Monthly Archives: September 2009

Spaghetti and Bean Balls!

[spaghetti and bean balls photo]

Just like so many runs recently, the 15-miler went great yesterday.  And it didn’t rain at all like I thought it would.  I actually did slightly more than 15 miles in 1:52:06, for the 7:25 pace that I was going for.  Since 15 seems like nothing compared to 20, I had been sort of downplaying…

Nothing Inspires Like A Hangover

[peanut butter cup photo]

I’m not being facetious.  Hear me out! I had a fantasy football draft on Friday night, although the team I put together is nobody’s fantasy.  But it was fun as always, and many delightful beverages with frost-brewed liners that tell you when they’re cold were consumed by all. As a result, I woke up on…

Gimme that Good, Good Runnin’

28 days to go.  Four weeks from today, I’ll be running the Wineglass Marathon, with my first legitimate shot at qualifying for Boston. My training has gone extremely well recently, and I can’t imagine feeling better heading into the final few weeks.  I ran that solid 20-miler early this week, and since then I’ve had…

Veganize and Healthify Your Baking

[health fats photo]

Hey foodies, Matt here!   Since Christine is on vacation, I’ve hijacked Sweet-Tooth Friday for just a second.  You’ll notice that Christine’s post looks a little different this week—it’s a how-to, not a recipe.  Her posts are always pretty informative, but this one in particular is a perfect example to illustrate what I talked about in…

Something Awesome

[black bean burger photo]

One of the best things since I started this blog happened the other day.  I got this email from Megan, who writes The Runner’s Kitchen: Hi Matt, I think I’m going to announce this on my blog in a day or so, but starting tomorrow I am going to go vegetarian for at least 30…

Back to School with Tofu

[tofu curry photo]

Well, my summer fun ends today.  Back to school.  Actually it won’t be bad; I’m taking an interesting course about mathematical physiology that, although completely unrelated to my research, seems kind of fun.  But with two blogs, classes, research, and marathon training, I’ll be mad busy.  Let’s just hope that baby doesn’t decide to come…

20 More Miles Under the Old Belt

[bionic foot photo]

Shame on me, posting so late again!  Sometimes life just gets in the way, you know? “Life,” in this case, isn’t my new blog Health Blog Helper, though I am even more excited about that today after the response to my first two posts got (thanks, in no small part, to Caitlin from Healthy Tipping…