Author: Kris

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    @laimelde Wrong turn! Nearly there.


    @venks79 it’s 1:20 and I’m about halfway around. See if you can catch me before I finish!! 🙂


    Getting ready for tonight’s Jamie meal: Duck Salad with Giant Croutons and Cheat’s Rice Pudding with Stewed Fruit.


    That is… a lot of food for two people. http://twitpic.com/44as22


    @redambition No way! And Boomer from BSG, AND Jin from Lost? They got every hot Asian in Hollywood! 🙂


    Jamie’s 30 Min. Meals #6: Duck Salad w/ Giant Croutons, Cheat’s Rice Pudding w/ Stewed Fruit. http://bit.ly/ewBWyM Impressive presentation!


    HELLO MONDAY. I wasn’t even out of bed for 5 minutes before I stepped in cat sick.


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    Longest run EVER! Thanks to @laimelde and Snook for running part with me.


    That is… a lot of food for two people.


  • Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals #6: Duck Salad

    This is our sixth official cooking/blogging experiment from Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals. As we did last week, we picked this one with the idea of going to the Eveleigh Farmers’ Market Saturday morning to get any necessary ingredients. There are always a couple vendors there with duck. When we got there, we worked out pretty quickly that four duck breasts were going to cost us close to $30. The Snook persuaded me to get two whole ducks from Coles instead (for $40 total), which would also give us legs and fat for confit, and a carcass for making stock. Sounds like a plan! So earlier today he carved up the ducks so we could get started. I was running a pretty serious caloric deficit for the day thanks to my long run, so I was excited for such a big, healthy meal.

    Duck Salad, Giant Croutons, Cheat's Rice Pudding with Stewed Fruit

    Quick verdict: We followed it pretty much exactly (except for actually making homemade rice pudding in the rice cooker rather than buying expensive pre-made stuff). Elapsed time was 39:52, but we think this is one you could easily get down to 30 minutes once you have it memorised. There’s not much to it, really! In terms of presentation, this was the best one yet. If you served this at a small dinner party, people would be in awe! We both rated it 9/10 for taste (but we may have overcooked our duck a little bit).

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    Excited to see TOAST’s play! (@ NIDA w/ @toastman) http://4sq.com/gH9fAE


    Toastman, the Snook, and a giant fake ham glued to a landmine. http://twitpic.com/43vb1t #sydneytheater #shortandsweet


    @kdelarue Yep. @toastman wrote a one-act play called “Raining Bacon.”


    @laimelde Whoops, forgot to reply! Yep, all systems go. I’m planning to be at Lang Road entrance by noon. Hope to see you there!


    @mrs_sockvictim Sydney Park at 10:30ish, if you’re up for it! 🙂


    @eileenDCoE Walkin down the street I’m the lady – uh! Showin off my map of Tasmania! 🙂


    @miftik Yay! Thanks for remembering. 🙂


    Fueling up and psyching myself up for today’s 22.5km (14mile) long run. Looking forward to running a bit of it with @laimelde and @venks79!


    Just over 24 hours to go in the w-g Oscar Contest. Be sure to put your entry in for a chance to win the sock monkeys! http://bit.ly/dvL5BE


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    Toastman, the Snook, and a giant fake ham glued to a landmine. #sydneytheater #shortandsweet


    I was very surprised to see a familiar name in this blog post today! Well done. 🙂


    Just over 24 hours left to enter my Oscar Contest! Don’t forget to put your entry in. Also, I need a few folks to count dead people for me in the obituary montage (for my tiebreaker). Leave me a comment if you can help!


    Hydrating and gearing up for today’s long run: 22.5km! It’ll be my longest distance ever. We are now navigating uncharted waters…


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    Nice lunchtime run with Raj. Foot still feeling pretty good!


  • RunningBlog: Week 8

    Pretty good for a cutback week! Last Friday the podiatrist fitted me for orthotics and then taped me up again. It was too hot to run on Sunday, so I bumped my weekend run to Monday. I felt great! On Wednesday I actually decided to do speed intervals in the morning before Spudds. The tape had come off by that point, but my foot still felt surprisingly okay. The Spudds workout was hard and left me quite sore afterwards. Today I did an easy lunchtime jog with my friend Raj just to work out the stiffness before my next long run on Sunday.

    Feb. 21: 6.43km
    Feb. 23: 6.11km
    Feb. 25: 4.65km
    Total this week: 17.17km (10.7mi)
    Total this year: 179.03km (111.9mi)

    To meet my goal of running 1100km in 2011, I should be at 169km right now. So I’m currently carrying a buffer of 10km. I expect that to grow this week given that I’ll be running my longest distance ever: 14 miles – 22.5km! Longer than a Half Marathon…