![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-02-01-10_dinner.jpg\" "\\"Risotto")
<\/a><\/p>\nYUM!\u00a0 With:<\/p>\n
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- Carrots<\/li>\n
- Zucchini<\/li>\n
- Onion<\/li>\n
- Sundried tomatoes<\/li>\n
- Artichokes<\/li>\n
- Shrimp<\/li>\n
- Red pepper and asiago chicken sausage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I put some shredded asiago on top and it was delish!\u00a0 I do not add cheese to the risotto but put it on top instead.\u00a0 This helps me control the cheese amount better and then everyone can have as much or as little as they want.
\u00a0 I know this isn’t technically how risotto is done but it works for us!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-02-01-10_wine-300x225.jpg\" "\\"White")
<\/a>![\"\"](\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/OHC-02-01-10_chocolate-300x225.jpg\" "\\"Chocolate")
<\/a><\/p>\nThen I had a glass of white (celebrate!) and some dark chocolate with sea salt.\u00a0 YUM!\u00a0 And I read for a wee bit and crashed out in my warm toasty bed in my warm toasty house.<\/p>\n
I got up this morning to snow on the ground.\u00a0 Bleh.\u00a0 I’m over snow. :p\u00a0 When I took Rocky outside for his morning potty run, I noticed how not cold it was.\u00a0 Hrm.\u00a0 Then as I headed out for my run I realized how much of a mess everything was turning into.\u00a0 It was warm out so the snow was melting quickly, turning into a slushy mess on the roads.\u00a0 Yick!\u00a0 I did 4.5 miles and headed home.\u00a0 It was a tad slippery out and my hamstrings were getting a little tight.\u00a0 I was perfectly fine with a 4.5 mile run though!<\/p>\n
I’m feeling pretty good about my training so far.\u00a0 My long run is up to 8 miles and I think I might be able to jump that to 9 here soon.\u00a0 The half I want to run is in May and I should be pretty ready to knock that out by then!\u00a0 My goal is to have run 13 or at least 12 miles a few times before the race.\u00a0 I know this goes against most training plans but to be perfectly honest, I don’t understand the theory behind cutting the training short.<\/p>\n
Last year my training plan cut me off at 10 miles with the expectation that come race day I would just tack on those extra three miles no problem.\u00a0 Sure, I’ll just add on another 5k there at the end on race day!\u00a0 And marathon plans do the same, cut you off at 20 miles expecting you to just add those 6 miles on at the end.<\/p>\n
Sorry, but this seems like it’s covered in Crazy Sauce to me and I think that’s part of the reason why I got injured last year (combined with not enough strength training).\u00a0 Adding on a mile a week was too aggressive for me, so adding on 3 more<\/em> miles, no go.\u00a0 I have to take it slow and add on a mile every few weeks or so.\u00a0 I have to be able to run something consistently so that my body gets used to it before I start increasing my miles.\u00a0 Otherwise my legs get tight and I’ll strain something.\u00a0 Again.<\/p>\n
Dinner was fish!\u00a0 YaY!<\/p>\n