1100 Miles in 2011 - Run 12

Chilly dull and gray, the quiet not quite silence broken by a still wind in still dead trees full of spring birds remembering how to sing.  Another beat, a steady cadence of pounding feet  and a slowly quickening flow of blood from head to legs clears all thoughts to a mindless numb. right, left, left, left, right, left, right, left, left

Chilly dull and gray, the quiet not quite silence broken by a still wind in still dead trees full of spring birds remembering how to sing and a steady cadence of pounding feet, beating heart to flow of blood from head to legs clears all thoughts to a mindless numb. left, left, left, right, left, right, left, left

Chilly dull and gray, the quiet not quite silence broken by a still wind in still dead trees full of spring birds remembering how to sing and a steady cadence of pounding feet, beating heart to flow of blood from head to legs clears all thoughts to a mindless numb. left, left, left, right, left, right, left, left, right

Chilly dull and gray, the quiet not quite silence broken by a still wind in still dead trees full of spring birds remembering how to sing.

What does that mean? It means I've gone coo-coo. Gold star.

Cook, Eat, Drink, Eat, Cook, Eat, Run... to the Bathroom

This weekend was packed full of fun cooking, eating and drinking. Much cooking, much dining in, and much dining out.  Oh yeah, and much making room for more.

It started off with an urge for mussels after looking over my brothers blog on my ride up here. A simple provencal mussels reciepe, some fresh sliced and roasted sweet potato "fries" and a nice loaf of Ale Bread from the store down the street and a delicious meal was born and served on our finest china.

Saturday Cate's sister Megan came into town.  One of her old friends from high school started a small baking company in Brooklyn that has a stand at the Brooklyn flea.  After some catching up, she bought a few different treats from the stand. Delicious Stroopwaffels (thin waffle cookies with a carmel center) were incredible.  From the Brooklyn Flea we wandered up and down Atlantic Avenue and made a few laps around 1 Hanson Place before heading off to Radegast Hall and Biergarten in Willaimsburg where we joined up with some friends.

A couple of liters of beer, a krautwurst, and the attention of the Corey sisters keep the smile on my face. 

When I got home last night I began my late night exercise in ice cream making.  I had been meaning to attempt a fancy cake for my fiance for the past two weekends, and I had decided this weekend would be the one.  And because you can't have cake without ice cream I decided my ice cream attachment needed a work out as much as I do after this weekend. 

Besides being slightly hung over and tired, I manged to perserver through the custard making processes.

  

This morning we headed up to Harlem to meet another friend for Sunday brunch.  More good food, and more exercise debt.  Full from brunch, it was hard to get motivated, but once we got back home I started my four hour cake adventure. 

The batter looked good, smelled good,and tasted good but it didn't deem to rise more then a smidge.  Oh well, sliced it all in half and made a dense 6 Layer Chocolate Cake.

With desert covered we ordered in for tasty Thai from SPICE, my latest favorite Thai restaurant.  Delivery gets here as fast as food you order in the restaurant!   Thai followed by chocolate cake and coffee ice cream followed by seconds.  It made for a nice finishing touch to a far too indulgent weekend.  Tasters agreed.



Drink responsibly and don't drown in the Liter mugs.





1100 Miles in 2011 - Run 11

Sunny and 55 degrees.  The conditions were perfect except for the 25 mph sustained headwinds we faced once we reached the Hudson River. After we finished the run I researched the impact that a headwind has on a run, and a 10 mph wind apparently increases the effort required by 7-8%. With a 25 mph sustained headwind that is an increase of about 17.5%. So even though we only ran 7.5 miles, it had the effect of 8.88 miles!