Good morning.  Happy Thanksgiving week!

So much to say…

First things first:  I had an excellent weekend in terms of my half marathon training.  I did find myself running yesterday at sunset in a desperate attempt to squeeze in one last workout before the week was up!

I broke my personal #1 rule of training and went on a run three days in a row – whoops (I try to avoid back to back runs).  My work week was so busy that all my workouts got relegated to the weekend.  I missed one of my four runs, but I’ll take a 14.5 mile week.  I’ve got to say – I’m sore and today is definitely is a rest day.

A little trick – instead of taping your entire training plan to the fridge, just do two or three weeks at a time.  It makes it seem less intimidating… You can keep the complete pages on the fridge, too, so you don’t forget how far you’ve come.

Breakfast was a bowl of savory oats.

Oatmeal

Stir-fried onions, carrots, broccoli

Soy Chorizo

Sunny side up egg

Lots of people have asked me how I make such ‘pretty’ eggs.  Here’s my tutorial for a pretty omelet.  And I must confess that my hard-boiled eggs are so nice because I buy them pre-cooked.  

But to make a pretty sunny-side up egg, you only need to know three things:  one, the pan must be very hot.  Two, a non-stick pan with a lot of cooking spray is key.  Three, crack the egg very close to the pan – not from high up.  And four, don’t touch the egg until it’s done cooking.

Baby photographer helped me document breakfast:

This is what my photographs look like when Henry is involved….

Oh, much better.

Stay turned for a Mind and Body After Baby update.  Better late than never, right?