Comments on: Another Weekend, Another Race

By: Year in Review + Un Piece de Resistance « The Great Balancing Act

Year in Review + Un Piece de Resistance « The Great Balancing Act — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:04:41 +0000

[...] I ran my first 10k [...]

By: bhealthier

bhealthier — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:26:48 +0000

Congratulations on your first 10k !! You did an awesome job!

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:13:03 +0000

Hey Beth! Thanks for stopping by! If you’re iffy about the whey, I still find high protein meals after lifting helps a lot. Things like tuna salads, yogurt/cottage cheese combos, or an omelette. I shoot for 20g of protein after, sometimes smoothies are just the quickest way to get that in me :) With that said, I never “add” additional calories with the protein shakes. They always fit into my regular calorie intake for the day. Hope that helps! :)

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:12:58 +0000

I find cashew butter is much creamier than peanut or almond, so it drizzles better! Not keeping it in the fridge also helps :)

By: April (Foods of April)

April (Foods of April) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:52:10 +0000

Congratulations!! Your turning into the racing queen!!

How do you drizzle the nut butter like that?? it looks so professional!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:06:59 +0000

Congratulations! You ran 10K – and should feel so proud!! I’ve got to think that Fredericton has some of the most “in shape people” per capita that I’ve seen anywhere. I notice when I go home for visits how many people on the trails appear to be trained runners, cyclists, etc…

Samosas, mmmmmm. I commented on your Saturday market post a few days back and mentioned the infamous samosa. Patel’s started it all back at the Boyce market. It was my Saturday morning breakfast for years. Delicious! And yours look equally tempting.

By: Angharad (Eating for England)

Angharad (Eating for England) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:29:20 +0000

Congratulations!! YEAHHHHH!!!! Feels so good to finish a race and reach your goals! Huzzah.
It is HARD to pace yourself in a race! I did the exact same thing as you during my 10K in July and started out really slow because I didn’t want to start too fast! Then I had a lot of ground to make up! haha.
You did awesome…and those samosa don’t look like too shabby of a post-race feast!

By: natalie

natalie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:29:21 +0000

wow! I’m just starting to get into running, looks like your out there really enjoying everyminute of it, thanks for the inspiration and the yummy snack ideas

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:21:09 +0000

Haha. That max is based on my age, weight and gender, there’s nothing really scientific about it, it’s just a generalization. It varies from person to person. I actually try to get my heart rate higher each time to improve my cardiovascular ability. My max HR at my first 5k in May was around 173, so you can tell I’m able to push myself harder now and not burn out :)

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:19:23 +0000

You did amazing! You are so inspiring! :)

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:34:57 +0000

Congratulations on the finish! Your time is fantastic and hooray for meeting personal goals!

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:50:01 +0000

Congrats on your race. I found your blog on meals and moves. I love lifting weights and was glad to see your post and find another blog featuring women who lift. I was very interested in your comments about proten shakes.

I did Body for Life and became a slave to them. Got sick of the protein ruling my life and dropped the gross shakes and only ate real food versus bars and shakes.

I have recently been in a plateau and seen my gains slow down. I just started drinking whey protein right after I lift and I have gone back in forth in my head about wether it would really do the trick or just add calories. I was very glad to see that you had seen a difference with your shakes and hope to see some gains myself.

By: ellie

ellie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:35:09 +0000

Yay! HUGE congrats! Awesome job and I LOVE what you said about personal goals… :D

Random question about HR monitor- when it says 97%, what happens if it goes above 100%? Do you set the 100%? I have visions of hitting 100% and your heart exploding (and that sounds slightly less weird in my head, but only slightly!)

By: Diane Fit to the Finish

Diane Fit to the Finish — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:34:53 +0000

YAY! It doesn’t matter where you finished, because you met your own personal goal.

Thanks for sharing what you ate, and how you felt during the race. I’m heading to the dr. today for him to look at my knee again. I really want to run a 10K in the spring!!

By: deefit

deefit — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:47:15 +0000

Way to go!!! Hopefully sometime in the near future I’ll be able to run some local races for fun and to challenge myself! :)

Also, I totally agree on the Special K cereals… the PC version is a bit lower in sugar, so that’s a great bonus! :)

-Dee