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May 29, 2005
Peanut Butter Runner
I absolutely would have entitled this blog the Peanut Butter Runner if Jon hadn’t cornered the market with the Chocolate Runner's Blog. (You may have to press Refresh on your sceen after clicking on the link...not sure why). I did mention to him, however, that I would have to have a peanut butter day.
I eat the stuff once or twice a day. I consider myself an expert on peanut butter. I recently had to fill out a food questionnaire for a research study and at the time I was eating predominantly (I exaggerate a bit) yogurt/milk/cheese (a girl needs her calcium!), peanut butter, and Luna Bars. :) I usually go for the chunky organic peanut butter but in an emergency I will eat any kind. Anyone else not feel full after eating cereal with skim milk? Try a bagel with peanut butter and banana (cut up on the bagel). It’s my favorite breakfast and perfect for when you are training hard. If you're worried about calories, eat half. What is NOT acceptable is fake peanut butter. It’s called something like, “Better than Peanut Butter.” It has less fat in it-but is not good AT ALL, and you have to eat 4 times as much to be satisfied. Stay away…
Here is all the different ways I have found to eat peanut butter:
On waffles/pancakes
On bagels
On bananas
On apples
On graham crackers
On Triscuits
PB&J
Mixed with chocolate chips
In cookies
In Reeses
Straight out of the jar (perfect accompaniment to web surfing)
With cereal mixed in it (esp. Frosted Mini Wheats)
On pretzels
With granola
(PB and celery just does NOT appeal to me.)
There is a peanut butter store/restaurant in Greenwhich Village, NY, I plan to go to the next time I am in NY:
http://www.ilovepeanutbutter.com/
This morning I went running for 20 minutes (T). Everything felt okay and truth be told I thought more about my calf than my knee. It was okay though. I don’t know if I was excited about running in the morning or if it was simply that I had slept in the day before, but I slept horribly and was lying in bed waiting for it to be morning. Maybe I should have just gone running at midnight so I could have relaxed and gotten a decent nights sleep :) At times like this I am not sure I would want my kid to run. I mean, if you read my blog I am a mess! Maybe I was this crazy about soccer. It's hard to remember exactly how I felt. (If I had a blog then I could check, but alas, that was before I knew about the internet and way before blogging.) I also did my knee exercises and some core stuff. Now I am icing as I blog.
At 9 AM I am headed into the wilderness (kind of). My friend has a “Camp” in Maine (I think that means rustic rural house near water of some kind) and we are spending two days there doing…I am not sure. I think relaxing a lot. I can’t wait to get out of the city and truth be told I need distraction from (still) thinking about my leg. Happy Memorial Day all…and have some peanut butter.
Oh, I do have to share one last story. My friend is running the Vermont City marathon today. I think she is hoping to qualify for Boston...the last marathon she ran (2004) she missed by two seconds: 3:41:01 It broke all of our hearts-it still breaks mine to think about it. I don't think she reads this blog but I am putting the good luck vibes out there into cyberspace....
Posted by Audrey at May 29, 2005 07:20 AM
Comments
Doh! Believe it or not, that was MY fault on why your link didn't work. Fixed now. :)
And you are definately a peanut butter psycho. But in a good way. :)
Good luck to your friend in Vermont.
Posted by: Jon in Michigan at May 30, 2005 09:04 AM
I didn't used to like PB (I know, tragedy!) until I tried Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter & Honey. Have you had it? It's delicious on an english muffin and keeps me satisfied until lunch.
Hope you've had a great weekend!
Leilani
Posted by: Leilani at May 30, 2005 04:13 PM
Love the peanut butter-bagel-banana too! LOVE IT! One other good combination (although a bit messy) I've tried (recommended by Deena Kastor in a magazine) is banana plastered in PB and then rolled around in cereal. It's heaven. Imagine a banana covered in PB and crunchy. Yum! By the way, which ice pack do you use that stays cold that long?
Posted by: Nanda at May 31, 2005 10:43 AM