ROADTRIP, IRONMAN AUGUSTA UPDATE, AND A CLEAN ENERGY CUBE RECIPE...

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So OMGoodness we are 4 days away from the race we have been training for months. AHHHHHH! Nicole, Laura, and one of Laura's friend will be swinging on down to Mobile on Friday morning to pick me up for an epic road trip to Augusta GA! WooHoo! I'm so excited!I hope they have some epic jams ready because this girl is ready to sang!!!

Training has been on point, thank goodness! I had a great open water swim at the Connick Tri Complex with Coach Ali on Saturday. I am feeling a lot more comfortable in the open water. I was never actually scared of it but needed to really practice sighting so I am not all over the place. You never know how dependent you are on that black line at the bottom of a pool, till you don't have that anymore. After the training swim, we had a little fun too...
 

Yeah I know you guys are jealous right?

Back to training, so this week I am just getting as much in until Thursday as I can. So, spin, weights, SWIM! SWIM! SWIM!
 

Oh and maybe pack SOON?

I'm so jealous of my girl Nicole. She has list for everything. I am so not a list person, I wish I was, HELP!!! I am like oh if I forget something I'll just buy it! Bad thinking, I know! Like I said HELPPPPPPPPPP!

Anyways I wanted to give you guys the recipe for my energy cubes I have been chowing down on while training the past week. They are soooooo good!
 

The best part about them is they are so delicious, you can't just eat just one. (And that's OK)!
Here are the yummy ingredients...
 

2 cups oatmeal
1 8oz package of roasted almonds (you could use raw whatever you like)
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1 tbsp cinnamon
1/2 cup of honey ( I use Sweetser's Native, its local to me)
1/2 cup of ground flax (optional)
1/4 cup of chia seeds (optional)
1/4 cup of melted coconut oil (1/3 cup if you use the flax)

 First things first,you'll need to grind your almonds into butter... Place the almonds in your food processor and grind, grind, grind! After about 10 minutes or so it will process into smooth butter...
 

Next add your oatmeal and coconut oil. Process till oatmeal is ground up and mixed well with almond butter. Next add all other ingredients, process until fully mixed.

I make them into cubes with my flexible ice trays, however you can make them into balls if you don't have any flexible ice trays. Keep refrigerated. ENJOY!
 

These are sooooo easy to make and totally #kidapproved! SCORE!

I hope you guys had a great weekend! I cannot wait to keep you guys updated on Ironman Augusta this coming up weekend. If you would like to track #TEAMTAGYOURIT our bib number is 3456! EASY!

I leave you with a little fun we had on SUNDAY FUNDAY!
 

ARE YOU TRAINING FOR ANYTHING BIG RIGHT NOW?
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