WIAW: Produce Overload + 5K PR

I still have two (maybe one) more recaps of Portland, but don’t worry, I’m managing to squeeze my usual posts in as well!

I didn’t do WIAW last week because I was in Oregon, so here we go!

As I mentioned, last night I ran a 5K in Hoboken. It was about 95 degrees so I wasn’t expecting to feel awesome. I warmed up at home before leaving by doing a quick ab workout.

I moved from one plank to the next and repeated this sequence twice without putting my knees down.

• elbow plank – 30 seconds
• high plank – 15 seconds
• shoulder taps – 10 each side

I did four sets of these back to back.

• 100 bicycle crunches
• reverse crunches

Finally, I worked on obliques by completing four sets of 25 reps of the following.

• lying side to side heel taps
• seated russian twists

I ended with another round of planks – the same as the first circuit. It was a quick 15 minute workout that left my abs burning. Plus, I broke a sweat so I was warmed up a little for the race!

The starting line was extremely crowded so I stood outside the tape until everyone started to move. I got off to a really slow start because of the crowds, but eventually it broke up a little bit. I pretty much used the water stops to drench myself instead of drink because I was so disgustingly hot. I thought I was going to have to stop a few times during the race, but it was definitely my mind. My body had not given up yet.

I checked the results as soon as they were posted and was happy to see that my Garmin was just about right. I was pleased with this time being that there was a heat wave advisory! This is my 5K PR being that this is the first 5K I’ve run: 26:32!

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After eating a ton of pork and drinking a lot wine last week in Oregon, I was ready to detox this week! The refrigerator needed some desperate loving when we returned. I bought a massive amount of produce and have been trying to incorporate some of it at every meal.

I bought the usual milk, eggs, hummus, sprinkles, cool whip, cottage cheese, and flax bread. As for produce, I went wild!

• blueberries (from a farm in Oregon, I know…)
• organic strawberries
• local cucumbers
• avocado
• jersey tomatoes
• beets
• organic spinach
• collard greens
• plums
• bananas
• organic sweet potatoes
• organic red peppers
• organic baby carrots
• eggplant

I am really trying to buy local or organic lately, especially after eating local in Portland and reading about why you should support local farmers. My grocery store has a small section of NJ farms produce, but I really should get to the farmers market weekly!

Anyway, I just finished an upper body workout and breakfast.

I had this sample packet in the cabinet for a while so I decided to give it a shot. It wasn’t bad blended with almond milk and 1/2 a frozen banana.

I ate it with some almond butter and another half of a banana.

I have to finish some things before heading into work. Later!

Tagged as: 5k PR, hoboken 5k, jay robb egg white protein, party with a purpose, what i ate wednesday, wiaw