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Friends and Fitness

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On Tuesday afternoon I met up with my dear friend, Marla .

We met at our usual hangout .

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A place where we can gab and get wired up on caffeine.

Sounds perfect, right? And it was.

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It’s always a joy seeing Marla and I had not seen her since before the holidays .

Since then, we had both traveled to warm sunny places .

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And we’ve both lived lots of life the past few months and had plenty of stories to swap from life to blogging to husbands and kids.

After that I came home and learned that my Microwave Blueberry Banana Oat Cakes …

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…were featured by Fitness Magazine in their 11 Ways to Wake Up Oatmeal feature.

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I haven’t made a microwave oat cake in ages but this reminded me to make my own recipe.

Naturally gluten free, vegan, microwave-able and ready in less than five minutes . They’re also portable so you can make them ahead of time and wrap them up in plastic wrap and toss them in your lunch or into your purse for a snack.

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In the fitness front, I had a lovely early- ish morning run.

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Now that Skylar is in a new school that starts earlier than her former school, I can get my workout done earlier because we’re up and at ’em, bright and early. Whether I want to be or not.

But it does feel great starting the day with a run. Four miles, sunshine, 66F, no wind, beautiful flowers.

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Followed with 10 to 15 minutes of light yoga stretching at home and that’s that.

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All in under and hour and done by 9:30 am with the whole day ahead of me. Gotta love that.

Have you done anything friend or fitness-related lately?

Are you a morning, evening, or anytime you can get it in workout person?

I’m the later and as a busy mom with no two days ever being the same, being flexible and adapting my workouts to fit into my life is the only way I can be.

I naturally have the most energy about 5pm but it’s too dark in the winter to start outdoor runs at that time.

I don’t naturally have as much energy in the mornings and it’s a chore to get out of the house (and not get sucked into a cup of coffee. Or three. And my Google Reader…) but the feeling of having my workout accomplished and done for the day is a great feeling. I wrote a post almost exactly one year ago with a few of my Morning Workout Tips . I should read my own advice.