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A Smoothie, a Run, and the Big 4 0

Posted on March 12, 2010 | 26 Comments

What a glorious morning it has been already.

Woke up, drank coffee, read blogs, and took Pepsi for a walk.

Then went on a beautiful run along the beach with Khrystle.

We took a nice easy pace while chit-chatting the whole way.  Doesn’t running with friends make the time fly?

We completed 5.6 miles-I was just hoping to get in 4 miles!  Running with friends really helps.

Here are our stats:

Then I came home and made an amazing birthday smoothie I would call it the cherry, chocolate bomb:

Yup those are chocolate chips in there!  I made the smoothie with almond milk, a banana, a scoop of chocolate Vega powder, frozen berries, and chocolate chips.

Happy Birthday to me!

Yum! :)

And Happy Birthday to my bloggy friend, Berni!

There sure are a lot of Birthdays this month.  My friends Sara and Khrystle were March 1, Berni and I are March 12, two workmates are March 13 and 18, and I just found out another friend and blogger is Monday.  Happy Early Birthday Mark!

Well I am off to shower……it is Sister Day!  My sis is picking me up in a bit and we have a fun day planned.

Hope you will come back to see what we were up to :)

Happy Friday!

Do you know anyone with a Birthday in March too?

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A Revelation

Posted on March 8, 2010 | 25 Comments

Last night while I was looking up my results for the 5K I completed yesterday I had a revelation.

This was the last race I would do as  a “thirty something” girl.

Yikes…….

The Big 4 0 is looming on the horizon and fast approaching.

I know my blog is called Fit and Forty Something and you might be thinking, “Hey I thought she was forty!”

Well I created this blog on January 1 to help me get used to the idea that I was soon to be (sooner rather than later) a forty something gal.  I was hoping this blog would make the  transition to being forty a little less painful.

This Friday is the BIG DAY when I finally put on my big boy pants and face the world as an adult.

Yes this Friday is my 40th Birthday-gulp.

No more “thirty something” races.  The next race I do will be as my forty-year old self.

I think I am ready……..

Back to the race:

I got 6th place and my official time was 25:24!!!

I can assure you that was not me-I have never run that fast.

Or maybe it was me running away from the Big 4 0!

What birthdays have been significant for you and why?

On to some food:

We had a great Curried Lentil dish made with onions, garlic, tomatoes, light coconut milk, lentils, and curry.  I will post the recipe soon.

I served it in half a butternut squash and topped it with Brussel sprouts and cashews:

It was delicious!

Have a great Monday my friends : )

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