Sundays are my long run days. I love long runs (hence the name of my blog). They’re peaceful, challenging, rewarding and a great time to think about whatever the heck I want!

Unfortunately running outside has been a challenge due to the freezing cold and mass amounts of snow being dumped on Ithaca constantly. But I thought “You can do it Georgie- go to a nice park and enjoy yourself!” So I pumped myself up, layered up and drove to Stewart park and that’s where the failure began.

So I thought I’d do a fun little recap of my run in numbers:

• 6: number of miles I ran
• 2: number of places I had to relocate to (ran 2 miles around the park, got frustrated and drove to town where I did the last 4)
• 5: number of times I cursed the winter, the snow and the miserable weather
• 2: number of times I fell (like totally ate it)
• 11: number of times I wanted to quit
• 70: percentage of my run that I had to pee
• 3: number of times I had to stop to pee
• 4: number of times I laughed at myself

But I did it. Somehow I finished six miles despite how awful and cold and difficult it was.

I refueled with this delicious treat:

Chocolate Cake Batter Protein Shake

• 1/2 Cup of Unsweetened Almond Milk
• 1 frozen banana
• 1 scoop of vanilla protein powder
• 1 tbsp of powdered pb
• 1 tsp of carob powder (or unsweetened cocoa powder)
• 1 dash of cinnamon
• 1 tsp of vanilla

Place all ingredients into blender (or bullet or food processor) and blend until smooth

In case you missed it:

I wrote about fighting back against the winter funk & my 5 “Desert Island” foods

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