Poplar Spring Run for the Animals 2012

Each year the Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary holds a 5k fun run as well as a 1k fun walk at Wheaton Regional Park Wheaton, MD. A few major sponsors are A Well Fed World, Conscious Corner and The Boot Camp Girl.

The race started promptly at 8:00 am Sunday morning May 20, 2012. The race run through the park with various hilly spots. The temperature was around 70 degree that morning with most of the trail in shaded areas. The race had around 333 runners. Dogs were welcomed as well as their owners for the walk.

The first prize team this year was PCRM (Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine) with COK (Compassion Over Killing) is second place.

My time was:

Place    Name             Tim Net  Tim    Pace 

                208            Kimberly Moffatt          34:09          33:49     10:53


I look forward to next year's race and will surely beat my time.


 

Goddard Fun Run 2010-2012

Results for the 2 mile fun run.

Overall

Run Rank Time Pace

2012 Spring 22 19:55 9:58
2011 Spring 38 25:04 12:32
2010 Fall 36 22:47 11:24


FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29

Run Rank Overall

2012 Spring 5 19:55
2011 Spring 10 25:04
2010 Fall 8 22:47



2010 FALL 148 PAAC TEAM
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1 14 Milenka Bascope F 17:10
2 28 Ashley Behrle F 19:11
3 34 Gini Heilman F 19:28
4 35 Joanna Hagerty F 19:55
5 37 Michelle Rinas F 19:57
6 ( 42) Aaron McCleskey M 14:41
7 ( 54) Stacey Day F 22:37
8 ( 56) Kimberly Moffatt F 22:47

2012 SPRING 136 PAAC III
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1 12 Tom Winkert M 12:43
2 26 Gini Heilman F 19:37
3 30 Kimberly Moffatt F 19:55

Much improvement over the years!

Raw Food Movement

Since I've become vegetarian, I've became vegan. Since becoming vegan, I've been curious about raw food. Vegetarian was a gateway for me. I figure that most vegans venture down that road as being healthy becomes a obsession.

"Obsessed is what the weak and lazy call the Dedicated" <-- not my quote Raw food diets have been more mainstream over the years. This calls for 75% of the food you consume has to be raw (food that has not been cooked or when cooked under 104 degrees F.) To get as much nutritional value out of these foods, they also must be unprocessed and organic. People who ear mostly raw have reported to feel better, be more energized and weight loss.



Raw Food consists of the following:


~Fresh fruit
~Raw vegetables
~Nuts and seeds
~Legumes
~Sprouts

Planning out meals works for me so that I don't have to hurry or stress about what will I eat tonight?

Food charts are easy and helpful when learning what you should eat, quantity, what to avoid, etc.

Source: Website is in the picture.

Overall, one should focus on these tips below:

~Lost of fruits and vegetables (the more variety, the better)
~Mostly green leafy veggies
~Include nuts, seeds, and other suitable protein sources into your meals
~Iron and calcium (dark leafy vegetables)
~Water & fresh juices (good idea to invest in a juicer)

There are plenty of websites out there to make research and finding sample meal plans efficient and easy.


Meal Ideas

~Adding lemon to water helps energize your body
~For snacks feast on raw almonds or other nuts or a piece of fruit
~Juice juice juice! Add 2 or 3 types of fruits and 4 or 5 vegetables for a fresh highly nutritious drink. I recommend The Juice Bible.
~Make salads! Using kale, spinach or dark lettuce mix with hemp seeds, nuts and a ton of other vegetables is a great way to feel full while enjoying a variety of foods.
~Raw snack bars. Not only do they taste great but they are affordable! I recommend "Raw Revolution" in any flavor!
~Mix in avocados whenever you can. They are regarded as a superfood and a complete food.

If you want to learn more about this incredible diet, a great resource (where I got some of my information here from) is:

http://vegetarian.lovetoknow.com/Raw_Food_Diet_Meal_Plans


Happy Raw fooding!