Sunday, September 28, 2008
Week 5
Sunday September 28 through Saturday October 4
Sunday -- Rest
Monday -- 9 miles (1:05:00)
Tuesday -- 9 miles (1:04:00)
Wednesday -- 4 miles (29:00)
Thursday -- Rest
Friday -- 9 miles (1:07:00)
Thursday, September 25, 2008
What Arbeit Eats
I take some flak because my diet is . . . different. (How many apples do you eat a day? Dude, that cannot be good for you.) So I decided to post meals I enjoy. Because I have no great love for cooking by myself, for myself, all suggestions will be quick and easy to make. Most important, though, I eat healthy.
Speedy Spinach Salad
1 bag spinach
1 red pepper
1 avocado
6-7 crimini mushrooms
1 pint cherry tomatoes
1/3 lb sunflower seeds (raw, hulled)
Mustard
Just wash, chop, mix and stir. This salad has everything. The mustard is the key -- salad dressing is not only expensive but also not great for you. Mustard (my mustard at least) has nothing but nutrients and some sodium. Zero empty calories. If you need carbohydrates too, enjoy your greens with a fresh local organic whole grain loaf. Like Wonder Bread.
NB This salad has no wheat and no dairy. (Wonder Bread has wheat. Allegedly.)
Till next time, when I post about my favorite fast lunch!
Speedy Spinach Salad
1 bag spinach
1 red pepper
1 avocado
6-7 crimini mushrooms
1 pint cherry tomatoes
1/3 lb sunflower seeds (raw, hulled)
Mustard
Just wash, chop, mix and stir. This salad has everything. The mustard is the key -- salad dressing is not only expensive but also not great for you. Mustard (my mustard at least) has nothing but nutrients and some sodium. Zero empty calories. If you need carbohydrates too, enjoy your greens with a fresh local organic whole grain loaf. Like Wonder Bread.
NB This salad has no wheat and no dairy. (Wonder Bread has wheat. Allegedly.)
Till next time, when I post about my favorite fast lunch!
Monday, September 22, 2008
The Great White Hill
How am I training for NYC and Boston without the Newton Hills? Good question, glad you asked. Although I no longer have the privilege of running up Heartbreak every day (which truly is a privilege), I do have a new challenge: the Great White Hill.
No, the GWH is not as famous as Heartbreak. (Fine, the GWH is not famous at all. In fact, I bestowed on the hill that noble moniker. Why are you laughing?)
Everyone else calls the hill 13th Street between Arkansas and Colorado. But look closer at the cross streets (from south to north -- bottom to top):
Emerson
Farragut
Gallatin
Hamilton
Ingraham
Jefferson
Kennedy
Longfellow
Madison
Q.E.D. I present the Great White Hill.
Visit and we will conquer these luminaries together.
No, the GWH is not as famous as Heartbreak. (Fine, the GWH is not famous at all. In fact, I bestowed on the hill that noble moniker. Why are you laughing?)
Everyone else calls the hill 13th Street between Arkansas and Colorado. But look closer at the cross streets (from south to north -- bottom to top):
Emerson
Farragut
Gallatin
Hamilton
Ingraham
Jefferson
Kennedy
Longfellow
Madison
Q.E.D. I present the Great White Hill.
Visit and we will conquer these luminaries together.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Week 6
Sunday September 21 through Saturday September 27
Sunday -- 9 miles (1:06:00)
Monday -- 9 miles (1:05:00)
Tuesday -- 9 miles (1:04:00)
Wednesday -- 9 miles (1:05:00)
Thursday -- 9 miles (1:04:00)
Friday -- 4 miles (28:00)
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Week 7
Sunday September 14 through Saturday September 20
Sunday -- 20 miles (2:29:00)
Monday -- 4 miles (33:00)
Tuesday -- Rest
Wednesday -- Rest
Thursday -- Rest
Friday -- Rest
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Is this goodbye?
What about NYC? Did Boston mean nothing to you?
Best luck my friend. Perhaps we will meet down the road.
Till then.
Best luck my friend. Perhaps we will meet down the road.
Till then.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
National Parks
Last Sunday was Difficult Run. Not just a difficult run, but the Difficult Run. (Clever, right? Right?) I ran with a few others. (One ran sub 2:29 at St George 2006, one ran sub 2:39 at Boston 2008, etc.) We ran for 2:20. Lovely jaunt through the woods. I was hurting by the end -- of the first thirty minutes.
Today I explored the famous Rock Creek Park. (Excellent map -- click to zoom.) One of the largest urban parks in the world, this wooded preserve contains a wide range of natural, historical and recreational resources in the midst of metropolitan Washington, D.C. (Yes I ripped that from some government publication. Fair use!) I wanted to run the Western Ridge Trail -- in green on the map -- bottom to top, twice. Alas, I took many wrong turns. I arrived at the end of the trail (almost in Maryland) after 1:52. (Looking at the map now I see I was about 200 meters from Boundary Bridge. I will go to the bridge next time.) Getting back took much longer than I anticipated, mostly because I took a few more wrong turns. The result -- 2:57 this morning on the roads and trails. Awesome.
Summary: (1) I did not run the entire trail (not even close); (2) I never saw the Peirce Mill (although I did see the Jean Jules Jusserand Memorial. Close to the Peirce Mill, I know.); (3) I have no idea where I went wrong; and, NPS take note, (4) The trails are not well marked.
Next time: Bottom to top on the Western Ridge Trail. Three times.
Today I explored the famous Rock Creek Park. (Excellent map -- click to zoom.) One of the largest urban parks in the world, this wooded preserve contains a wide range of natural, historical and recreational resources in the midst of metropolitan Washington, D.C. (Yes I ripped that from some government publication. Fair use!) I wanted to run the Western Ridge Trail -- in green on the map -- bottom to top, twice. Alas, I took many wrong turns. I arrived at the end of the trail (almost in Maryland) after 1:52. (Looking at the map now I see I was about 200 meters from Boundary Bridge. I will go to the bridge next time.) Getting back took much longer than I anticipated, mostly because I took a few more wrong turns. The result -- 2:57 this morning on the roads and trails. Awesome.
Summary: (1) I did not run the entire trail (not even close); (2) I never saw the Peirce Mill (although I did see the Jean Jules Jusserand Memorial. Close to the Peirce Mill, I know.); (3) I have no idea where I went wrong; and, NPS take note, (4) The trails are not well marked.
Next time: Bottom to top on the Western Ridge Trail. Three times.
Week 8
Sunday September 7 through Saturday September 13
Sunday -- 24 miles (2:57:00)
Monday -- 8 miles (1:00:00)
Tuesday -- 4 miles (29:00) and 14 miles (1:37:00)
Wednesday -- 9 miles (1:03:00) and 5 x 1000m
Thursday -- Rest
Friday -- Rest
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Week 9
Sunday August 31 through Saturday September 6
Sunday -- 19 miles (2:20:00)
Monday -- 4 miles (30:00)
Tuesday -- Rest
Wednesday -- Rest
Thursday -- 9 miles (1:05:00)
Friday -- 9 miles (1:03:00)
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