total mileage: 138.93
time spent running: 20hrs 27min
days off: 11
avg temp: 65.38
trip of the month: boston (hey i never said they had to be exotic trips!)
finally a new 5k pr!
anyway. this time i made apple oatmeal cookies. i subbed the shortening with canola oil and diced two apples (instead of just 1c). mine came out flat, i think my baking powder is past it's prime. flat just means less calories, right?
a legally blind south carolina woman won the flying pig marathon this weekend. pretty cool.
That's so awesome about the lady from SC who is blind winning that marathon! I didn't know about that but I'm not surprised, the news here never covers anything positive (guess there's not too much good coming from our state normally, anyway).
ReplyDeleteThose cookies look great... we really like apples, too. I might have to make those one day.
A.L.
I don't discriminate against cookies... Flat, small, big, chocolate and apple... I do love them all! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI like that story about the South Carolinian winning the marathon! And those cookies look delicious. I bet they would be good with vanilla ice cream.
ReplyDeleteDid you ever hear of Marla Runyan? She was an awesome legally blind runner? I ran a race with her once. I had just read her autobiography and I was starstruck.
ReplyDeleteThose cookies look good.
Apple pie = healthy, ha!
ReplyDelete?Y donde esta la bicicleta?
Hmmm... less than 40 miles per week and 11 days off? Look who is slacking now. :-P
ReplyDeleteway cool about the blind lady!
ReplyDeleteoat cookies are my favvvvvvv. send some my way? maybe, since i don't bake, like, at all anymore, it'll help me with a certain fingers crossed situation? hahah!
Weirdly, I have OAS only when I eat pears (raw obviously) or I run outdoors in the spring. I am obviously consuming some kind of pollen when I run...I get swollen and itchy lips and mouth from either.
ReplyDeleteI love baking with apples and I will bookmark that recipe for this fall when all the apples are cheap!
What a great story about the Flying Pig Marathon Winner!
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of that OAS. Definitely does not sound like much fun. Is it only apples you cant' eat? Or are there other fruits too?
A legally blind lady works with my aunt and runs... and drives!!!
ReplyDeleteCookies are cookies... flat or fat it doesnt matter.. I dont discriminate!
Once my sister made cookies that were so flat and gross that even our dog wouldn't eat them!!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry I didn't see you in Boston! It was a crazy weekend!
Cookies are cookies! Flat, raw, healthy-who cares! They should be eaten EVERY day for at least a month after a big 5K PR!! That was my theory anyways and now I've had to cut out sugar completely to make up for it......
ReplyDeleteWay cool on the SC woman!!
Baked apples and pork, yum! Not a fan of fruit in cookies, but I'll be sure to load up on healthy apple pie!
ReplyDeletei want that weather (year-round) and those cookies!
ReplyDeleteand oats mean healthy...duh.
ReplyDeleteI like your logic in apple pie = healthy.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what I would do if I couldn't eat raw apples... well, I guess I'd eat more pie or flat cookies. :)
Love all the baking going on in the CTK kitchen, it's like you're being all wifely and what not. :) Congrats again on the new 5k PR!
ReplyDeleteThose cookies sound delicious! Congratulations on a great month with a 5k PR!
ReplyDeleteI'm all for cookies all the time!
ReplyDeleteHaving butter too liquid makes cookies flat (in recipes that use butter) so using oil instead of shortening is probably the reason. But I'm sure they were still yummy!
when cookies come out flat you just take a cutter that is circular and make rounds (eat the stuff you cut off) and then put a tablespoon or two of ice cream on one side. Top with another and into the freezer for a few minutes and you have ice cream sandwiches.
ReplyDeleteughoogogogghgh [drool]. Those cookies look amazing
ReplyDeleteWhat a delicious use for apples and oats! I'll echo everyone else's comments that 1) it was likely a butter-temperature issue, and 2) they were likely awesome, fat or flat. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
ReplyDeletethat's really admirable, and it inspires me a lot, I should take running seriously now
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I like how you put avg temp in your monthly update. I need to think about adding that stat!
ReplyDeleteYou must try this recipe:
http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/banana-oatmeal-chocolate-chip-cookies-10000001906392/
I love it! It's a great way to use up old bananas too. When I make it, I sub out half the flour for whole wheat, although that's not necessary.
Watch out, Julia Child!
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