Day 21 Forecast: cold, windy, with a chance of tatas

What else do you want to do on a Saturday morning when its 44, cloudy and windy? Get up and do a breast cancer 5k. 

This morning was my first official 5k.  My boss and I did the Susan G Komen Race for the cure in Indianapolis.  Woke up this morning to 42 degrees, windy and some rain drops.  Not exactly ideal weather.  I put on my 5 layers of clothing, ear headband, and pink shoes and went for it.

We left the house at about 730 am (that was harsh on a Saturday), got down town a little after 8am.  Found the port a potties, which were pink and walked around a bit.  We had a warm up of zumba at 840 which got you warm and your blood flowing.  Which by that time we were getting a little chilly so it was a nice warm up. 

The race started at 9:10am (non competitive 5k walk/run).  Now all I saw up to the starting line was a mass of people.  We had it planed out, we were going to walk for the first 5 min and then start our run.  I was thinking we're going to be walking forever at this pace.  It was a very nonchalant kind of jaunt.  Not the fast walking I'm used to.

We did manage to make it 5 mins exactly walking, kind of pushing our way through the crowd, going on the side walk/grass to pass people etc.  My plan was

5 min walk
8 min run
5-6 min walk
8 min run
see where we are at..... wanted to run across the finish line

We made it, our first mile was about 13 mins which I felt was good since 5 mins of it was walking.  We pushed through and followed our schedule, ended up running the last whole half mile and it turned out to be our best mile time 10:58 seconds! 

We finished the 5k in 37 min 03 sec!!!

Very proud of this time.  The last few feet of the race I kicked it into high gear and sailed across the finish line!

I feel very accomplished to have done this (before my 30th birthday) with such a good time.  I'll be looking for another one mid summer and then fall to see how my time improves.  For now I'll continue my c25k training and push through it.

Tonight I made the Dr Mike Power Cookies for cycle 2,3 of the 17 day Diet.  I underlined what I changed from the original recipe

Dr Mike Power Cookies

INGREDIENTS
* 2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce * makes them moister
* 2 tablespoons almond paste (hard to find and expensive, I found it by the pie fillings)
* 1 tablespoon flaxseed oil
* 10 packets of Truvia
* ¼ cup agave nectar
* 1 large egg
* ½ teaspoon vanilla
* ¾ cup whole wheat flour
* ½ teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* ½ teaspoon salt
* ¼ teaspoon black pepper
* ½ cup vanilla whey powder
* 2 cups oats
* 1 cup dried cherries (soak these in some warm water before adding to the recipe to plump them up)
* ½ cup sliced almonds
DIRECTIONS

Cookies before baking

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat together applesauce, almond paste, flaxseed oil, Truvia and agave nectar. (Beat this really well, I noticed when taking the cookies out of the oven one of them had some chunks of almond paste in them.)Beat in egg and vanilla. Mix well. Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, pepper and whey powder. Beat thoroughly. Stir in oats, cherries and almonds. Mix well. Drop the batter by large tablespoons onto a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with vegetable cooking spray. Divide dough so that you have 18 cookies. Flatten each cookie with the back of the spoon. Bake (I baked about 12-4 min)16 to 18 minutes or until brown. Remove from oven. Cool and store in a plastic container. Each cookie supplies 128 calories and can be enjoyed on the Activate, Achieve and Arrive Cycles for breakfast or as a snack. Each cookie counts as 1 protein and 1 natural starch.

Cookies after baking, need to work on uniform sizes!

My cookies turned out with the following nutrition value (MFP calculated)
Calories: 166 Carbs: 28 Fat: 4 Sodium: 104 Protein: 6 Sugar:11

Can't wait to try one in the morning!