Sheri - Back from the Brink

I realized that someone might be interested in the recipe for the wheat bran muffins I mentioned yesterday.  I use a recipe that I got from Runner's World.  I buy a box of single serving cups of applesauce from Costco, since they are almost the perfect size for many recipes like this one that substitute applesauce for oil in baked goods.  I also add in about 1/3 cup of wheat bran that I buy in bulk at the grocery store.  These muffins aren't very sweet, but with added raisins or dried cranberries, they are pretty tasty and will keep you from crashing after a hard workout.  Even my youngest son likes to have one for an afternoon snack.

Today's track intervals were 5 x 1K, with 400 m rest intervals, target pace of 5:14 each.  Here's my actuals:

1- 5:12

2- 5:14

3- 5:24

4- 5:14

5- 5:22

I ran at lunchtime, and the weather was once again super, warm enough to make me wish I had worn shorts instead of my capri running tights.  I think I did pretty well at pacing myself, since I have a harder time when the distances get longer.  I just tried to keep a nice steady 5K pace.

I came home and ate a muffin, took a shower, then ate my lunch of cottage cheese and canned peaches.  I need to remember to pull out the peaches that hubby froze for me back last summer from the farmer's market.

I couldn't get through Oprah today, even though I was really interested in the topic of hormone replacement.  I can't believe that she led the show with Robin McGraw, whose only claim is being married to Dr. Phil, and now she's wrote a book about hormones.  Claiming she's done 'research'.  Is she a doctor, or a scientist?  NO!!  Certainly we need some more research in the field, but not from famous wives looking to make a buck from their husband's fame.This is my one argument with Oprah, that she is too much about helping people merchandise their latest products, and too often it is because of a relationship that she has with them, rather than an honest assessment of the product and it's usefulness.  Anyway, I was looking forward to this show, and it really let me down.