Fueled by Whole Foods! (Nike Women’s Half Marathon Series)

So, I finally had time to get out to Whole Foods and start using the gift card they gave me to feed myself during my half marathon training (the Women’s Nike Half Marathon in San Francisco on October 20th). For about $65 dollars, here’s what I bought:

• 1/2 Gallon So Delicious Unsweetened Coconut Milk
  (will use in smoothies, sometimes morning coffee)
• 1 pound bag frozen raspberries
  (will use in protein shakes with protein powder, ice and coconut milk)
• 1 package Diestel sliced herbed turkey breast
  (love their products, a healthy splurge indeed!)
• 1 head of organic cauliflower
• 1 small block of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
  (.25 pounds or so, my biggest splurge on the list!)
• 3 pound bag frozen triple berry blend
  (will use in protein shakes with protein powder, ice and coconut milk)
• 2.87 pounds of broccoli crowns
• 1.17 pounds of organic bananas
  (will use in protein shakes with protein powder, ice and coconut milk)
• 1.82 pounds of Grenache grapes
• 1 pound of Organic Girl Super Greens
• 1.5 pounds of parsnips
• .75 pounds of coconut flour
  (will use in occasional treats after long runs)
• ,75 pounds of almond meal
  (will use sparingly to make gluten free bread or occasional treats)
• 1 orange flesh honeydew melon (my favorite fruit!!)

This was my awesome dinner tonight, almost all of it made from the ingredients on my shopping list today from Whole Foods. It was a Diestel Turkey salad (2 1/2 slices), on a bed of Organic Girl Super Greens (dandelion, arugula, spinach mix), 2 hard boiled eggs, 1-2 Tbs grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, eggplant “croutons” and studded with about 1/2 cup of organic Grenache grapes. I don’t typically use dressing because the egg and cheese make everything so flavorful I don’t need it. 🙂

As far as the running goes, I have an app called Runkeeper to log my daily mileage. Here’s a look at my run this past Sunday. I wanted to put in a long run on the roads because I had not done one in a while. I was even wondering if I could make it past 10 miles! Followed by the map are my mile splits:

1 mi: 9:05
+12 ft elevation climb

2 mi: 9:07 +1 ft elevation climb

3 mi: 9:01 -10 ft elevation loss

4 mi: 9:18 -3 ft elevation loss

5 mi: 8:44 -18 ft elevation loss
(water stop at 5.25 miles)

6 mi: 8:59 +23 ft elevation climb
(ran kinda through the mall and through the tunnel into Old Sac… AWESOME)

7 mi: 8:09 +15 ft elevation climb

8 mi: 8:20 -5ft elevation loss

9 mi: 8:35: +4ft elevation climb
(water stop around 9 miles)

10 mi: 8:36 -3ft elevation loss

11 mi: 8:47 +4ft elevation climb

12 mi: (last .24 of my run in front of the Sacramento Zoo) 9:38 -8ft elevation loss

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I am planning on running a short race the first weekend of October, but otherwise will mostly be concentrating on building my road tolerance and endurance.
If you would like to check out my profile and my running on Runkeeper, click here.

Look for another post using my groceries from Whole Foods, coming this week and more on my training as well!

You can find Whole Foods on Facebook here and on twitter here. My local store is in Roseville on Facebook here. The Nike Women’s Series is on Facebook here. Now get out there and go running! 🙂