Day 26 - Back on track

It has been a while since my last post. Call it a turkey hangover, call it depression from watching the Irish lose, call it a little bit of burn out, or call it the first round of germs that tried to take hold. I have been neglectful of some workouts and as a direct result this blog.
Last Friday the house hold chores and a full belly of thanksgiving Turkey won out and I took my first full rest (well no running) day since I started. Instead I elected to put up the Christmas lights while the weather was still unseasonably warm. Three trips to Lowe's later, my work was done and it was time to go and eat more turkey. Skipping workouts is a slippery slope, once you have made peace with skipping one, you are far more likely to skip another, which I did on Saturday. I skipped the bike, but did do my run putting up a 48 min 10k. Then it was time to watch the Irish take on USC. - Sunday I was too depressed to workout and decided to do work around the house instead. Monday I skipped because I was really moving down that slope.
I felt really bad about skipping those workouts and did not want to post about them, but there they are, I have come clean. Now with two consecutive days under my belt again and no intention of skipping today's run (even though last night really hurt) I feel better.

The really bad thing is that the weather has finally turned for the worse. Yesterday it was cloudy but almost 70 deg. Today it is raining and getting colder every minute. We are supposed to see snow tomorrow and all weekend which means lots of treadmill work is in my future. Oh well such is Multisport in Michigan.

We had some pretty good meals here in the last couple of days. Here are the marinades that we used on the chicken, the pork, and also my homemade spaghetti meat sauce (well, my mom's really)
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Grilled Chicken Marinade
Balsamic vinegar
EVOO
S/P
Dried Basil
Simple and tasty, we use this for grilled chicken salad.
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Grilled Pork Tenderloin Marinade
Grey Poupon
Worcester Sauce
Soy Sauce
S/P
Minced Garlic (3-4 cloves)
EVOO
Great stuff, served with some homemade apple sauce (Granny Smith's skinned with brown sugar and cinnamon) and some Broccoli

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Spaghetti Meat Sauce
1lb ground Round
1 diced yellow onion
3 diced cloves garlic
S/P
2 cans tomato sauce
1 can diced tomatoes
1 small can tomato paste
Italian Seasoning
It gets better the longer it simmers, so put it together before your run and let the flavors come together while you're out building an appetite.
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I have to also thank Becky for 'brining me home' last night on the run. I ran into her on her way home (my way out) from her run with the dog and she rode her bike out to meet me at about mile four (still 3.5 miles from home). I was really hurting and starting to think about giving up and walking. With her by my side I began to feel better and actually finished up pretty strong. It's really nice to have support out there - Thanks Baby.