6/24/2010

Well my friends, foodies and triathletes, let us begin this culinary and tri-tastic journey. Today marks the day before, the day before my first race of the season. I know, I know, quite late to be starting up, but I have a been doing a little weekend theatrical exploration at the Bovine Metropolis Theater in Denver over the past 2 months, which has kept me from the first races of the season. Never the less, I start here and this will be an interesting race because, among other reasons, I am really using this as training. No taper, no day off before hand, no real race prep. I am just going to treat it as a day of training and I am guessing with a little more inherent intensity than a standard long day. It will be the Loveland Lake to Lake Olympic Distance Triathlon. Pretty excited, if for no other reason, just to be out amongst everyone. So today I kept to my plan and trained as usual. A little 8.5 mile fartlek run in the morning followed by a 40 minute swim. In the PM I did an easy 55 min recovery spin on the bike, making sure to keep my heart rate nice and under control, which was not too difficult after the pretty intense run this morning. The meal of discussion for the day was dinner. About a week ago I had enjoyed a nice meal at a local Thai place where the Pad Thai was simply on point. Pad Thai is a great noodle dish with a nicely balanced sweet and sour sauce. It uses wide rice noodles, egg, bean sprouts, and crushed peanuts as a topping. I like to throw in either shrimp or chicken. If feeling really saucy then do both, which was the plan for the evening! I made the sauce simple with just soy sauce, cane sugar and balsamic vinegar(had no white). I really could not have been happier with it. The sweet hits first and then mellows out to a slight sour with a dash of heat as it moves down the pallet, which reminds me that crushed red pepper is a nice addition to your likeness. My biggest disappointment is that I did not have my camera handy to snap a shot. I PROMISE not to disappoint in this area again because I'm sure you know we eat just as much with our eyes, as our taste and smell. Well until next time my friends......go run/swim/bike or eat something!!!