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January 28, 2009
Running...
Stupid: Romping around in wet, sweaty workout clothes in the cold while being sick. This does NOT help with getting over a cold.
So...I downloaded the Nike Treadmill 10K workout the other day. It's surprisingly not bad. And also makes me feel completely out of shape.
First try: thought I could "maintain" a base pace of 7.3 mi/hr. Felt pretty good when doing so during the warm up and half of the hill interval. Finished hill interval, but DIED after hill interval. Couldn't catch my breath fast enough before the speed interval was about to begin, so then I stopped. :(
Second try: lower my expectations. Base pace of 6.8 mi/hr. MUCH better. Although, still ridiculously hard to catch my breath after hill interval. But I DID finish...which was good. Kind of "cheated" a little by letting myself walk in between during the speed workout. Next goal: not needing to walk at all.
I think what I like most about the workout is that I feel like I have still a lot of room for improvement. Hopefully this will re-inspire me to start running more consistently. And then hopefully I will have great body for Mexico beach trip in March! hahahaha...
Posted by szujin at 10:40 PM | Comments (0)
January 13, 2009
A baker I am not. :(
So today, I got super excited when I saw this recipe:
http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/01/in-the-kitchen-with-anne-bramley.html
And since I had all of the ingredients (except sugar, go figure), I decided to make it. Another chance with my beautiful, awesome, mixer!
So I basically followed the recipe to a T. I even added all of the butter it told me to (something that I almost never do). But somehow...I *still* managed to overcook the cupcakes a little bit too much (I put it in for 18min exactly like it said! And sigh...just a LITTLE too dry). And then...my ganache...never solidified. And that one just befuddles me. :( After waiting for about an hour for the ganache to cool to a "spreadable" consistency, I just ended up putting it in the fridge because I needed to go to bed (and it didn't freaking become spreadable). This makes me sad because it IS supposed to solidify. SO I DON'T GET IT. I even learned this time to let my cupcakes cool to room temperature! Too bad the ganache never got hard enough for me to actually SPREAD THE STUFF. Bah.
Will try again tomorrow and see how it goes. But I am definitely sad.
Posted by szujin at 12:28 AM | Comments (2)