Saturdays are long runs in my training schedule. This morning I woke up at 7am, without my alarm, which was a nice surprise.
The weather was absolutely gorgeous, crisp (40′s) and sunny.
Here is how my run went:
Overall, I felt pretty good. I had layered up and the temperature was ideal, a nice breeze was blowing, and a good number of people were out with dogs ! Shamefully, somewhere around half, I had to stop by restrooms in a dog park and take care of business. Lesson learned: do no eat peanut butter 20 minutes before going on a long run.
Coming back, I decided to try out a green smoothie to use up some leftover spinach in my fridge. I mixed in some milk, frozen strawberries and bananas (thanks Dole) and a fair amount of spinach leaves. If anything, here was another occasion to rekindle my love for my blender (all hail Blendtec), which I had almost forgotten about after the summer ended. Here is how things looked like before:
And after:
Nice and green, but tasting more like strawberries and bananas than spinach at all (Phew…). I had seen several other bloggers reference green smoothies, but was still a little doubtful about how spinach’y they would taste.. I would make it again. Tasty and refreshing !
Have a great weekend !
So much to love about this post. YAYAYA for the Blendtec, I LOVE mine. AWESOME job on the run. If I eat PB too soon before a run I just get sluggish, no potty time for me!