a real food, real run weekend

Happy weekend! I’m popping in to share a bunch of photos but have to be quick because I need to cook a whole pumpkin and squash before 8 am and then bake a loaf of bread. You know, just normal Sunday stuff.

Highlight of Friday night: Eating REAL food like real humans again! (in case you missed me complaining about it for the past six days, food poisoning really hit us hard this past week)

I actually made this roast chicken dish last week, and then froze it after we got sick. Those squiggly things are dried stems of thyme, btw. Thawed out and re-served:

Anthony’s appetite, back in full force:

After dinner we headed to Germantown’s Oktoberfest.

The festival actually had nothing to do with Germany or Oktoberfest. It was just a bunch of random vendors with turkey legs and funnel cakes. And it started pouring rain. BUT we were still happy to be able to walk around and drink a beer!

The rain hung around for our Saturday morning run:

We joined the PR bandits for a 12-mile loop from the East side to the West side. I forgot to take photos along the way, but I did accidentally take about 1,000 pictures of my shoe apparently.

The route was full of rolling hills and obviously my energy stores were pretty low from the past week — so we took it pretty easy.

Here’s me covered in sweat and rain, standing in a parking lot. My modeling career is really taking off.

I added a few more miles to make it to 15. Only four more long runs before my marathon! Wee!

Other fun things that happened this weekend include the reappearance of our wedding cake.

Just as delicious as it was a year ago!

I have more to say, but this pumpkin isn’t going to cook itself. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

• Tell me about your long run this weekend!
• What flavor was your wedding cake?
• Ever cooked a whole chicken?