Happy Hump Day! (I couldn’t resist!) 

What’s up???  Not too much new and exciting over here, I feel like I’m falling back into a fairly repetitious cycle over here.  The next three weeks are basically – work, eat, train for the half – that’s about it!

Yesterday started with spicy oats – actual real “spicy oats” – Morning Star sausage patty and all!

In very sad news, I’m out of Frank’s Hot Sauce now.  Any day I go without Frank’s in my house…is a very sad day 

Lunch was back to salads – BOOOOOOOOORING!

with a teeny tiny side of quinoa to serve as my noon excitement! 

When I left for work in the AM, it was about 65, and when I got home from work, try closer to 45!! – not to mention drizzly and gross.  I was SO uninspired to run outside, but at the same time – I knew I had to be because I want to do better in my half marathon than I did in my 10 miler.  So I ate some Luna Moons (no pic, sorry) and forced my ass out the door.  The end result?  Awesome!  The whole run seemed so easy, and I felt great as I sprinted into my driveway. The whole run took about 56 minutes, including probably about a minute worth of stopping for street lights.  Not too shabby right?  Now if only I’d done more of the 10 miler training OUTDOORS.  Oh well, that’s the curse of living in Cleveland!

For dinner – I had my first attempt at making kale chips myself!

I got Mike on board to at least test them out too!   Here they are pre-oven:

We ate our Boca Burgers while they were cooking, we were both so hungry! 

Finished product/final verdict?

Total awesomeness AGAIN!  God I love theses things!  Mike’s verdict:  not bad, but NOT potato chips either!   When I asked if he would eat them every time I make them, he said yes, which is about as good as it’ll get with him – so I consider it a win!

Did everyone see Bobbi’s May Challenge?  I think it’s fantastic – and as soon as I read it – I e-mailed her saying “I’m IN!”  

Not sure Mike will be so on board, especially with the “not eating out” part – but you never know!