More food and running

Today I was trying to work on speed. I forgot I have a 5k at my school this Sunday, that I'd like to run fast for! I haven't done a 5k since April, so I'm looking forward to this! Today I decided I'd work on speed. I like working on speed in terms of the workout going by quickly, but I don't in that it is difficult! When I did my 2 miles warmup, I thought, ok, I'm going to run mile repeats. I didn't make it through the first mile, and cut it back to 1/2 mile repeats. I did one of those and then decided 1/4 mile repeats would be fine. So I worked on them and did 2 1/2 mile repeats and 3 or 4 1/4 mile repeats. They were decent but not as great as I was hoping for, and by the end my legs were tired and I was kind of out of breath!

I went into school today to see my students, this was hard but we had a great day there (and then Nick slept for 3 hours) ! The sup't hasn't responded yet.

Some experiments this week so far: (Note: somewhere along the way my pictures went back to being small on the default, so click on them for a big picture)

Granola Bars
These turned out way too sweet, here is what I used:

Ingredients:

• 1/2 c honey
  
• 1/4 c hemp oil
• 1/4 c nanners almond butter
  
• 2 c. oats
• 1/4 c ground flax
  
• 1/4 c sunflower seeds
  
• 1/4 c flax seeds
  
• 1/4 c coconut
  

Lara Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar - I liked this! I followed the recipe exactly. These taste like chips ahoy to me. And Lara Bars.





Veggie Burgers
I didn't make the dressing, which would have made them better. These were a little dry. Here's what I used:

• Burgers
• 1/2 cup dried lentils
• 2 Tbs. olive oil
• 1/2 red bell pepper, diced (1/2 cup)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced (about 2 tsp.)
• 15-oz. dried/soaked chickpeas
  
• A bunch of dried parsley leaves
• 3 egg whites
  
• 2 tsp. ground cumin
• 1 tsp. ground coriander
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup oatmeal
  
• 1 piece whole wheat bread
  
• 3/4 cup grated carrots
• 1/2 tsp. baking powder

I mainly used the food processor to process everything together. These turned out a bit dry and definitely would have been better with the dressing. It made 10 burgers, I'll make the dressing for the rest!


Tonight's dinner: Veggie Burger, baked sweet potatoes, kale and spinach frittata


Where'd everyone go? Not many comments lately. Maybe the food stuff is boring, I just need something to keep me busy! I'm still looking for bakers. I have around 6 amazing souls but hope to get more from some of you talented people out there!!