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Past Races
12.31.02 - Washington Resolution Run
01.19.03 - San Diego Marathon
07.13.03 - Tri For Real #2
10.23.05 - Nike Women's Half Marathon
11.23.06 - Sparks Turkey Trot
05.05.07 - Marathon de Mayo (Half)
05.13.07 - Moms on the Run
10.??.07 - Nike Women's Half Marathon
05.10.08 - Moms on the Run
06.21.09 - Pleasanton Spirit 5K
07.29.09 - San Francisco Half Marathon
10.04.09 - SJ Rock 'N Roll Half Marathon
10.18.09 - Nike Women's Half Marathon
11.01.09 - New York Marathon
11.26.09 - Spark's Turkey Trot 10K
02.20.10 - Bay Breeze Half Marathon
03.14.10 - Shamrock 'N Half Marathon
03.21.10 - LA Marathon
03.27.10 - Scheel's Fanatic 5K
04.25.10 - Marin County Half Marathon
05.02.10 - Reno Rock 'N River Half Marathon
06.05.10 - See Jane Run Half Marathon
07.25.10 - San Francisco Half Marathon
09.05.10 - Pier to Peak Half Marathon
10.10.10 - Chicago Marathon
10.30.10 - Healdsburg Half Marathon
11.07.10 - U.S. Half Marathon
11.25.10 - Scheels Turkey Trot 10K
02.06.11 - Surf City Half Marathon
03.13.11 - Dublin Shamrock 5K
04.18.11 - Boston Marathon
05.01.11 - Big Sur Marathon
06.11.11 - Lake Tahoe Relay
07.31.11 - San Francisco Half Marathon
09.11.11 - Walnut Festival Run 5K
09.18.11 - NorCal Half Marathon
11.24.11 - Scheels Turkey Trot
12.03.11 - Las Vegas Santa Suit 5K
12.04.11 - Las Vegas Half Marathon
03.11.12 - South Bay Duathlon
03.25.12 - Oakland Half Marathon
05.20.12 - Morgan Hill Sprint Triathlon
06.24.12 - Silicon Valley Intl. Triathlon
07.15.12 - Ironman 70.3 Vineman Triathlon
03.09.13 - Lucky 13 Half Marathon
04.28.13 - Eugene Half Marathon
05.11.13 - Folsom International TriathlonPersonal Records
5k:19:17 @ Dublin Shamrock 5k 2011
10k: 41:01 @ Scheel's Turkey Trot 2010
Half:1:30:07 @ Oakland Half 2012
Full: 3:31:44 @ Boston Marathon 2011
70.3: 5:20:07 @ Vineman 2012Currently Reading
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COOKIN’: FEBRUARY RECIPE ROUND-UP
Not to detract too far from training, let’s talk about something that kind of goes hand-in-hand: FOOD!
I’m one of those people that posts some of the better food that they’ve just made on Instagram. If you hate it, whatevs, you don’t have to follow me. But I just can’t help being proud of the fact that my zero cooking skills actually resulted in something delicious. It’s a feeling of accomplishment and down right satisfaction. Plus, I usually get a few folks asking for the recipes. Thus, instead of sending them all one by one, I thought I’d do a round up of some of the winners I’ve made recently.
Mexican Quinoa Salad with Spicy Chicken
Stop what you’re doing and go make this salad. Actually, I don’t even like calling a salad. It’s a bowl full of health perfection topped with a flavor-punch of protein. It’s colorful, filling and a combination of two recipes I found online.
First, the Mexican Quinoa salad (the dressing is what sets it apart). Then, I simply sautéed two chicken breasts with the following spice mixture:
1 tbsp. chili powder
½ tbsp. paprika
¼ tsp. garlic powder
¼ tsp. cayenne pepper
½ tsp. sugar
½ tsp. salt
Top the salad with the dressing (that you hopefully made ahead and refrigerated) and then your chicken. I prefer the salad chilled, but it was great with hot chicken on top as well.
Dairy-Free Banana Pumpkin Oatmeal Honey Bread
Whew! That’s a mouthful — and it is in more ways than one. Over-ripe bananas? No problem. Throw them in with what I would guarantee 75 percent of us have in our pantries right now for a hearty, delicious bread that will keep you fed for breakfast for the entire week. You can find the recipe here.
Orzo Vegetable Soup with Pesto
After cooking quite a few soups this season, I have found that I love when they have pasta in them as it helps fill me up a bit more. However, the noodle size was never quite perfected…until I tried orzo in a soup. It’s hearty enough, but not too much. This soup was a winner because it introduced me to my new soup BFF, but I would just go ahead and add the pesto in instead of dolloping it on top. You can find the recipe here.
Cheesy Broccoli Quinoa Casserole
If you can’t tell already, I’m slightly obsessed with The Garden Grazer. I’ve tried three of her recipes thus far and not one has failed me. This one was the double agent of recipes: on the bottom it’s all, “Oh hey. I’m so healthy and will hashtag the hell out of how healthy I am.” But then on top, BAM, cheesy goodness that I broiled to be just slightly crunchy but fully flavorful. You can find the recipe here.
