So we aren't riding?

Woke up at a pretty respectable time this morning to head to Whole Foods to restock fuel. Pretty successful shop. Fresh ground peanut butter is just the tops. Had planned a super easy 3 hour day but came home to a message from two first names for a last name saying that we were to meet him and CJ for coffee at shop near Lemmon. Leaving without being 100% certain that we weren't going to do the climb, I prepared for the worst and ate small section of baguette, toasted with organic hazelnut spread and some banana slices. When I arrived for coffee though, some Trek Store Toronto celebs were already there. Adam Morka and Emily Batty were enjoying a rest day as well. When the whole gang arrived I was assured that we were not going to go up the mountain so I kicked back with the crowd and had a coffee. I spaced and didn't take any pictures but it was good times for sure. After coffee session was over, left to do a lap of Saguaro and at least burn off the calories from this mornings breakfast. Put in super easy 28 miles today. I was still pretty tired from yesterday's ride so its all good. Going to a Coyotes game tomorrow in Phoenix. Should be pretty awesome, not sure who else is going but I think team QC is going to make an appearance so there will be lots of northerners ready to cheer on the worst team in the league. Now..need to find an outfit..where is the purple bear suit when you need it?

For dinner tonight I ended up eating some leftovers from last nights dish with an apple and orange on the side. Dessert was bowl of non-fat yogurt with little bit of granola and scoop of chocolate soy protein powder. Here is last nights pasta toppings, compiled from the remaining vegetables in the apartment before I went on my shop this morning, ended up being really tasty:



-In fry pan combine chopped onions, green peppers, red peppers, zucchini, mushrooms.
-Add fresh basil chopped finely with fresh oregano, pinch of salt and pepper.
-Stir in ground soy/veggie ground round/something of that nature along with chopped spinach and tomatoes, saute until spinach cooks down.
-Add two ladles of pasta water to fry pan, then drain pasta and empty contents of fry pan into pasta pot.
-cook on medium heat for a few minutes until ingredients have pretty much soaked up water.

I didn't have it last night but something to add to this that is really tasty is "nutritional yeast flakes." You can get them at any health food store or big supermarket, they are little yellow/orange flakes that contain an unbelievable amount of your daily B vitamins (have no fat, especially compared to cheese) and when stirred into hot foods, turn into a really cheesy consistency that despite its really unappetizing name, is really good tasting too.

3-4 hours tomorrow. I think.


Arizona Sunset