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Jess — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:59:31 +0000

Gina has a great post up today about that trendy Acai berry. Its every where, every where! Why spend money on something that needs added sugar to taste good, when you can have POM Wonderful? It tastes pretty darn good without all the added sugar. I totally forgot that I had a stock pile of this stuff tucked away in my refrigerator. The kind people at POM sent me a case of this super powered drink over a month ago and I totally forgot about it (bad blogger!).

The nutrition value on this stuff is quite impressive. They even conduct research studies. This information is straight from their website:

All of POM Wonderful Juices:

contain no added sugars, preservatives or colors
are a good source of potassium
are gluten-free
are flash pasteurized to retain both flavor and nutrients
are certified kosher

I personally love using it as ice cubes to jazz up a boring glass of water. How could I not like something that’s the same color as my favorite “juice”

Wine is a juice, after all it’s made from grapes.

And it was Goode!

Jess — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:38:53 +0000

Today might have been the best day in Napa yet. But first lets talk about VWCC. It’s continued to rain the past two mornings, so I’ve continued to workout indoors in the scary gym. Setting this challenge has been a huge motivator. I’ve been much less tempted to ditch the workout then I would other wise. Yesterday, I did 30 minutes on the elliptical and a 20 minute Power Yoga podcast from the highly popular yogadownload.com If you haven’t done one of these, you should. They offer 20 minute classes for free and longer versions of each class area available for a small fee.

Today, my workout was a failure. We didn’t head to the gym this morning, and I waited until we got back from Healdsburg to workout. I went to the gym and started to do hills on the treadmill but I stopped because I was getting a burning sensation in my arch. I moved on to my mini workout which was a success. Which means, I won’t complete my workout challenge. I still have time to make up for the total amount of time, but won’t reach the goal for 5 individual cardio sessions. Which is a teeny bit of a problem considering lunch currently includes wine.

The highlight of the day was getting to taste wine at Murphy Goode with the one and only Hardy! After sending him a tweet he was kind enough to meet us at the tasting room. What a great guy! I am so impressed with these wines. Yesterday we tasted wines at Caymus and Quintessa (another biodynamic farm) whose wines were amazing, but out of our price range. I seriously couldn’t believe that a wine as affordable as Murphy Goode could taste as good as those unaffordable ones.

We took home a bottle of Snake Eye Zinfandel and Merlot. We loved their wine so much we even signed up for their wine club. Social media works! If it hadn’t been for their contest and Hardy we probably wouldn’t have even stopped by for a tasting. If your heading to the area anytime soon stop by to meet Hardy and try these wines. It’s easy to see why they choose him to represent their wines.

Do you have a favorite affordable wine that’s your “go to” wine? I think mine is now going to be Murphy Goode!

Flexibility

Jess — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:45:00 +0000

Due to unforeseen circumstances, today’s long run has been postponed until tomorrow.

Our friends, Scott and Amber organized a wine tasting party. Guests were asked to bring a bottle of wine for a wine tasting showdown. The bottles were placed in a paper bag, assigned a number and then passed around for a taste test. We scored each wine based on 5 factors. Then, the wine with the highest score was crowned the winner and the person who brought it was given a fancy wine journal.

We had a really great night! We didn’t leave the party until after 1 a.m. way, way passed my bed time.

It seems the person behind the camera was struggling to take pictures after tasting 15 different wines.

One thing I did in the past while training was miss out on social events. There was no balance in my life, only training. I promised myself that this time I’d be flexible enough with my training schedule to allow for this type of activity. Not doing your long run on the planned day, does not mean skipping it all together or getting bent out of shape. It just means doing it another day. A simple lesson thats been hard to learn.

This type of night isn’t our normal weekend thing. I’m so happy I decided to fully join the party instead of having one foot out the door the entire night. Mondays have been my usual day for long runs, and I guess its gonna stay that way.

How do you balance a demanding training schedule with your social life?

Commitments

Jess — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:11:00 +0000

Hey guys! My internet connection has been spotty to say the least. Updates may be infrequent this week.

Fitness Commitment

Yesterday, my good friend and former co-worker, Sandra surprised me at work. This woman overflows with positivity. Her and her husband are a fitness power couple. He will be doing the Louisville Ironman at the end of the month. I love being around these two.

It turns out we both have the same running goal this year. She convinced me to sign up for the ING Hartford Marathon in October. I’m nervous and excited all at the same time. We won’t be running together, but I know her positive vibes will help carry me through both my race and training plan. I plan to reach this goal by using this training plan.

I’m also excited about this race because of their commitment to being “green“. Check out their impressive commitment to sustainability in their community.

Serving all natural, organic or locally sourced post-race food
Providing hybrid vehicles for transportation
Initiating an aggressive recycling program
Offering a 40-person water bubbler to cut down on waste
Supplying water and food in compostable serving products
Off-setting carbon footprint of the event with high-quality carbon credits
Collecting running shoes for recycling into running tracks
Providing recyclable Heatsheets for runners
Stuffing non-woven drawstring goodie bags to eliminate plastic bag waste
Donating all extra food to local food banks
Creating incentives for participants to bike to the race
Ensuring spectators can use public transportation to get to the race
Increasing awareness of CT Farmland Preservation Trust

Blog Commitment

Despite the fact that this little blog is only a few weeks old, I have a growing affection for it. After learning so much in such a small time at HLS, I began to think about how much I would have learned at Blogher. Conveniently, the 2010 conference is being held in NYC in August of 2010. Yes, I did… I signed up for this event despite the fact that is almost one year away. Not typical of me, but I didn’t want to miss the chance to attend. Now, I’ll just cross my fingers and hope that I’ll still love this new hobby of mine.

Vacation Commitment

The best news of the week is that we are going on VACATION!!!!! We will be heading to Napa Valley in October. The last time we had a real vacation was our Honeymoon three years ago. Clearly, we need to be more committed to taking regular vacations. I am so excited, I can’t stand it!!! Bring on the vino!

Do you normally make commitments a year in advance? Also, what do you do to recover after a big fitness event?