July 1st is here

edited to add tomorrow is the start of the TDF, I'm pretty psyched!!!!

So going into week 3 with no real issues, still working on new recipes and meals for the whole family. My workouts have been pretty strong so far. I feel good my weight is staying the same for now and hoping to nudge it down some more as the weeks go on. I really thought this was going to be a lot harder than it is. it does take more time in the kitchen but that's ok. My only real problems have been having the time to prepare food ahead of time for work. We've been managing so far by doing most of our cooking on our days off and making enough of each meal to last a few days. this weekend we are making a baked ziti with summer vegetables, corn chowder, eggplant parmesan, and a meatless Sheppard's pie.

Sunday is our long run day or its supposed to be! Monday the 4th I am hoping to get an early morning bike ride in before going to a friends house for a cookout and 4th of July fireworks. I am planning on bringing some food for the cookout as well to keep from eating burgers and dogs.

So far this week me and Tami have logged 12 correction 15 miles running and I've biked 38 miles. If my shoulder would recover I can get back into the weight room soon too.

For any other runners or endurance athletes reading this invest in "the stick" from running warehouse or perform better dot com and use it twice a day on sore muscles! seems to help a lot with recovery.

Thanks for reading.