Detoxing

Sunday, I only had tea and a pear before heading into DC to meet my friend.  We had salads for dinner (greens, tofu, carrots, oranges, almonds, and carrot-ginger dressing) and then she offered me pretzels.  I had a handful and drank a ton of water, so I felt I got off to an ok start.

Yesterday, I went to the Dr. Paul Farmer talk about his new book Haiti After The Earthquake, and had a Clif Bar for breakfast.  (By the way, the talk was great, although too short - but he is my hero, and I waited for two hours to have my books signed and to meet him.  If you do not know who Paul Farmer is, please read Mountains Beyond Mountains, stat)  Lunch was baby carrots and tea.  Dinner was a huge salad of romaine, potatoes, mushrooms, cucumber, tomatoes and tahini/lemon for dressing.  I drank copious amounts of tea and water yesterday too.

This morning, I went for a 4.6 mile run, and was 136.2 afterward.  I am hoping to be that tomorrow before my run, but we'll see.  Today, I had coconut water when I returned from my run, soy yogurt, celery, and two big mugs of green tea. Tonight, I will have a piece of fruit and whatever vegetables I can round up from my refrigerator - maybe a broccoli-slaw salad?

I know that Adeline, Isobel, and Skeleton Skinny are all participating in some sort of detoxing/liquid fast this week.  Please do what you can to encourage them on their quests.  Mine isn't a liquid fast, but I am not eating a stitch of junk, and with the exception of the soy yogurt, I am eating completely unprocessed, raw foods and lots of green tea.

Either tomorrow or Friday I will get in my long run.  I would like to dedicate tomorrow to school work and cleaning, so maybe I'll only do 4-6 miles, but sometime this week I need to run 10+, which is my last really long run before the half marathon on the 25th.