Half-Marathon Long Run + Recent Breakfast + Lunch

Happy Sunday! I kicked off the day with a long run and it was just perfect! I have decided that I prefer a Sunday long run over Saturday. It’s so peaceful and quiet out there on Sunday mornings. I typically prefer to run solo but met a friend at 7a to run with me and I might be changing my tune on having company for long runs. I loved it for several reasons – 1) it kept me accountable for starting on time. 2) It always feels safer to run with another person. 3) we chatted the entire time and the miles seriously flew by.

WE RAN A HALF MARATHON! Y’all…I felt so good for this entire run mostly due to the incredible weather. It was 60 degrees when we started and right around 70 when we finished. Training through summer heat and humidity has been no joke and this run gave me so much hope for fall training and race day. I truly felt night and day different with the cooler weather and lighter air.

Love the way this run shook out. We started and finished around a 9:30 pace and got some faster miles in towards the middle.

This run concluded week six of my 16 week training cycle. I am feeling ready for the harder weeks and longer runs to come!

Here’s what my week of training looked like. My goal is 4 runs, 2 full body lifts, 1 yoga and a complete rest day and I hit that this week!

Monday: REST – this was the day after my 12 mile long run and our travel day home from Florida

Tuesday: 4.2 miles at 8:54 pace

Wednesday: 30 minute full-body lift (I was on a time crunch and made it happen!) + 2 mile walk

Thursday: 5.5 mile stroller run at 9:39 pace (getting ready to push Finn in the Around The Crown 10K next weekend!)

Friday: 3.5 miles at 9:28 pace + hot yoga

Saturday: full-body lift

Sunday: 13.1 miles at 9:14 pace

TOTAL MILES FOR THE WEEK: 26.3 (put it all those runs together at one time and we have a marathon!)

Really, really, really enjoying following a formal training plan and training for a big goal – it’s been a long time!

Next up for you…lots of breakfast and lunches. Dinners in the next post.

BREAKFAST

Gimme allllll the yogurt bowls. Summer fruit is such a delight and has been the star of my yogurt creations lately.

• Icelandic Provisions Extra Creamy Skyr – lemon flavor
• Raspberries
• Blueberries
• Purely Elizabeth Vanilla Chocolate Chip Granola
• Almond butter
• Dried cranberries

Another one with plain greek yogurt, honey, peaches, cherries and fresh figs. Perfection.

• Icelandic Provisions Extra Creamy Skyr – vanilla flavor
• Publix Greenwise Honey Coconut Granola – really like this granola FYI
• Blaceberries
• Bananas
• Rasberries
• Cashew/almond/dried cranberry nut mix
• Almond butter

Post-long run breakfast in Florida of cottage cheese scrambled eggs, my dad’s homemade wholesaled wheat sourdough toasted with butter (and one half with apricot preserves), peaches, cherries and bacon.

Chocolate milk on the side because it’s just the best recovery drink! Perfect blend of protein and carbs!

Peaches and cream oatmeal.

• 1 banana, mashed and cooked in coconut oil until broken down/soft/mushy
• 1/3 cup rolled oats
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/3 cup water
• pinch of salt
• dash of cinnamon
• egg white vigorously stirred in at the end of cooking
• cottage cheese stirred in at the end of cooking (a big spoonful)
• dried cranberries
• sliced fresh peaches
• almond butter

LUNCH

• Mixed greens tossed in olive oil, lemon juice, sea salt and a squeeze of honey
• Chickpeas
• Tomatoes
• Blueberries
• Glazed pecans
• Carrots
• Avocado
• Deli chicken
• Feta
• Tahini turmeric dressing

Tomato toast on homemade sourdough with mayo, basil and sea salt. Hardboiled eggs and cherries on the side. I’m going to cry when these tomatoes are gone soon.

• Mixed greens
• Fresh figs
• Roasted beets
• Chickpeas
• Red peppers
• Carrots
• Avocado
• Hot honey goat cheese from ALDI
• Pepitas
• Dried cranberries
• Poppyseed dressing

Verdant Bread whole wheat sourdough with peanut butter, honey and banana. Cantaloupe and Cheez-Its on the side.

• Chopped romaine
• Deli turkey
• Kalamata olives
• Chickpeas
• Tomatoes
• Hearts of palm
• Pepitas
• Fresh mozzarella
• Ranch (Whole Foods brand refrigerated)

Turkey melt with homemade sourdough, mayo, horseradish mustard, tomato, avocado and really spicy pepper jack.

• Mixed greens tossed with olive oil, honey, lemon juice and sea salt
• Deli turkey
• 7-grain blend (the pouches that you can microwave in 90 seconds)
• Carrots
• Radishes
• Cucumbers
• Avocado
• Feta
• Dried cranberries

Very late lunch (like 3:30-4p) of crostini with pimento cheese, hardboiled egg and cherries. I didn’t want to ruin my dinner so kept it light. I having a moment with the crostini that you can get in the Whole Foods bakery department.

• Chopped romaine
• Fresh mozzarella
• Tomatoes
• Avocado
• Blueberries
• Dried cranberries
• Hearts of palm
• Glazed pecans
• Carrots
• Chickpeas
• Tahini turmeric dressing

Another turkey melt on my dad’s whole wheat sourdough with a mango.

Taylor Farm Mediterranean Crunch chopped salad kit doctored up with…

• Edamame
• Can of Blue Harbor tuna – 150 calories and 32 grams of protein per can. You truly cannot beat that!
• Pickled beets
• Avocado

I love the basil balsamic dressing that comes with this salad kit!

Two more turkey sandwiches to round things out! One on honey wheat and the other open faced on sourdough.

And that’s all for me! I am off to the studio to sub two yoga classes. One is a Bikram style 26 posture class and the other is deep stretch. I usually teach power flow so looking forward to mixing it up this afternoon! (Remember, I do not practice with my students when I teach – I am done working out for the day…although I may demo a few of those deep stretches haha.)

QUESTIONS 

Do you prefer to run solo or with others? 

What’s been heavy on your breakfast rotation lately? 

Current go-to salad proteins?