Callieflower Kitchen

Hello blog friends! How have your Thursdays been?

Mine started off on the right foot with a delicious breakfast. Soy milk + crispy rice cereal + banana may sound a little boring, but nothing beats this combo. I’m already planning on having the exact same thing tomorrow

[insert a morning of workworkwork]

Lunch from a bare fridge: everything bagel thin with organic cream cheese (I can’t believe how different it tastes from regular cream cheese!), veggies, a fuji apple and some dark chocolate.

[insert an afternoon of more workworkwork]

Afternoon snack was some homemade trail mix. I’ve been trying to use up the odds and ends I’ve had around my kitchen for a while now, and now that I’m almost completely out of easy snacks like granola bars, I’ve had to get a little creative. This mix contained almonds, peanuts, pepitas, dried cranberries and chocolate-covered raisins.

After work I headed across town to meet up with a friend for some bike training, but I stopped in at Panera to grab dinner first. I decided to try the turkey artichoke panini, which was good but still doesn’t come close to my beloved napa chicken salad sandwich.

And an apple <3 I love you, Panera.

So, why am I training on a bike with a friend? Well…

I’ve signed up for a triathlon.

Have I ever done any kind of race before? No. Have I gone insane? Probably.

But I’m doing it.

Doing a triathlon has always been on my bucket list, and I was planning on doing one sometime waaaay aways in the future. I’m busy with school now and it never seemed like the right time, but all of the sudden I realized – why not now? Before I knew it, my brain had exploded and I was officially signed up for the Guelph Lake I Sprint Triathlon in June. Um, what!?

I’ve never been the most athletic person or felt like I would be able to do something like this, but I want to prove to myself that I can, and I will. I’m definitely nervous and I don’t really have any time goals in mind. I’d just like to finish and be proud of accomplishing that, and maybe even be brave enough to do one again in the future.

Meet my bike. I got it on Kijiji for a super low price, and even though it’s a little retro and not the nicest bike out there, I love it and all of it’s quirks I’m still working on a cool name (Captain Starburst? Sunrider? Bike?), so if you have any suggestions, feel free to throw them out there!

Luckily, my friend and his family are really into biking, and he has a sweet setup in his basement that you can use to train in the winter when it’s too cold to ride outside. He’s going to be doing the triathlon with me, so we both need to train up. I’ve been doing some rides with him on Thursdays before we watch Big Bang Theory (no new episode tonight, boo!), and have gotten to the point where my butt doesn’t want to die immediately.

My official training schedule begins next week, and I’m excited (and scared) to actually get started.

I’m totally gonna rock this triathlon… right?