So two weeks ago, I ran a half-marathon. 13.1 big ones. Pretty exciting if I say so myself. The only problem with running a half-marathon is the sweat. It's fine getting all sweaty, but in Seattle's cold weather, it can get a little daunting for the nips. In any case, I'm pretty sure I looked something close to this:
So over the past two weeks, I've been dealing with what I think is shaping up to be achilles tendonitis. I went running once a week over the past two weeks because this thing has been bugging me. Otherwise, I've been trying to keep it as immobile as possible. I tried to go running again today, but only got 1.5 miles before stopping. EFFballs. I don't think it's so bad that I need to get it treated, but I am looking into getting an ankle brace for the next week or something. Or maybe I can just rock these:
With 46 days left, I'm getting a little nervous with this setback, but I'm praying it'll heal by the end of this week. In the meantime, I've decided to work a little harder on the diet part of this training. Eating right is seriously one of the hardest things to do, ever. And on top of that, my friend, Steph, visited Seattle a week and a half ago, and we ate EVERYthing. Seriously. After Steph got back to LA, she sent me a list of everything we ate. It looked like this:
Seattle: chicken empanadilla, beef alcapurria, bacalaitos, camarones, gandules dip and tostones, pulled pork pastelon, mojitos, Pike Place samples (smoked salmon, fruit, chocolate pasta), lamb burger, chickpea salad, albacore sandwich, scallop chowder, lemon semifreddo, apple cinnamon bread pudding with vanilla ice cream, New York cheesecake, turtle cheesecake, mint chocolate cheesecake truffle, dozen QuilBay Quencher oysters, two Kusshi oysters, brie and basil waffle, banana brulee waffle, Starbucks coffee, Lemon Zester (Limoncello, Prosecco, hibiscus syrup), absinthe cocktail, clams with sauerkraut and pretzel, red wine braised beef tongue, lemongrass scallion crab cakes with squash and bitter melon, beignets with vanilla mascarpone and pear butter, sour cream lemon pie, Blueberry Tea (Earl Grey, Grand Marnier, Amaretto), B & O Espresso (raspberry vodka, Kahlua, Bailey's, espresso), mac and cheese, spiced nuts, Dark & Stormy (rum, ginger beer), Blue Moon (gin, creme de violette, lemon), swimming rama with fried tofu, pad thai, black milk tea boba, jasmine milk tea boba, six ice cream samples, Memphis King ice cream (peanut butter, banana, chocolate-covered bacon), sweet potato ice cream, glazed pumpkin old-fashioned donut, double chocolate donut, seven ice cream samples, "Scout" mint ice cream, cardamom ice cream, honey lavender ice cream, Starburst ice cream, chocolate coconut donut, glazed donut, raspberry glazed donut, duck and pork burger, sweet potato fries, nutella shake, Mauby (boiled tree bark punch), Sorrel (hibiscus petal punch), curried bone-in goat, roti, curried potatoes and garbanzo beans, pelau, spicy jerk chicken, fried rice, veal sweetbreads, lamb belly, pear tart tatin with rosemary ice cream, lemon pot de creme with sesame cookies, spinach quiche croissant, hazelnut twist, lemon tart, kougin amann, pear frangipane, pain au chocolat, raspberry and salted caramel macarons. Did I miss anything, Mike?
NO, we did NOT miss anything Steph...And after all that, my favorite place is still Matt's In the Market. There's a fatty review up that I posted recently with some fatty pictures.
Anyways, wish me luck, and hopefully my next post will involve more running. In the meantime, you can look forward to hearing more about LiNK in the near future.
