Running and food, what else is new?
I have run every day this week, at least 3 miles.
Normally I don’t run every day, but today is the last day of Sami’s preschool until camp starts up a week and a half from now. I just know that the likelihood of getting out for a run where I’d want to be aware of my average speed is pretty slim. I’m excited to report that depending on the temperature, my average speed ranged between 11 minues/mile and 11.2/mile. That’s pretty exciting for me, considering that includes the warmup and cooldown walking, and some pretty gnarley hills.
I think that recovery is somehow getting easier. Last month, every day I ran was followed by at least a day of not running, because I physically felt that I needed the recovery time. I saw this as a sign of my age… but I am starting to think that running is making me younger! If you ask me how old I am and I don’t think too hard about it, or if my kid isn’t there, my go-to answer is still 24, and I am so many kinds of not 24 any more. But there’s something to this exercise of feeling younger that I like. Or maybe I need it. In any case, between the increasing physical ability and the generally sometimes forgetting how old I am, I’d say I am well disposed at the present.
In culinary news, I accidentally bought a jar of Pumpkin Pie Spice when I was reaching for paprika a few weeks ago. Last night was an exercise in how to kill some staples (carrots, celery, onion), some frozen turkey, some miscellaneous junk and use up some pumpkin pie spice. I wound up making a stew with red beans, turkey, and vegetables. On top of the pumpkin pie spice, I added some crushed red pepper, cayenne and brown sugar, and the result was… thoroughly edibly comforting.
It wasn’t mindblowing like other recent experiments have been, but I strove for comfort food for a reason, so it pretty much hit the spot. Sami wasn’t a fan, but that because it had green things in it, around which she had to diligently pick. This is kind of how it goes with a persnickety preschooler, but at least she eats.
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We are sooooo in love with pumpkin pie spice over here – we sprinkle it on our coffee grounds (in the machine) so the coffee gets all infused.
Ooooo that’s a great suggestion. I’ll try that, next pot I make.