“It’s MY turn.”
Oh how I love this dark and creepy movie so, so much! (She says with a smile).
(via aggressiveswag)
When I see the Mcdonald’s golden arches from my cab window:
me when my friends catch me eating there:
but then I’m all like:
61. April 27: BFFridays, summer anticipation, 7:50/8 miler, Brooks PureConnect 2
62. April 28: VegaOne Chocolate, Bradley Chadwick
63. April 29: Sunday visitor parade, Gandhi quotes, Core Restore, 30 Day Yoga Challenge/Bucket List Check-Off.. FTW!!!
64. April 30: #wewin, Girls on HBO, smile-filled telephone chat
65. May 1: Rain
66. May 2: 400m track, Julie Valenti, Liz Berey, Tavernita
67. May 3: Tim Tam, Guacamole, DC, Pinkberry, Patio, Ali Alley, Run Club, turning 60
68. May 4: BFFridays, Big Star, Margarita x2, Native, JV and Lizzie B, Michelle, Bijoux, Tartare, Papardelle, Sisters, Vodka, 419C, MC, Denim Lounge, Fava Beans, RNCF, 800’s, 2:59:59, Meg Frazier, SkinnyFit, pull ups, Bart Yasso, #epicsmileday
69. May 5: Ayani and her birthday and and Escondido on my lap
70. May 6: Soraya Freeman and Lauren Wechsler. Dave’s 3:12 marathon. Katie and Jason’s baby Emma.
71. May 7: Meg Frazier. Driving around the city with the Monday’s like we are teenagers getting away from our parents. Chia Seeds and Raw cacao
72. May 8: Debra Kosek
73. May 9: Change of scenery, new adventures
74. May 10: Familiar faces, discovered some cool new blogs
75. May 11: Katy, Pinkberry, 4 things, slow morning, coffee
76. May 12: 13.5 miles, back to basics, pouring rain, Julie Valenti, Cafe Sushi, laughing my face off.
77. May 13: Jessi, Balsan, Sugar Ray and Justin Bieber, Outer Space, Girls
78. May 14: A motorcycle named Ruby, Lake Michigan, 8 mile run, Shenna Jean surprise, Fat Labs, Biking in the city, yoga mat strapped to my back, giggling into the sunset, Native Foods.
79. May 15: Tempo Running, 80 degrees, Ray Bans, hash-tagging in texts, serendipitous street side run-in’s
80. May 16: “You Are Beautiful” sign at the track, passing boys, nautical stripes
81. May 17: 800’s, French things, More cupcakes
82. May 18: Post 10 miler, mint chocolate, pedicures and be boppin, KK
83. May 19: 8am wake up, Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
84. May 20: Jenny Holzer: Truisms
85. May 21: Just like Jessi said, “down-to-my-bones-happy.” Re: The GG’s.
86. May 22: Outdoor WOD’ing, Instagram
87. May 23: Mom, text messages, little neighborhood/big city, Rihanna, American Idol
88. May 24: Crucial conversations, white pants, Logan Square, Liz Berey
89. May 25: VidRhythm
90. May 26: Soldier Field, weather, Liz Berey (again! back to Liz Berey!!)
“I just want someone who wants to hang out all the time and thinks I’m the best person in the world and wants to have sex with only me.”
— Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath in Girls on HBO
#bestshowever #newbestfriends
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(Source: madfuture, via aggressiveswag)
Anonymous asked: Non-running question! Since your tumblr is chock full of the stuff that fuels you (and that happens to include food, cooking, giggles, quotes, and snippets of inspiration), I could use a snippet of inspiration about food and cooking. Specifically with chia seeds. How do you use them and what do you add them to? Any advice or favorite (simple) recipes to use and incorporate them?
Oh my have I been behind on my blogging, but specifically my adventures in food! Don’t worry, it’s still a constant science experiment over here. Figuring what foods make me feel good and run fast.
Chia seeds have definitely made a regular appearance on my menus and since I’ve been too busy (—> work, training, making sure my head doesn’t fall off) to stage some photos of what I have made, I will share links from some talented people who took care of that for me!
