I had every intention of blogging yesterday but we decided to skip Mazen’s nap to get to ACAC’s Friday Social event on time, and this is the first time in 2 days I’ve sat down at the computer! We’ve had lots of fun though.
Friday started with a playdate at a friend’s house. We were thankful for sunshine that made the cold temperatures a little friendlier.
We met our friends Miriam and Roman for lunch at Mariebette!
There ended up being a long wait for a table, so with two hungry toddlers we ended up buying salads from the cold case and quiche and cookies from the counter and found a table tucked into a corner on the coffee shop side of the restaurant. It was perfect!
I had the kale salad with a fantastic lemon dressing, pecans, apples and radishes. Loved it and ate every bite!
Mazen had quiche lorraine, which I shared with him for extra protein + fat. The salad alone would not have been enough lunch for me.
We all shared a chocolate chunk cookie for dessert!
M and I played around all afternoon until it was time to get to the gym for our class. I packed up M’s dinner and he played in Kidszone while I ran + biked my heart out.
The event was another Biathlon just like this one. 10 minutes run as far as you can, 10 minutes bike as far as you can, 5 minutes run, 5 minutes bike.
My times were a little bit slower this time – 1.26 miles in 10 minutes on a treadmill followed by .67 miles (10 laps) in 5 minutes around the track. For the bike segment, I got a dud bike the first time and the recording was off, but I matched my distance to last time perfectly for the 5 minute segment: 2.8 miles.
That’s Grace in the pink shirt right in front of me. I asked her after class if she minded if I put her photo on my blog, and turns out she’s a KERF reader! Hi Grace! She is also fast : )
After our workout we ate Great Harvest sandwiches and sipped wine.
I totally wasn’t ready for wine after that workout and should have had water only! But still fun. I left with a cookie quarter for me and one for M!
Stories in bed after double baths when we got home <3
I was planning to go ahead and write about today’s adventures, but I realized my camera is upstairs with all of the food photos, and I have about 2 minutes left of M’s naptime! I need an Eye-Fi card for my compact flash slot in my Mark II. I actually think they are working on one…. Eye-Fi cards are a necessity if you’re blogging on the fly!
Shel@PeachyPalate says
Fun workout!!! Salad looks yum!! I’m a kale addict, especially dino!
Linda @ the Fitty says
What’s the difference between Quiche, and Quiche Lorraine? Is it like regular pizza vs. a super deep dish pizza in with your crust is thin and the entire thing is filled with cheese inside?
KathEats says
I believe quiche Lorraine has swiss and ham or bacon
Julia says
Quiche is the generic word for the whole category- like “pizza” and quich lorraine is the specific type- like pepperoni pizza.
Emily Butler says
Now that’s my kind of workout! Keeping it fun instead of a chore! I can’t believe how big Mazen is, I’ve been MIA in blog land for over two years, wow!!
Kristen @ Change of Pace says
I was just talking about quiches today. I need to make one. I’m all about that crust 🙂
Erin @ Her Heartland Soul says
That salad looks amazing! Happy Saturday!
Grace says
Yay for the biathlon challenge! I was bummed I couldn’t stay for snacks and wine after…next time for sure. Thanks for the photo shout-out 🙂
KathEats says
I’m glad we are friends now 🙂
Liz @ I Heart Vegetables says
I love my Eye-Fi card! 🙂 It sounds like you guys had a packed weekend!! I like the treadmill+bike combo thing. I normally hate running on a treadmill but combining that with another “event” and running on the track would make it pretty fun!
Julie says
When you say it is cold where you are, what is the temperature. When I read your posts I always think it look so nice where you are. Sitting he in MN it is funny to see winter apparel with no snow and sunshine. Just curious. 🙂
KathEats says
Freezing! So 30s 🙂
Not below freezing
Jessica says
I have to confess I thought it was funny that you were worried your water might freeze in your Camelbak. 🙂
It was -7F where I am with a -24F windchill factor when my friend posted a picture of her water freezing in her water bottle during her run!
Right now, it’s 2F, so we only spent about 4 hours playing outside. 🙂
Livi @ Eat, Pray, Work It Out says
What a fun gym! I need to find one like this!
Ash Bear says
That’s so so fun that your gym has all these great events!! That’d be a great workout to do on my own too!
Lisa @bitesforbabies says
I’ve never heard of Eye-Fi Cards…but I’m clicking on the link now and looking into it!
elizabeth says
any negatives to the eye-fi card – i need one, but it’s a commitment and i want to be savvy before i purchase? did you blog about this before, if so, i will search back through your posts! love a good workout class too! and mazen is just so cute!
KathEats says
They can be a bit wonky, but overall they save SO much time!