coming out of retirement

Nic gets a huge gold star for the day - after months and months of begging, he finally caved and came running with me!  He could not have chosen a better day to join me as I was feeling a bit sluggish due to last night's activities.  I've got to admit, I wasn't expecting a great run, but Nic blew me out of the water (I was feeling sick - remember that!).  We ran one of my go-to routes that has a few gradual hills.  At the beginning of the first hill I was waiting for Nic to stop and walk, but that little shit sped up!  Holy crap speedy gonzalez!  

"Just because I've taken a six year break, doesn't mean I've lost it."

Well said my man, well said.  As long as he doesn't decide to run a half marathon and beat me, I will be a happy camper!  We ended up doing about 3.3 miles, with a 1-mile cool-down after our back/chest workout at the Y.

Last weekend in Minnesota, we grabbed a quick bite to eat at The Local.  Mom and I ended up splitting the wild rice veggie burger - a great combination of chickpeas and wild rice (der), it was amazing.  Since grilling was on the menu tonight, I decided to whip up a batch of these.  This is where Nic gets yet another gold star.  I was going to make one of these veggie burgers for me, and grill him up a real burger.  But since we didn't get home until after 7, he agreed to try my experiment.

Verdict - the veggie burgers were okay.  They ended up breaking apart when I flipped them, so I need to figure out what to add to correct that.  They were also a bit dry, so next time (yes, there will be a next time) I need to add something else.

In the wild rice veggie burgers:

• 1 can chickpeas 
• 1/4 cup black beans (left over)
• 1/2 cup wild rice (best guess)
• 3T diced red onion
• egg white
• garlic, salt and pepper

Mash everything together and form into patties.  Grill for 2-3 minutes on each side.

We served these burgers up with some spinach, honey mustard and a side of baked kale chips.  YUM!

We enjoyed an episode of Psych after dinner and a dish of mock ice cream (frozen banana, yogurt, soy milk, cookies 'n cream protein powder & chia seeds).