Farm Share Wednesday

Yesterday was a busy day with a 9 miler in the morning (ughh 5am) before I walked with Dad. I can feel that I am getting faster with my run taking 1hr and 28min (thats a 9:40 pace) and 1 mile in the middle was a 9:06, not bad if I do say so myself.

Followed by a vet appointment and eventhough he looks like he is smiling in this picture Rooney does not like the vet and he acts nicely for all the nurses but then attacks our house!

The dreaded exam table, dun dun dun...

After the Vet we zoomed into Arlington to pick up our share from the fabulous CSA we belong to,  Spiritual Food CSA in PA.


Our Farm Share wasn't as hearty this week as it normally is but that will give us a chance to use up some of the goods from previous weeks that we haven't gotten to you yet.  It is still a good amount of food but for 2 vegetarians we go through it pretty quickly.

More Watermelons and Tomatoes! We went through 11 tomatoes last week so 6 will be easy to find uses for...maybe some homemade salsa later this week

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Eggplant, Zucchini, Squash and a variety of peppers with different heats!

Lettuce!!! We haven't had lettuce in months!

I am super excited about the homemade Sauerkraut...not sure what I am going to do yet but you will see.

Delicious whole wheat raisen bread. I think that little butt end found its way into my belly, mmmmm.

LENTILS, I LOVE lentils. They are the ultimate superfood with lots of protein and fiber.

Last but not least the most adorable picture of the day...

I don't think he can be cuter

Puppies, Marathon Training, Job Interviews...OH MY!

A lot is going on in the Long family this week!  We got a PUPPY!!!! An adorable amazing little creature who is awesome as long as he's not chewing everything we own. Meet Rooney! How could you ever be mad at that face.

Marathon training is continuing! We completed 14 miles on Saturday which is the longest that I have ever ran and I could tell.  It was a little rough but looking forward to the 16 miler this weekend.


We have decided that we need to do destination runs for the long distances and not just run out the front door to the boring sights of shopping malls and loud streets. This weekend we ran Difficult Run which goes from Reston into Great Falls Park, VA! Amazing park and views of the Potomac. Here I am crossing a small stream

It was hot but the tree cover made it more bearable along with the camelback! I don't know where I would be without that camelback this summer, it's been a lifesaver. It was a Christmas present from the in-laws last year! YAAA!


PS - 3 Job Interviews this week!! Personal Trainer title here I come!

Marathon Training in full swing

I have always wanted to run a Marathon and this year we decided we were ready to tackle the challange so we started with the National Half Marathon on March 20, 2010 with the thought that when we finished we would sign up for the Marine Corp. Marathon held right here in Washington DC! This year it's on Halloween and I hope there are great costumes out running to help keep me going. 

We recently ran the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K in Richmond which is ranked one of the top 10 races in the country and they had awesome costumes!! Looking at all the people you are running next too is  a great motivator to hurry up and catch up to some other great costumes.  Here is a little sample of a Tornado that we ran across!

Anyway back to Marathon Training, we currently just started week 4 today which is a total of 31 miles and consistently climbs over the next few months. Here is the training program that we are following, it is Hal Higdon's program with walking and circuit training added in.

It has been a little hard to get motivated to run in this heat with it being 90+ everyday but we are logging the miles we need too and hopefully this weather will give us a break soon. I just want a cloudy cool morning of 78 degrees.