Just add a lot of syrup and peanut butter and I promise it will be good.

I have pancakes this weekend too! So good! I put a bunch of reeses pieces in them yummm – http://wp.me/p2aqae-14D

Dinners this week is a big batch of soup I made last night in the crock! And my current shoe obsession are Nikes!

Finally breakfast before my last race (Saturday) was an AMRAP bar and some gu chomps, I love AMRAP bars before long runs / racing, they are rockstars in my belly.

No meal plan this week :) Just eating at yummy places in DC. Today for lunch we are hitting up a recommended falafel place for lunch and I am quite excited

I wear mizuno inspire 8’s. But I have enough miles on them and I need a new pair. I wish they grew on trees ;)

I usually eat a Lara bar or a banana with almond butter. Pb pancakes with maple syrup really is the best

Brooke is gearing up to be the most adorable Vanna White ever!

Dinner this week (I make enough for 4 every other night and we eat left overs every other night): Monday- BBQ chickpeas + roasted brussels+ mashed potatoes. Wednesday- Sauteed kale + brown rice + giant white beans. Friday- Lemon pepper pasta + roasted broccoli.

Last pair I bought were the Asics 2000 Trail. My road shoes are Brooks Trance- I tried the Ravenna’s but I’m a true overpronator and they didn’t provide quite enough support, but how I wish they did b/c those are SO cute!

White bagel toasted with peanut butter. Blah.

I have Brooks Pure Connects and LOVE them. They’re the best shoes I’ve ever had. I’m getting ready for my second marathon in them! My pre-race and pre-run food is toast with butter and cinnamon sugar, plus a cup o coffee. Doesn’t get better than that. Hope your IT band gets better!

I just got those same model of Brooks! I love the Ravennas. I started wearing them Tuesday and raced a (very hilly) half marathon in them yesterday in a 1:29! YAY!

No dinner plan; we’re a fly by the seat of our pants type of family. We did start a beef stew for tonight in the crockpot since it’s supposed to rain. I probably will make a microwave s’more since that’s my dessert of choice of the moment.

I ate a banana yesterday before I raced. I almost forgot about it. =)

Dinner plan this week: 1. Fried egg sandwiches, sweet potato fries, and roasted veggies. 2. Nacho chicken bake. 3. Chili (it is still winter weather here) and jello (we haven’t had a family function for months and actually craving it)

Last thing I ate before a race was cinnamon sugar toast and some coffee.

I love the Brooks Pure line. I have the PureFlows and the PureGrit2s.

Before races I usually eat an english muffin with PB and a banana sliced on top.

This week we are having paleo chicken alfredo with spaghetti squash, balsamic tortellini pasta, and a veggie pasta bake with turkey meatballs.

I LOVE the Ravennas!!!!! I have been running in them for a couple years and they have been a lifesaver for my IT band and plantar fascia! I actually just ordered that same pair on Friday!! No meal plan this week. Hubs is on Spring Break and our baby is due in a few weeks so we will be making/going out for whatever our little hearts desire! Hope you love your shoes!

My boyfriend usually does the meal planning because he is a way better cook than me! If it were up to me we would have cereal and scrambled eggs for dinner every night!

I love the Brooks ravennas! They are supportive and light weight. I noticed the new ones that came out and I can’t wait to get them! I used to get so many injuries until i started Wearing those! I hope you like them and your it band starts to feel better!

I wear Brooks and love the Ravennas! I’ve yet to get the 4’s but have the 2 and 3’s. I also wear the Adrenalines.
Last pre-race meal was english muffin with grape jelly and coffee. Just for a 5K though. Usually a bagel with PB or something similar. Fortunately, I have a pretty sturdy belly.
Clueless about meals for the week. I do know that today will be leftover corned beef and cabbage from my mom!!

Once Brooke starts crawling she’s gonna tool around SO fast! Good luck! I just bought some safety stuff for when Evan starts crawling, although I think it will be a while.