My favorites come from Oh She Glows, who I didn’t start following until earlier this year. Talk about being late to the party. #imslow. It seems this girl has not only re-defined being vegan (which I am not) but she’s an incredible photographer and recipe-developer. I mean come on, who doesn’t want to make/eat this:
Source: ohsheglows.com via Gina on Pinterest
Another really simple recipe (that I just made because I was craving chocolate and too lazy to leave the house) comes from a book I recently read called The Beauty Detox Solution. It takes two minutes to make but about 15 minutes to set. Re: awesome lesson in patience.
(clearly the person who made this was not patient enough to wait for their chia to thicken because this is not what it should look like):
Source: kimberlysnyder.net via Gina on Pinterest
Lastly, I’m a fan of the edible perspective’s Cereal Sauce. These are basically just smoothies or protein shakes poured over about 1/4 cup of chia seeds. It’s genius! I’ve started doing this with the leftovers from the blender that didn’t quite make it into my smoothie mug for that day. Use less liquid and pudding will be thicker, more liquid and it will be thinner. I don’t really use exact measurements so just go with what feels right!
Source: edibleperspective.com via Gina on Pinterest
Does this help you? Let me know what recipes you try or creations you come up with! Happy Chia’ing :)
#wewin
Just in time to start training for a Fall PR (Re: Indianapolis Marathon 10/20/12)…
This.
31. March 28: Sister got a big promotion at work and is moving back to Seattle!
32. March 29: Chocolate Malted Bread Pudding at Telegraph
33. March 30: I CAN RUN AGAIN!
34. March 31: Health Insurance
35. April 1: Run lululemon: Chicago has 169 likes and we haven’t even started yet #goosebumps.
36. April 2: I’m always pleasantly surprised when I call home and my 14 year old brother answers the phone. I guess I just expect my parents to but when he does and I hear his voice on the other end, I just know that my face lights up. I LOVE him.
37. April 3: 21 people
38. April 4: Yoga sculpt. (FYI this never makes me smile, today… it did)
39. April 5: Got territorial over my PT, kind of obsessed with her!!
40. April 6: “Christmas Eve”
41. April 7: The quiet of Rush St. in the early hours of Saturday morning before all the runners arrived for the first long run of the season. #thisiswhatilivefor
42. April 8: Easter pants, impromptu dinner guest, fresca, presents, random bouts of dance, visitors at work, laughing about some of said visitors, nicknames, meatings… and lack thereof.
43. April 9: The Gina & Shenna Show, Apres Recovery, Bon Iver
44. April 10: Runner’s glow and ninja kicks
45. April 11: #thatawkwardmomentwhen
46. April 12: Whole Foods, Mary & Dave, Angie & Mike, possibility, coaches, coaching, gelato
47. April 13: yogi friends
48. April 14: K&S, MC, MC, AB, Bone Marrow, Maudes, Old Town Social, Dave’s giant hugs
49. April 15: twelve foot spoons, BINGO arm, New Muffalo, Twitta.
50. April 16: Boston Marathon webcast online, reading my recap from a year ago, getting chills thinking about the work that’s paid off, the rotten heart
51. April 17: Taking on personal development, head first heart open
52. April 18: First Time Digs Re: Jessi, Beat Kitchen, quick smile-filled chat on the phone, making plans, integrity
53. April 19: #joblove, pub crawl, BEST FRIENDS
54. April 20: Instagram and photos of tulips all over this city!
55. April 21: Laura Mercier, RL, NoMi, Namaste
56. April 22: Usher “You Got it Bad” impromptu karaoke
57. April 23: Beauty Detox Solution cooking day
58. April 24: Angus Dunn and Erin Smith
59. April 25: Chase Bank customer service, Bart Yasso in the mail
60. April 26: Hillary, non-stick baking pans, margaritas, the Daily Tank, Liz Berey (<- always comes back to Liz Berey) :)
Then watch this again.
“You don’t get credit for being safe.”
PS. I’m a big fan of the first 1:00 of this video
