T is for...

T is for...maraThons! Woke up early and headed down to the race. Training for this time was much less than last, but I still managed to finish due to a mid-race swap of my knee brace. But a runner's got to eat:

Breakfast: T is for training fuel! A protein bar and Gatorade during the race to get 26.2 miles to the finish line.

Lunch: Chipotle happened to be across the street of the finish line so carnitas tacos sounded like an ideal post-race fuel-up.

Dinner: Had planned on having some tuna and tagliatelle pasta, but my awesome roommate Cleve brought over some tempeh stir fry for me so I ate that instead with some tortilla chips.

Other than that, lots of water and stretching to help out walking the next day.

S is for...

S is for Saturday! Also for some serious carbs pre race day.

Breakfast: Salad with scones

Lunch: Steak with sourdough and Stone Smoked Porter
Dinner: Seriously large plate of spaghetti (which I did not finish)
Off to bed for an early morning tomorrow. Wish me luck!

R is for...

R is for...Pirates! Arrrrr, well maybe not. But it is for lots of things. Unless one is super busy. Then it is for a lot of a few things.

Breakfast: Raisins and Reece's Pieces!

Lunch: More raisins and Reece's Pieces.

Dinner: Ramen noodles!

Dessert: Reece's Pieces!

Never had a chance to get to the rainbow chard and rice, but giant bags of raisins and Reece's can be surprisingly filling. 'S' day will be surprisingly carbo-loaded in preparation for Sunday. Stay tuned.

Q is for...

Q is for quiche, quail and quince...none of which I had today.

Breakfast: Big bowl o' quinoa.

Lunch: Quesadillas!

Dinner: More quesadillas, including one who forgot Pacman should have been yesterday.

Now that my tortilla and cheese stomach feels like a party the size of the Queen Mary I'm ready for bed. Tomorrow's busy day will be a run through my meals, though I'll save the actually running for Sunday's marathon.

P is for...

P is for plethoras of food! Seriously there were so many things that I couldn't make room for in the day. A short list: potatoes, pie, pork, pudding, pumpkin, popsicle, pasta, peaches, pancakes, popcorn, and pineapples. What I did have, however, was:

Breakfast: Pears

Lunch: Pizza

Dinner: Pirogis

Tomorrow is about the opposite of 'P', although 'Q's last of depth may make it a little easier to figure out what to eat.

O is for...

Oh boy, oh boy. Another semi-tough letter, 'O' had fewer possibilities than many of its surrounding neighbors:

Breakfast: Oatmeal. Before this I usually had oatmeal for breakfast almost everyday so this was a bit of a return to normalcy.

Lunch: Olives and MORE OATMEAL!

Dinner: Omelette- one of those beautiful lettered dishes that allows for the consumption of leftovers. In this case, I still had a bunch of stuff from my last CSA so I made a kohlrabi, scallion, blue cheese, avocado omelette.

As a side note: I've at least semi-finalized my Oscar menu. Not sure which will be trickier, preparing for and making the meal or fitting all the people in my place. Here's the menu:

The Social Network- Beer Web Gelee

Black Swan- Black and White Poultry

The King's Speech- Tea and Kingly Scones

Winter's Bone- Venison Stew

True Grit- Texas Ranger LeBoeuf and Grits

Toy Story 3- Deep-Fried Slinky Dog

The Kids Are Alright- Local Farm Salad

Inception- Savory Layered Mindmeld

The Fighter- Blue Icing Cake

127 Hours- Orange Gatorade Popsicle

N is for...

With M finished I'm onto the second half, so being the Final Countdown! (Cue pre-illusion dance!) Today's plethora of N includes:

Breakfast: Mixed nuts with a nectarine.

Lunch: Naan, more mixed nuts and Nerds.

Dinner: Nachos, Necco wafers, Now & Later, and New Belgian beers.

A final note: My mom knows about this challenge and sent me the Mixed Nuts (the black out in the picture is her doing), Necco wafers, Now & Later and Nerds as a Valentine's Day gift. Isn't she sweet?