On my meal plan for this week is Crock Pot Sesame Honey Chicken, Tortilla Chip Casserole, Spicy Basil Chicken, Mac and Cheese with Ham, and Sloppy Joes. Yesterday I made the Sesame Honey Chicken and Tortilla Chip Casserole (I don’t have a lot of time to cook during the week) and they were both delicious. The casserole was suppose to have chicken in it but I got lazy so now it only has beans. Oh well.

I run is Asics. I’ve been running in the same shoe since I started running over ten years ago. I am too scared to change shoes because these ones are amazing. I went to a running store and they fitted me in these ones and I’ve never looked back.

I don’t really eat breakfast before a race. I usually have a Gatorade Prime 01 and some GU Chomps and maybe a banana. Not really breakfast – just a lot of artificial flavors and colors!

I’m trying out some new recipes this week. I’m cracking out my trusty crockpot again and using it a good bit with some new recipes.

I love Brooks. I used to wear a different brand and recently switched. Brooks Glycerin are great.

I always eat a wheat bagel w/ peanut butter and honey. Sits well and last for a while.

Haha that’s exactly why I can’t meal plan – I see something coming up later during the week that I want to eat now and I get all frustrated. And I couldn’t agree more that nut butter (AB in my case since I’m allergic to peanuts) and syrup make pretty much anything edible. I hate wasting food so whenever I have a flop in the kitchen I just drown my failed creation in tonnes of toppings and call it good :)

Happy Monday!

Greek pizza, BBQ Chicken Quinoa Pizza and Thai Fried Quinoa – yum, cannot wait!
Asics, I always worse Nike’s or Mizuno’s before but love these!
I always had the same pre-race breakfast, toast with peanut butter and a banana.

It looks like Brooke got new Ravenna 4s to me! :)

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I have to say I’m a mizuno lover. But you’ve made me desperately want pancakes now. Bummer.

Mizunos all the way!!! I just can’t go with any other shoe. I think I had eggs, almonds, and a banana with almond butter and honey lol but I’m pretty much addicted to that every morning anyways so it is most likely what I had

I wouldn’t mind eating at your house for dinner this week!! Our dinner menu is pretty boring this week and includes lots of chicken and green veggies. Boring!!!

Peanut butter and syrup make everything better! ;) Looks like you have some delicious dinners on the menu for the week! I can’t remember all of ours, but a few are portabello mushroom wraps, butternut squash and chicken sausage skillet with quinoa, and cheeseburger casserole (!!!). Can’t wait for the cheeseburger casserole one. And yes, I LOVE Brooks! I love their Ghosts!

PB does make everything better! Belvita ROCKS!!!! I’ve tried (and LOVED) all the flavors – blueberry, honey oat, brown sugar, cinnamon, apple, and CHOCOLATE. I’ll eat one of the four cookies before a normal 6 mile run and 1 before a normal gym session. I’ll throw down 2-3 cookies before a long run and the whole pack before a race! They are really easy on the tummy too!

I can’t believe Brooke is crawling! She’s growing up so quickly.

The last running shoes I bought were some Asics. I can buy them super cheap at Khol’s with a 30% coupon, and they work just as well as the expensive brands. I think I wore a pair of Brooks once. To be honest, if I had the money I would buy them all the time, but as an extreme overpronator, I pretty much have to replace my shoes every four months because I just destroy the structure of the shoe by leaning on the side of my feet so badly.

I always eat a Cliff or LUNA bar before a race. It’s pretty much become my staple pre-run breakfast. Why fix something if it ‘aint broke? When I first started running, I always ate toaster waffles, but my stomach never really got use to them.

Had to laugh at the picture of you face timing with Bangs friend. :P

Those Brooke’s look so pretty!!! My right IT band is also being obnoxious, I think we should name them Fred & George Weasly (Harry potter) because they’re causing mischief. Ha, that’s all I could come up with.

Three cheers for the Ravennas!!! I am on my second pair and love them. I like that they are still pretty lightweight but offer a good amount of support. Plus they are not insanely expensive (yet). I used to be a diehard Mizuno Inspire lover but these won me over. I hope you like them and help your leg feel better!

