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Cardamom Coffee Cake

Stef — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:24:08 +0000

Cardamom Coffee Cake: A Near-Perfect Post-Saturday Run Snack!

Coffee cake…it was always a treat in our household. My Mom only made it on special occasions, but when she did, it seemed like it was always gone in a flash! Over the past few months, every now and again I’d all of a sudden [...]

Happy Valentines Day!

Stef — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:48:21 +0000

Happy Valentines Day!

Valentines Day…oh the commercialism that accompanies this “holiday”…

For years, I’ve tried to avoid buying into the commercialism, but this year, we finally decided it was high time to go out for a nice dinner rather than cook each other dinner as in years past as you can get incredible [...]

Training Update – Week 20

Stef — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:08:52 +0000

Week 20: Ramping it up… Plus Realizing Why Mom Never Let us eat Cookies for Dinner…

So, we are starting to get into the home stretch for this season’s training season. We are also in the thick of the Holiday Season, which means lots of obligations outside of training. Christmas parties, shopping, and [...]

Training Update – Week 10

Stef — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:40:29 +0000

Breaking Records and Feeling Sore!

It’s been an interesting and tiring week in our household…our schedule pretty much has been: work, run, eat, sleep, repeat! The run part has finally started taking a bit more of a toll on my body, as has allergy season, which has [...]

Training Update – Week 9

Stef — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:33:13 +0000

Week #9: Keeping up Motivation Offshore + Vegan Mocha Cake Recipe

I’ll just start out with that this week was hard….really hard…but I’ve come out on the other end, no worse for the wear (I think…)! I was offshore until Wednesday, but luckily got home just in [...]

Training Update – Week 8

Stef — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:19:07 +0000

Back on the Rig…and a Tasty Frozen Yogurt Recipe

Last week I described how my work took me offshore to a drilling rig in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico…and how I quickly discovered, they weren’t ready to start drilling and was sent home again. Well, [...]

Training Update – Week 6

Stef — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:17:37 +0000

Getting Back to Basics Bake Sale and Another Milestone Accomplished!

This week was broken up a bit by a four-day weekend for me for Labor Day (which Mark unfortunately had to work), but with Mark away, it gave me an excellent opportunity to “Labor over Labor Day” [...]

Training Update – Week 5

Stef — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:56:03 +0000

Bring on the “Hills” (and the Baked Goods)!

This week started our second month of training and with that came our second third track practice where we were charged with a new challenge…hills! Everything else has been pretty quiet…we were unable to climb this week due to [...]

Gluten Free Peanut Choco-Chip Cookies

Stef — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:42:27 +0000

Peanut Butter Cookies Get a Makeover!

A bit over a month ago, we had our housewarming party. One of the recipes that got great reviews from ourselves and our guests was my adaptation on peanut butter cookies! I had a friend who was attended that party that [...]

Training Update – Week #3

Stef — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:20:04 +0000

Challenges Begin and a New Tasty Quick Bread Recipe

Week three has come and gone with some success, and some new challenges posed to us. Fundraising has gone well and we are settling well into our schedule (as has our new pup, Sasha). However, [...]