Thursday 3's

I am pregnant with biscuit babies. It's the truth. I made a biscuits from a mix tonight. The brand is called 1-2-3 Gluten Free. I heard about the mix because there are rumblings from the Cinci Celiac group that Bisquik is coming up with a gluten free mix. Gluten Free is popular... it's cool to be Celiac! :) Anyway, I made the biscuits tonight to go with the chili I made for dinner. I ate 2 1/2 biscuits, which was about 1 1/2 biscuits too many. Now I am sitting here in pain! My stomach is so full there is barely room for the water I'm drinking.

This all got me thinking... there are only certain foods I would eat that would make me feel this miserable. That leads me to this week's Thursday 3: What three foods would you eat in excess, no matter the pain?

My answers:
1) Cheese bread from Sinfully Gluten Free in Miamisburg, Ohio. Meagan - do you remember eating it? On top of the crust is an olive oil with tons of seasoning in it. The cheese bread is amazing. It's better than the pizza. Yummy!
2) Cadbury Mini Eggs. These delectable treats are seriously a downfall of mine. I cannot have just one... or 15. I must eat the entire bag. I love the texture and the melt in your mouth delightfulness these mini eggs bring to my senses. Thanks mom for introducing them to me!
3) (this is from back in the day) Velveeta Shells and Cheese. I'd eat the whole box. It was such a great meal. I remember I had good intentions... at first I only poured half of the meal into my bowl... but undoubtedly I'd go back the for the second half 15 minutes later. I did find a "light" version by the time I moved to Boston, which I'm sure helped a little bit.

Flying Pig Marathon is this weekend!

I am going to accomplish one of my New Year’s Resolutions this weekend… to run a relay in the Flying Pig Marathon. I am excited and scared! I am running leg three of the race which happens to be longest at 7.67 miles. I haven’t run that long since the Country Music Half Marathon in 2006. A few months ago I ran four miles in a row on the treadmill but since then I have just been running 3 miles here and there outside. I was going to run five miles this past weekend when we were in Nashville, but it was raining. So this morning I went to the gym and did 5.6 miles in intervals on the treadmill. It took me 65 minutes. I walked 2 minutes, ran 2 minutes until 30 minutes in. Then I switched to run 3 minutes, walk 2 minutes. After doing that I ran for 8 minutes straight with the first 3 minutes at 6.1mph, the next 3 minutes at 7.0mph, and the final two at 6.1mph again. Then I ran 2 minutes, walked 2 minutes until I got to one hour and cooled down the last five minutes.

I wore heels to work today and my knees were pretty uncomfortable. I fortunately left a pair of black flats under my desk for emergencies so I am now wearing those – they are much more comfy! I will have to switch back into heels for my meeting with three marketing directors this afternoon, but I’ll be comfortable until then.

Please send good vibes my way this Sunday morning. Not only will I be running my longest run in four years, but it is expected to rain all morning, too. Fortunately my leg of the relay goes right by my street so I’ll have Dave ready with dry socks for me just in case! You can track my progress (if you are at all interested) by getting text or email updates. Go to flyingpigmarathon.com and go to Track Athletes. Fun! I am tracking Dave Heng, the guy who is leg 2, so I know when he’s getting close to me.

Here’s to a successful run!