Firstly, I completed the half marathon! You know, that one I started training for back in November? Yeah that's the one. Back then, I had made it my goal to finish in 2:40. In actuality, I beat my goal. By 20 minutes! My official time was 2:20:29. I was so pleased with myself. I didn't stop running once. Well, except to grab a cup of Gatorade to drink and by drink I mean pour down the front of me because I wouldn't stop running to drink it haha.
Next order of business; deprivation. I have been feeling so incredibly deprived this past week. After a couple days, the no dairy, no wheat/gluten, no soy, no egg, and no corn diet catches up with you. I want ice cream. I want omelets. I want yogurt. I want my green protein shakes. But you know what, I'm not going to have it. I've been feeling good physically and things seem to be working out a little better health wise for me. I know that I'm not going to miraculously be all better in two days, I have to be patient. I didn't start feeling horrible all in one day, it was a gradual process so I'm certain that's how it's going to be in order to feel completely better.
I did however find something to give me a bit of hope. A few things actually. After the marathon, Mom and I hit Earth Fare to grab a raspberry chia kombucha (Best running recovery drink. EVER.) and I thought I would check the ice cream section to see if they had a frozen dessert that would meet my laundry list of necessary criteria. And guess what? THEY DID. And they are completely delicious flavors! I'm not so hot on the price but you know what, I'll take it. It's better than nothing at all at this point. I can't quit ice cream cold turkey, after all I was basically on a once a day ice cream diet.
The brand is called Coconut Bliss. If you couldn't guess, it's made of coconut milk. And it is delicious! I bought three flavors, the Mint Galactica, Ginger Cookie Caramel and Mocha Maca Crunch. I noticed last night that the "ice cream" is really rich. So It didn't take much for me to be satisfied. Maybe that'll make up for the price because it could potentially last longer?
The fun didn't stop there. We also found "yogurt" that I can eat. One brand is coconut based, like the ice cream. It's made by SO Delicious. The other one is made of cultured almond milk. I had never heard of it before. The brand is called Amande It has a good flavor but a bit of an odd texture.. I haven't tried the SO Delicious brand yet but I'm hopeful that the texture is a little more.. yogurt like.
As for the rest of today, I scheduled myself a facial and massage. You know, because I deserve it. I thought it would be a good way to celebrate finishing the race yesterday. And what better way to release some lactic acid? One more thing before I leave you..
My mom has sworn by this mustard bath since 1999. It's a therapeutic mustard bath and releases toxins from the body. So much so that the directions recommend that you take a shower after you take a bath in it because your body will have released toxins that need to be scrubbed off. We stumbled upon this bath during our Earth Fare excursion yesterday. I got some and decided what better day to try such a thing? I was becoming sore and tired from the race so I took a bath in it for the advised 20 minutes. It felt amazing. Once I finished with the bath and recommended shower I plopped down in bed, completely relaxed. I then proceeded to take a two hour nap haha. I can't tell you if it would have made a big difference on how my body felt post race if I didn't use it seeing as this was my first half marathon but I can tell you that it left me feeling great and that's all that really matters here, right?
Have a happy rest of the weekend peeps :D
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