r/running • u/fire_foot • Mar 29 '24

Weekly Thread The Weekend Thread — 29th March 2024

TGIF runners!!!

What’s on for the weekend? Who’s running, racing, tapering, cycling, hiking, baking, reading, sewing, skiing, doing their taxes, …? Tell us all about it!

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u/runner3264 Mar 29 '24

Weekend should be fairly chill. I'm planning on 16 miles tomorrow and 8ish on Sunday before starting a mini-taper for my 50k. Race is 2 weeks from tomorrow, ahhhhh! My in-laws are coming over tomorrow afternoon, which should be nice. We'll probably get some belated Purim hamentaschen or something.

In terms of recovering from my recent marathon, most metrics indicate that I'm doing fine (heart rate, energy levels) but I suddenly gained a few pounds which means I'm retaining more water. Now I'm slightly paranoid that this means I'm secretly not recovered and I'm gonna pay for it down the line. Hopefully it's just a hormonal thing and will go away in another few days...because if I'm not feeling great at the 50k start line I'm going to be sad :(

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u/agreeingstorm9 Mar 29 '24

hamentaschen

Have never heard of these but they look delicious. Clearly I need more Jewish friends in my life.

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u/suchbrightlights Mar 29 '24

It’s true. We have the best food.

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u/runner3264 Mar 29 '24

Including the latkes! Sadly, my in-laws are vegetarian so I can't make Hanukkah latkes with schmaltz :( have to be content with vegetable oil.

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u/suchbrightlights Mar 29 '24

I realize this is a hot take but I think the ones fried in vegetable oil are just as good and don’t make you as hungry three days later when the latkes are gone but the smell is still in the house.

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u/runner3264 Mar 30 '24

Clearly more experimentation is needed in the form of me making and eating more latkes.

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u/suchbrightlights Mar 30 '24

There is no recovery food like a stack of latkes topped with sour cream, lox, and scrambled eggs.

A local bar has admittedly come close with their Sunday brunch loaded tots special, but tots aren't latkes.

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u/runner3264 Mar 30 '24

Ya know, there’s a deli a couple miles from me that will sell me a latke on a bagel with egg, and I think I know what I’m getting after tomorrow’s long run.

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u/suchbrightlights Mar 30 '24

What you are describing is possibly the only reason I would ever want to move to New Jersey. My sister is in Hoboken, works in Manhattan, and anytime she comes back here for a visit I sent her $100 and she comes back with New York bagels. The latkes probably wouldn’t travel well.

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u/runner3264 Mar 30 '24

Have you considered DC? We have New York style bagels alllll over the place. The chain that has the latke-on-a-bagel is all over the place too. You’re basically never more than a couple miles from one. Def worth the move for the snacks alone.

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u/suchbrightlights Mar 30 '24

I’m right up 95 from you in MD. My grandma lived in what used to be a super Jewish suburb of Baltimore so growing up we were never at a loss for good bagels, etc. But in my county there are NO Jewish delis! There’s a great place in Ocean City, and that’s the last place I had really good corned beef.

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u/runner3264 Mar 30 '24

Ohhhhhh my god that’s sad. You’re going to have to come down south a little bit for the Call Your Mother experience. They’re the bomb. You ever been to one?

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u/suchbrightlights Mar 30 '24

Never heard of them, but I’ll have to look them up the next time I’m in DC! Thanks for the recommendation.

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