Ena Eatsercises: MANNA! In Motion 5K/10K and Fun Run

After weeks and for some of us months of training, Cam and I along with our friend Will met our favorite Charleston couple Lindsay and Andy in Southern Pines for the Manna 10K. For the trip, we rented a condo, so that we could have a comfortable place to stay after the race where we would be able to make our own meals. As with our last 10K with Lindsay and Andy, the night before we could not believe we had committed ourselves to another one of these. But in the morning, armed with everything from Vibrams, a new running top for Lindsay just for this occasion, and GPS and heart rate monitor watches, our pack greeted the challenges of the Sandhills Community College trails...

The arrow is pointing at me there in the pack. My hair is swinging out of control! Andy and Will are the leftmost runners. Then you can see Cam a bit to the right of them. He stands out because he's the tallest. Then Lindsay is to the right of him. You can see her pink shirt.

My official 10K results

Time: 0:57:21

Pace: 9:14

Rank: 39 (out of 78)

After the race which we all finished (Woohoo!), we worked up an appetite, so the rest of the trip was devoted to eating and relaxing and drinking for some of us.

What was on the menu?

For lunch, turkey reubens! We created an assembly line for the sandwiches. While Cam was heating up the griddle and melting butter on it, I spread Thousand Island dressing on the rye slices, which I then topped with swiss cheese. Meanwhile Lindsay added the sauerkraut and turkey. Once assembled, Cam was in charge of grilling them until the bread was slightly browned and toasted. Note: For our picky eaters, we left off the Thousand Island and/or sauerkraut. We ate our turkey reubens and grilled turkey sandwiches with Kettle brand's Spicy Thai chips. Delicious!

For beverages, the boys drank Bud Lite and whiskey with coke. We ladies created our own drink out of vodka, sweet and sour mix, and club soda over ice.

For dinner, Lindsay and Andy had some of their CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) veggies for us to experiment with for sides. Andy began the experiment by taking charge of making some Fried Green Tomatoes and baking a pork tenderloin. Lindsay and I had our work cut out for us with figuring out what to do with the beets and turnips. We chose our recipes based on the ingredients we already had on hand to try to reduce the number of things we needed to buy from the grocery store. We ended up selecting two Simply Recipes options: Roasted Beets with Balsamic Glaze and Scalloped Turnips.