There is nothing on my meal plan! I have always tried to make one every week before grocery shopping but it never works out! I guess I am dinner impulsive!

I got new shoes too! They’re Asics though. I had to get them because they’re obnoxious and have every color of the rainbow on them.

My last new pair of shoes were the Mizuno wave inspire’s but I also have two pairs of Brooks I run in…I like to shake it up, haha

I just bought a pair of Mizuno Waves. I do have a pair of Brooks. They are by far, my favorite trail shoes. They are the PureGrit 2s.

Before a race, I always do eggs with a jelly bagel.

During the last race (13.1) I was on a spree of overnight oats with greek yogurt, almond milk, sliced bananas and Kashi 7 Grain puffs. Plus coffee. GOOD TIMES
A couple weeks earlier, though, I had breakfast *while starting* a ten-miler. Pumpernickel bagel, no nothing because I didn’t want to ruin the brand new gloves x) I think that’s why I developed a breakfast ritual.

I call my IT Band “Ol’ Righty.” It hasn’t flared up for awhile, but a couple years ago during marathon training, Ol’Righty and I had daily battles.

OMGOSH! We have the same shoes! I just got mine the other weekend and I LOVE them, seriously LOVE them. I was running in the Brooks PureCadence and decided I needed more support and these babies were the answer. You will fall head over heels in love with them. And the highlighter yellow shoelaces are an added bonus.

My meal plan is vegetables, vegetables, and more vegetables! We were super busy all weekend and I feel like I didn’t eat as well as I like (lots of pancakes and cupcakes though, delicious!). Tonight I think I’ll make some sort of stir fry.

I LOVE Brooks. I go back and forth between the Adrenaline 12s + PureCadence2. My stupid foot pain has been keeping me from spending too much time in my running shoes though :-(

Pre-race breakfast is ALWAYS toast w/ PB + half a banana and a small cup of coffee. Don’t mess with what works!

Brook is too precious! Makes me want a little one. : ) Nice work on making a weekly dinner plan. My dinners are usually a game time decision.

I eat oatmeal with peanut butter & coffee before all of my races.

For my last marathon I was Asics gelblur all the way. I’m actually on the hunt for a new shoe & I’m going to give Brooks a try because you & your readers rave about them!

I love those Ravennas, I work at a running store, so I am always trying on the shoes. I am a Mizuno fan, but a have a pair of Ghosts, similar to the Rider in the Mizuno line. The color of the Ravenna is pretty sweet! This week we have a lot of crock pot meals! Brooke is sooo cute!!!

For dinners we are having turkey meatloaf and shrimp fried rice (not together – weird) Maybe some potato soup too – inspired by your clam chowder!

I have ZERO idea of what I’m going to make this week… I usually just wing it and it goes over pretty well ;) The last pair of shoes I bought were Saucony brand and I just bought them about 2 months ago! Before I did my last race, I ate half a bagel about 2 hours before race time. That was it! Easy…boring. Felt okay

I’m a fan of Asics but am on my first pair of Brooks and they’re doing just fine too. I think my next ones need a little more arch support. I guess that’s more important than them being a cute color…but what if I can’t have both?! Life is hard ;)

What is on your dinner meal plan this week?
* Last night was corned beef and cabbage (and carrots + potatoes + pearl onions); leftovers are lunch/going to be frozen. Tonight is quesadilla to finish up the last of a pack of tortillas, plus salad. Tomorrow will probably be from the freezer as I hunker down again for snow – most likely mushroom burger on english muffin. Beyond that I’m not sure, but I’d like to fit in a quiche soon to use up some eggs.

Last pair of running shoes that you bought? Who else wears BROOKS? What model?
* Last pair I bought (well, actually they were a Christmas gift) was my first pair of Mizuno’s, the Elixir in Purple/White Zebra Print. Love the look, not 100% on the feel. Other than those, I am a Brooks girl all the way. Right now I have a rotation of Adrenaline 12/Trance 10/Ravenna 3s. I like Adrenalines, Trance are too heavy, and Ravennas are my favorites; I can’t wait to get a pair of the 4s!

