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double measured today using my standard cyclocomputer and also the runtastic app because i wanted to see what my change in elevation was. turns out, it gives me *lots* of information. keep in mind the app records everything whereas the cyclocomputer is programmed to only record when the front wheel turns. also, my estimated 193 wheel circumference setting isn’t that far off from what GPS satellites say is my distance.

runtastic:

11.24 miles
1:04:17 h:m:s
10.5 mph average speed
5:43 min/mile average pace
18.7 mph max speed
193 feet elevation gain
190 feet elevation loss
55 feet max elevation
259 calories burned
17oz dehydration
(n.b., i hydrated before setting out and stopped halfway to drink 12oz)

standard cyclocomputer:

11.18 miles
57.15 minutes
11.6 mph avg speed

diy kimchi

m bought me mother in law’s kimchi diy kimchi kit last weekend and i am making it now.

don’t underestimate the fish sauce – the whole house smells.

the good housewife

i am on a roll today. i already prepped the chicken chile verde for dinner. i made coconut pudding. i toasted unsweetened coconut and hand-slivered almonds. i made hibiscus iced tea and hibiscus simple syrup. i am moving on to coconut chai. i have all this silk coconut milk that i must use.

m asked me to start using stuff from the pantry. i call using the unsweetened coconut we bought in 2012 a good use for sure. recipes are in the comments.

now all i have to do is go to the grocery store for mango and vanilla wafers.

chicken chile verde

trying a new slow cooker recipe this week: Chicken Chile Verde. it’s on hour 3 as i type this.

we have our own recipe for the tomatillo salsa, but the one included here is fine, too. we broiled 4 lbs of tomatillos, 5 hot jalapeños from the garden, 2 onions, 1.5 small heads of garlic, 2 limes, and 3.5 heads of cilantro (although we didn’t add all of the cilantro; we kept some of it as a slurry and froze it for next time).

i learned a valuable lesson from martha stewart on how to cut a chicken into 6 parts. maybe i won’t “butcher” my roast chicken next time when i want to carve it for serving.

google plus

j: (inhales sharply) “Google is shutting down Google plus!”

m: (inhales sharply) “Really?!?” (pauses) “What’s Google plus?”

organizing

flexing my ocpd spatial skills with assistance from bed, bath and beyond.

evening ride

outbound

12.51 minutes
11.6 mph avg spd
2.5 miles

total

26.07 minutes
11.5 mph avg spd
5 miles

i put the gopro on my seatpost and took 0.5sec time lapse of whatever was behind me: everything.