The taper

Mar 26

(Apologies for formatting issues, the hotel internet and my laptop are fighting)

Taper -- The time when you scale back on mileage, drink lots of water, rest, and (good) carb load for your impending race. Which (for me) means I don't weigh myself or log calories and try not to freak out when my pants get TIGHT.

It also means losing the number one way I combat stress outside of a bottle of riesling ~~a night~~. So I'm -- a "little" on edge. Add in the fact the impending race nerves, and, well -- proceed with caution.

Saturday -- Last "long run" 5.02 miles while watching the movie Epic

Sunday -- 4 miles

Breakfast : ezekiel cereal, soy milk, banana

Lunch: nachos (blue corn tortilla chips + mozzarella cheese)

Snack: Irish cupcakes -- I was baking, so I HAD to taste test a few... (recipe coming soon)

Dinner: mac n cheese with meatballs

Mood: Excited

Monday -- rest day. Meaning I OCD scrubbed the main floor while (watching the new season of DWTS) M and the hounds looked on in horror and dared not to move

Breakfast: oats with banana + iced coffee

Lunch: whole wheat pasta + roasted veg + meatballs

Dinner: leftovers random madness -- meatballs + two hamburger buns with butter and mozzarella

Mood: excited, anxious, nauseous

See the terror in their eyes?

Tuesday -- 5.01 miles

Breakfast: fage 2% with peach + iced coffee

Lunch: ham and cheese with dipping cheese + fruit cup

Snack: chia pod -- NOT tasty, tossed. Apple, one bite, mealy. Tossed #snackfail. Core Power light saved the day

Dinner: Daiya pizza + wine

Mood: there was wine, so I was happy. Duh.

Wednesday -- rest

Breakfast: iced coffee

Lunch: jimmy johns tuna sandwich + jalapeno chips

Dinner: Happy Hour cocktails before this concert, then a lazy three glasses-of-wine bright idea to get Rally's on the way home (it didn't go well -- crap food, crap mood)

Thursday -- rest

Breakfast: oatmeal with strawberries + hot tea

-- I have no idea what I ate the rest of the day :(