Other recipe winners that I’ve encountered over the month but failed to take a photo of include Baked Gnocchi with Ricotta and Marinara, Slow Cooker Taco Chicken Bowls, Spaghetti with Artichoke Hearts and Tomatoes and Quinoa Stuffer Peppers (all of which I’ve linked to on my Pinterest account).
Now if only I actually had good food blogging photos…
Any great new recipe discoveries you can share?
Happy Running!
Cookin’: Easy Homemade Freaking Bread
In my dream blogger world, I would be a fan-freaking-tastic professional athlete that emanates a modest Chrissie Wellington/Kara Goucher vibe (but curses like a sailor), has the cooking prowess of the Pioneer Woman, and has the oh-so-chicness of Emily Shuman of Cupcakes and Cashmere. That’s totally doable, right?
Bahahahahahahahahahaha!
Faking the part and lookin’ all old-timey in my old-timey kitchen.
But this weekend, I got close to one of those alter-egos by baking something that I can’t stop talking about, let alone eating. Wait for it, wait for it…
I MADE HOMEMADE FREAKING BREAD!
Let me emphasize why this is a big deal: I didn’t grow up in a family that cooked. Instead, I have memories of 10 cent tacos at El Pollo Loco and getting the 5 for $5 Arby’s Roast Beef Sandwiches with my grandma (I would always be the one to eat the extra). The thought of eating bread out of anything than the bag it came in from the grocery store was the stuff of people who had too much time on their hands. My parents owned their own business and worked their asses off – homemade bread was not necessary (or imaginable).
As I got older, and more specifically, as I changed jobs that didn’t suck my life away with a horrendous commute, I’ve been playing in the kitchen. With the party we were hosting Saturday night, I took the leap, stood on my soapbox, smashed down my triton and declared, “I WILL MAKE MY OWN BREAD!”
Inspired by the bread I saw on Hungry Runner Girl, I found the original recipe and concluded that this what not the work of over-achievers, just people who plan. This bread isn’t hard — it’s full of white bread-goodness, it uses the ingredients you likely already have in your pantry, but it takes time. Two hours to let it rise once, then another hour to rise after you’ve braided it.
Long story short: you can totally make this bread and you’ll be glad you did. Just chunk out some time, waft in the homemade bread smell and continually peek through the oven mirror at your glorious creation.
Oh, and don’t forget, when people come over for dinner, pull out the baking sheet and proclaim, “I MADE MOTHER F-ING BREAD!” over and over again like I did.
It’s a magnificent moment.
Or maybe it was all fault of this fresh raspberry mint cocktail.
One of the best I’ve had in a while.
In The Cooking Zone
On Sunday, I got in a groove. One of those grooves that relaxes, energizes, calms and motivates all at once. This groove wasn’t of the athletic type, but rather the Julia Child type. I went to town cooking.
Lately, I’ve been finding my place in the kitchen, fumbling through recipes and thoroughly aggravating Chicken Face because I am a horribly messy cook.
Vegan Carrot Cake Cookie Bites (Recipe Via)
I wouldn’t call these cookies “cookies,” instead, I’d call them crumbles. These little balls of goodness are all vegan, zero oil and zero flour. Sure they’re full of carrots, oats and flax, but I’d highly recommend you add the optional brown sugar as I can’t imagine what they’d taste like without it. I’ll go down on record saying that they aren’t really an ooey-gooey cookie, but I feel like they’re delicious mini power balls. Makes total sense, right?
Whole Wheat Applesauce Loaf Cake (Recipe Via)
In my dream life, Jenna and I from Eat, Live, Run are BFFs. I’ve never met her and if she were ever to read this, I’d immediately get tagged “creeper.” But her recipes always look delicious and I just happened to have all the ingredients for this super easy recipe. The bread is just slightly sweet and the frosting is the perfect richness to top the subtle bread. Oh and if you’re asking yourself if you really need that entire stick of butter in the frosting? Yes, yes you do.
Black Bean Spinach Enchiladas (Recipe Via)
I’m going to make a bold statement but you can hold me to this: these are the best enchiladas I’ve ever had! I’m usually not a fan of restaurant enchiladas with fake-tasting cheese and bland sauce, but this, my friends, is Mexican food heaven made right at home. I’ve never made enchiladas, let alone homemade enchilada sauce, but it was extremely easy (and cheap)! I added some jalapenos to the filling to quell my quest for all things spicy and both Chicken Face and I proclaimed these a success. And to top it off…they’re fantastic as leftovers!
Three scrumptious recipes all with unique flavors in a couple of hours. Nom nom nom…
I’m excited to explore new foods and flavors this year…to Pinterest I go! Oh, in case you’re curious, I started a Pinterest board only for recipes I’ve ACTUALLY tried and ACTUALLY liked, you can check it out here.
