Whole Wheat Sourdough Croutons

I made a loaf of Whole Wheat Sourdough bread Saturday. Actually 2 loaves. We ate one and had a half of one loaf leftover. Since I then made a loaf of Whole Wheat Sourdough sandwich loaf Sunday I have plenty of bread I the house. So what to with Saturdays leftovers? Croutons!

Yup we love croutons on our lunchtime salads so what better than homemade?

I cut the remaining loaf into strips then cubes.

I then put them in a bowl with olive oil, garlic powder, and Parmesan cheese and baked then on 250 for 40 minutes.

Wella! croutons!

Welcome Back Flowers

My employers had flowers for me to welcome me back to work after Christmas vacation

New Year New Goals

WOD

I've been a slacker for the last 10 days so today was an easy day to get back in shape.

AM
25 Push-Up x 3
15 Walking Lunges x3
5 Burpees x 3
11 mile easy bike
Stretching - hammies, quads, achilles, etc. 
PM
2.5 mile run to pool
Swim 1 hr - 5 laps freestyle up/ breaststroke back, 5 laps - freestyle, 5 laps w fins 5 lapsw fins + paddles, 5 laps kick board, 5 laps w fins, 10 laps freestyle cool down
2.5 mile run home


Today's workout, I've been a slacker for the last 10 days, was an easy 10 mile bike to get my legs back in shape.Ill swim in the afternoon, hopefully the water will be 78*.

GOALS
Since this is a new year, like everyone I have a few goals:

Races

I have several races I want to do including the Naples Half on Jan 20th, the Hooters Half in March and the Ironman 70.3 in Orlando ( Haines City) in May 19th. I am thinking about doing St Anthony's tri (International Distance) April 28th in St Pete's as a warm up to the half iron.

One of my goals for the Naples Half is to PR. The winner of my AG last year finished in 1:20 so being in the top 10 of my AG is out.

Training

So with the above I start my half Ironman training right after the Naples Half. It looks pretty much like 2 workouts a day except Sundays which will be a long ride.

Weight

Hopefully I can lose a few pounds. Last year I lost 35 lbs. so I'm now 185. I want to loose 15 more by the half Ironman.

Soup in a Pumpkin

Since I had a large pumpkin leftover from Thanksgiving, I've been trying to find a way to use it. So Julia Child's Soup in a Pumpkin.

I also made a loaf of bread to go along with it.

New Bike

November Weakend

It was a great weakeend.  I wish I went sailing as the picture above shows, but alas I worked painting the master bedroom all weakend!  It looks great but it's still waiting for the new window treatments.

I did ride with Tony on Saturday. he was doing a short ride in preparation for the Miami Man Half Iron Distance Race on Sunday...more to come on that.

This weaks training was not that great but here it is:

Monday - rest day
Tuesday - run 4 miles
Wednesday - swim
Thursday - run 4 miles
Friday - run 6 miles
Saturday - ride 30 miles
Sunday - run 2 miles

Gotta do better next weak!

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You Are Not Special

Mark Perry at CARPE DIEM has a great You Tube video of English teacher David McCullough Jr give a commencement address at this year's Wellesley High School (Massachusetts) commencement, entitled You Are Not Special.  Check out the post and watch the video.  


What do you think? Was this the right thing to say to a graduating high school class?

Dog and her Ducky

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Kentucky Derby Party

Boys and girls, it's official! I went to my first Kentucky Derby Party and had a mint julep! Let me say first, mutilated mint in simple syrup with a splash of bourbon doesn't make a drink.  I guess I like my hard liquor neat. More on that in a moment.

I had some surgery a couple of weeks ago, it seems melanoma affects you in many ways including your teeth.  I had to have a couple removed, well 7!  It seems I had a major infection going on but didn't know.  The dentist work for 2 hours on my bottom teeth and gave me so much novocain he was afraid to continue on... so I had to go back on Tuesday.  This time he gave me a long lasting novocain which lasted 15 minutes on me.  But we got it all done.

I was out of it for 4 days just feeling drugged and unable to eat. So no training. Hey you would think I would loose some weight not eating or eating Oldman's Famous Vegetable Soup, nope just a pound. So I've lost 23 lbs since Jan 1.  Hopefully I can drop some 20 more by year's end.

So I have been slacking on my training as the Orlando Half Ironman is out, it's May 20.  Every time I get close to doing a half Ironman I have surgery or some other medical issue.  Maybe I'm jinxed?  But this weekend I made an effort to get back in there training.

I rode with the Flatlanders on Saturday.  Of course I got dropped at the hill at the 10 mile mark but Nurse Payne and I rode together to finish out the ride... 35 miles. He's just getting back as well so we made a good pair.  Fortunately for me, he pulled most of the way at 22 to 23 mph.

 Flatlanders training ride

 So back to the party.... J and I bet on a couple of nags, I thot "Union Rags" would win but J like "I'll Have Another".  I think she just liked the looks of the horse, it was ugly.  She said it was the name that won her over.  We watched the race with a bunch of drunks....how did you get drunk on mint juleps?  I couldn't hear the call but when the race was finished, J's horse won! She won $71. 

Sunday I decided that the Flatlanders would be to fast for me as the are doing the 60 mile University and airport ride.  They ride at 25mph then crank it up to 28+, so I rode with the Trek group.  It was a nice easy ride of 25 miles at a steady 22 mph.  I left the group and rode back alone so as to get some time in aero position.

I worked the rest of the day on Sunday.  I've got two new clients so I had a little more work than usual plus I had to do an airport run. 

Apr 30 - May6	Swim yds	Bike miles	Run miles	Other
Monday				0
Tuesday			5	75 p-ups
Wednesday
Thursday			3	75 p-ups
Friday
Saturday		35		100 p-ups
Sunday		30		75 p-ups

I haven't been clear by my doctor to swim as yet.  he told me to wait until the stitches were removed, now he says wait a month.  He doesn't want me to drink any Gulf water!

Roasted Unicorn Recipe

I have been looking for a good recipe for unicorn.  I finally found one in a recently discovered cookbook at the British Museum.  Here is the link if you love unicorn as much as I do.

Weak in Review 4-1-12

Feb 26- Apr 1	Swim yds	Bike miles	Run miles	Other
Monday	2,500 yds			50 p-ups
Tuesday			7	75 p-ups
Wednesday	2,500		5.1	50 p-ups
Thursday		Rest Day	–	75 p-ups
Friday	2,500
Saturday		29		50 p-ups
Sunday		Palm Sunday		50 p-ups

Weak in Review March 18-24

Friday Flowers

Grilled Eggplant Panini

This week my local produce guy, Max, had eggplants 3 for $1.00.  Of course I couldn't pass that up, especially since they were local and organic.  So for lunch I made a grilled  eggplant panini with fresh mozzarella, ricotta and roast red peppers.  I must say it was good!

Ingredients

4 tbs olive oil
1 small eggplant pealed and sliced
2 tbs ricotta
4 slices fresh mozzarella
1 roasted red peppers ( I used bottled red peppers)
8 green olives sliced
2 Catawba rolls

Preparation

Brush eggplant slices with oil and grill for 2 minutes then turn and grill 1 minute more.
Spread 1 tbs ricotta on each roll then 2 slices mozzarella, 1 slice red pepper,  2 slices eggplant, and green olives.  Place sandwich in panini press and grill until the cheese melts, about 2 minutes.