Nothing like a good night’s sleep and a morning track session to pop me back into the routine. With the exception of a few running gear changes (a winter hat and gloves!) I hit the track at 5am to do speed work. Because of the temperature (around 30*) I had to do a substantial warm up (~2 miles) and then did the speed work (6×400s) before running home.
It felt wonderful to be running through the crisp air…my times were good and the workout flew by. When I got home, I made a grocery list for Meeker to take care of (FINALLY there will be produce in our house TODAY!)
Then made a cold-morning + empty-fridge standby…
An outstanding bowl of pumpkin oats.
- ½ cup oats
- 1 cup water
- ¼ cup canned pumpkin
- brown sugar
- handful of butterscotch chips
- coconut
- sprinkle of cinnamon
…it’s really just dessert, pretending to be breakfast.
My day is off to a fantastic start and I’m excited to see what else is in store! Happy Tuesday!
Love the DPAAB! (dessert parading around as breakfast, duh) haha have a great day!
wow, props on the early morning sweat sesh. i only wish i had that type of motivation! hop the rest of your day is super fantastic like the start of it!
FANTASTIC workout! Great job!
Your pumpkin oats look delish for being an empty fridge stand-by!
butterscotch chips? EXCELLENT addition. i may definitely have to give that shot. fab work on the morning workout – i need to stop being such a baby and hammer it out like you!
butterscotch + pumpkin are awesome together! and i love having dessert as breakfast
I love when I am in an excellent mood at the beginning of the day! I also love reading people’s blogs who are, because if I am not, it helps me think positively
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I am a total dessert girl, so if I can get by my having a ‘dessert’ breakfast, sign me up!
I am glad my mood carried over the internet! I am totally a morning person, plus when I work out – I am always giddy with endorphins. I’m all about the dessert for breakfast, too!
30 degrees! That’s even cold for Colorado, isn’t it? I live in Chicago and I’m pretty much a marshmallow when it comes to the cold weather. It’s hard for me to run outside in weather under 30 degrees! So that’s pretty much November-March.
I don’t mind it once I’m out the door. The battle is in putting on the shoes and taking that first step!