90’s snack at the track

One terrible but funny thing about the high school track we attend: there’s always a bunch of candy wrappers and soda bottles lying around (and remember that time I found a random spoon?). Today’s featured piece of track trash took me straight down memory lane.

Gushers were my

jam back in the day.

Anyways: Back to that whole running thing! Today we did a “ladder” workout: 200m, 400m, 800m, 1200m, 1600m | 1200m, 800m, 400m, 200m. Recovery jog of 400m between each rep. It was intense and very sweaty as you can tell.

That was one of the longest track workouts I’ve done in a while. More than seven miles (recovery, stretching stops, and warm-up included). Gonna be sore tomorrow.

This epic workout actually felt pretty nice. Today’s sunrise was pretty and the humidity was less horrible than usual. Whoop!

After taking last week off to save $$ and clear out my freezer, I’m back on the Cooksmarts train again! And it feels tastes good.

First meal on the menu: pork tenderloin cutlets in an olive-caper sauce. Kale, dill, and fontina salad on the side.

A lot of new flavors for us, in a good way! Cooksmarts often features Mexican- and Asian-inspired dishes (which we love) so this Mediterranean one was a nice change-up from the usual.

The olive-caper sauce (basically just pureed & reduced olives, capers, and chicken stock) really tied everything together.

If only we had a pack of Gushers to serve on the side…

Catch you later!

• How many miles is your usual track workout?
• What’s your favorite regional type of food?
• Favorite snack/candy from the 90s?