitamins! 1/2c egg whites prepared in tsp olive oil, small piece of potato (training run to follow), banana w. raw almond butter, handful […]