{"id":622,"date":"2015-12-14T20:06:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T01:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=622"},"modified":"2015-12-14T20:06:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T01:06:42","slug":"its-just-another-meatless-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=622","title":{"rendered":"It’s just another Meatless Monday!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I managed to not just run a mile<\/a>, but do it in the same time I seem to always run a mile now. So, I was messing about with the Garmin today, and I found the race predictor and all that mess. I hadn’t gotten too much into the watch over the past couple weeks, because I’ve been so focused on other areas in life. I noticed the race predictor numbers are a bit faster than my actual numbers. Then I started thinking about what this means. Well let’s look at the numbers, predicted vs. real:
\nPredicted:<\/strong>
\n5k: 21:16
\n10k: 44:06
\n21k (half marathon): 1:37:42
\n42k (marathon): 3:23:16
\nMy real times are:<\/strong>
\n5k: 22:34
\n10k: 50:51
\n21k: 1:47:23
\n42k: 3:53:32<\/p>\n

It seems to me, it’s all pretty much a mental thing for me, because all that looks pretty similar. I should be one minute faster over a 5k, 6 minutes over a 10, 10 minutes over a 21, and 30 over a 42k. If you think about that, it’s all pretty much right on. I’m just slower by the same increment every time. So I need to work that out next year, we’ll see what happens.
\nSo it’s a big week for me, but off to a slow start, I will let you guys know how everything works out as it comes to me. For now I give you a roasted acorn squash recipe I had tonight that I paired with a salad and some homemade bread stuffing:<\/p>\n

Ingredients:
\n2 acorn squash, halved and seeded
\nsalt and pepper to taste
\n1\/4 cup butter, diced
\n6 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar
\n1\/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon<\/p>\n

Directions
\nPreheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
\nPlace squash in a shallow baking pan, cut side down.
\nBake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until tender.
\nTurn cut side up; season with salt and pepper, dot with butter and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon.
\nBake for 20 minutes more.<\/p>\n

Have fun, keep running and remember; If Gil can run, then so can you!<\/p>\n

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