Brooks 4 lyfe! Glycerin here.

Cute shoes!!! I’m an Altra gal – I love my zero drop shoes :) I got a pair when I was training for my first marathon, broke all the rules by wearing them for the first time on a 20 miler, LOVED them and haven’t looked back.

My breakfast before my last race was a big boo boo. It was a half marathon, I didn’t train for it (at all), and it was pure misery. Of course I ate cupcakes for breakfast (thinking a) hello glycogen! and b) I’m totally burning this off so it’s ok)…. Such a bad call. I will never, ever do it again, the bellyache I had the entire race was awful!

The last pair I bought were Brooks PureCadence, but they’re not the right fit for me to run in, so I am alternating between super old Brooks Adrenaline’s and Asics Gel 3000 until I come back to the states in July and can visit a running store. Ugh. Perhaps should try wearing a pair of plastic sandals the locals run in (I live in West Africa). If Brooks is interested in sponsoring a super slow overweight runner as she trains (running in .15 mile circles around her compound) for her first half marathon in 4 years and one baby, send ’em my way! ;) Semi-related side note, why are most support shoes so boring looking? Overpronators love cool looking shoes too!!!

On the menu this week are hootenanny pancakes and a raclette party. Yay for eggs and cheese!

Janae, I was also running in the Pure Flow 2’s and encountered some minor aches and pains that I think had the ability to turn into full blow injuries if I didn’t do something. I am using the Ravenna 4’s for my longer runs and am 100% again. Hope they do the trick for you, too!

The right IT Band, you must call it “Banjo”. My right one has been behaving poorly for 3 years now and I always think of a singing band when I see IT Band. Plus, it is kinda like a banjo sting running from your hip to knee :)

My pre-race breakfast is always the same: a wheat bagel topped with peanut butter, chia seeds, and cinnamon and a banana.

Good heavens, you plan your meals a week in advance – good on you!
I started running in Brooks Ghost 5 and still love them, but had to get some Brooks Adrenaline 9s for trail running because the Ghosts just let the dirt right through. I looked like I’d dipped my feet in cinders after each trail run!

Loves Belvitas! Brown sugar cinnamon is great.
I am a mizuno elixir wearer

Your meal plan for this week sounds delicious! It might just inspire me to copy you this week :)

I think you should name your freaky IT band “Cousin It” like in the Adam’s Family.

I NEED those shoes!! I have ran in the Ravenna 2’s and 3’s. I am loving the new color scheme of the 4’s. Feel free to send me a pair in a size 9. :o)

I was also going to suggest Cousin IT! Great minds think alike, or something… I wish our dinner plans this week looked that good! It’s mostly chicken. With pasta. Or salad. :/ we call our predictability endearing, lol.

brooke is so close to crawling!! HOW CUTE!! can’t wait to see her in action

I just got the Ravenna 4’s… They’re awesome!!

Now I can’t stop thinking about pancakes! My theory is that everything will taste fantastic if you put pb and syrup on it.

I just got the Brooks Ravenna 4’s! They’re my first Brooks shoes, and I love them. I also always get compliments on them. :)

I love Belvitas. We had them for years in France. When I first moved to the UK I would ask anybody coming to visit to bring
Me some. I pretty much have this every morning for breakfast with a yogurt and some fruit.

Not sure if you’ll see this — I’ve been wearing the Ravenna’s since the very first one came out. LOVE them. I loved the first generation the best — but apparently I’m the only one. They changed it quite a bit since then, but it’s still my go-to shoe. I currently wear the Ravenna 4 and mix in the Adidas adizero tempo. Mild stability, less shoe, sufficient cushion for the distance training. I’m definitely a Brooks girl.

I have those exact same shoes and am loving the purple and yellow! I used to run in the adrenalines but switched to the Ravenna three pairs ago because it has more cushion.