Recipe for a ridiculous PR:
- Enjoy some pasta the night before your race
- Don’t skimp on the red wine (heart healthy!)
- Drink yer water
- Wake up early enough to drink more water. And coffee.
- Take a B-12 (serious energy)
- Eat a miracle muffin and some PB
- Run, Forrest. Run.
Last night I met up with some friends to indulge in some pasta in preparation for the Beat the Street for Little Feet 5K this morning. (Any excuse for pasta!)
We had a great time… and I had 3 glasses of vino. Oops. But I drank a lot of water, set my alarm and got in bed before midnight.
Fast forward to 6:15am: I roll out of bed, started the coffee, chugged some lemon water, popped a B-12, and ate a miracle muffin. With PB. Seriously, I credit the wine Apple-Carrot muffin for this race.
What was this ridiculous PR?
24:10
A moment of silence, please.
That is nearly 2 MINUTES faster than my previous of 26:02. Honestly, I don’t know where that came from.
Pete the Cat shirt and a post-race Mix 1 (which had 10g protein and was pretty tasty!)
You should really try these muffins.
Apple-Carrot Muffins
Closely adapted from these by Anja @ Food 4 Thought.
- 1 egg
- 2 T EVOO
- 2 T unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 C 2% Greek yogurt
- 1 carrot, grated (about 1 C)
- 1 medium apple, grated
- 1/4 C chopped pecans
- 2 T goji berries
- 1/4 C quick cooking oats
- 1 C white whole wheat flour
- 3 T palm sugar (you can also use agave/maple/stevia)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
- pinch of salt
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Whisk together all wet ingredients in large bowl. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine oats, flour, sugar, baking soda, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt.
Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, stirring until just combined. Fold in the carrots, apples, nuts, and berries.
Divide evenly among 7* greased muffin tins. Bake 20-25 mins.
*The original recipe said it makes 6, but mine filled 7 standard-size muffin tins to the brim.
Nutritional Info: 178 calories, 8.6g fat, 1g saturated fat, 20.7g carbs, 3.4g fiber, 5.4g sugar, 5.5g protein
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Now, I will reward myself with a mall trip.
When was the last time you shocked yourself?
Those muffins look great! I have plans of playing around with some sort of carrot cake something or other in the the kitchen today!
You smashed that PR! Nice job! Muffins are a perfect post-triumph snack.
Great job!
Buy something fun at the mall. You deserve it!
Awesome race t-shirt! The race t-shirt is one of my fave parts of the race (that and the post race snacks)
Me too – The last mile I’m always enticing myself with bananas and granola treats at the finish line. 🙂
Congrats on the PR!
AWESOME tips! I am running another race on Saturday, so these tips will totally come in handy! And I’m so glad you mentioned coffee! I totally drink coffee before I work out/run 😀
There are varying opinions, but studies have shown that athletes perform better with a little caffeine. I definitely do! Good luck on the race!!
HOPPY EASTER !!!
WOOOOOO! GREAT job on the PR! I wish I could knock 2 minutes off of my time!!! The muffins sound soo awesome as well 🙂
Thank you! I wish I could tell you how… I still don’t know! LOL!
Aw Pete the Cat… makes me miss Atlanta!
That’s so cool you know Pete the Cat! 🙂
Awww…. Pete! I have one of his prints on my wall here as a little reminder that I have to come home sometime…
yeah it’s not working. 😉
Adorable tee. 🙂
Fabulous muffins….so very tasty looking.
Those look like AWESOME muffins. Nicely done! I love the carrots.