Something about running makes me crave yoga. After back-to-back morning runs on Thursday and Friday, I wanted to stretch out my legs and hips and was psyched when my new friend Stacey texted me yesterday to ask if I wanted to meet her at Power Yoga Ocala at 9 a.m. today.
I met Stacey for the first time during our Golden Ocala photo shoot and had a blast hanging out with her again when we were on the radio together last Friday. It was really fun to sweat it out together this morning!
Before heading out to yoga, I made myself a small smoothie by blending up one and a half frozen bananas, a cup of Greek yogurt and a bit of milk.
It kept my stomach from grumbling too much during yoga but didn’t weigh me down.
After yoga, I talked with Stacey for a bit before driving to the farmer’s market to pick up some fresh produce.
I seem to have developed a habit of going to the farmer’s market for vegetables and leaving with pastries!
I was coerced into buying a pumpkin empanada from a nice man selling breads and the most fantastically indulgent baked goods. He highly recommended the pumpkin empanada and after one bite, I understood why. It tasted like a bite of Thanksgiving!
Yum!
Hope your Saturday is off to a good start!
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Oh my goodness – that pastry looks AMAZING! I haven’t done yoga in quite some time but it is something I should do more of to help with my flexibility.
Mhmm that seems like the perfect pre-workout snack. I hate the feeling of being weighed down when I workout! And that pastry… YUM!
I love shopping at one of my local farmer’s markets. A few years ago I found out about a tiny bakery that has the most delicious pies.
YUM! That pumpkin pastry looks amazing!
oh my gosh! I’m not at all ready for summer to be over BUT I can’t help but look forward to all the pumpkin goodness that comes with fall!
Oh I need a good yoga stretch! Maybe I shall do that today?
That pastry does sound yumm!
Pumpkin empanadas sound awesome! Glad he talked you into it!
I love yoga! It’s so relaxing!
OMG…I want a pumpkin empanada! It looks amazing!
Holy crap! A pumpkin empanada? That would taste just like heaven I’d imagine. I can’t wait to move to my new place in Oxford, MS so I can frequent the farmers markets around town.
Sounds like a great Saturday morning. We have some great farmer’s markets up here too!
A pumpkin empanada!? That sounds heavenly and perfect for fall. A yoga class sounds really nice and refreshing. Have a great weekend!
You are so smart to keep up a yoga practice along with your running. For many years and miles I did not and I pay for it now. These days its no running and a lot of yoga for me. But I am happy with that.
And I have found that almost any food is good when wrapped in a yummy pasty shell! Empanadas rock! 🙂
Have a great weekend!
Yoga sounds really good right about now! I bet you just feel so refreshed, Julie! And omgnesss gimme that empanada….
Wow…that empanada looks delicious. I bet it I put pumpkin stuffing in a cresent roll and fried it in a fry pan, dip in butter, and coat in cinnamon/sugar it would taste similar. MMmmm.
I’ma gonna hafta find out.
Pumpkin loaded pastry sounds like heaven! I really need to start doing yoga! Do you do much of it these days? When did you start? I went once but just couldn’t get in to it!
I love farmer’s markets! Usually buy more veggies than I can do farmers walk lol
I’ve gotten into the habit of taking Body Flow (like yoga) after Spinning, I cannot imagine doing one without the other now.
I thought instead of frozen bananas that it said dozen bananas! I was thinking you must really love bananas! Haha
That pastry looks so delicious!! I probably need to do more yoga with the amount of running I’m doing at the moment.
i love pumpkin when it’s roasted but cannot stand it in desserts .. go figure. buuuut i do support leaving farmers markets with sweets 😉
I love the farmer’s market. There is one about 3 blocks away that I never seem to get to. There is no good reason for that!
Running and yoga are the perfect combination. Now, pumpkin and empanadas? I never thought if that combo!
What a scrummy pastry 🙂 never tried a pumpkin one before. Farmers markets are great for good quality produce, shame that the nearest one to me is more than 20km away so don’t get to go as often as I would like.
When you freeze your bananas do you leave the peel on? I did and had a terrible time getting them peeled before putting them in my smoothie. Thanks!
That empanada looks awesome!! I love pumpkin year round!!
Oh my goodness, I love all things pumpkin! It’s always fun to get a taste of fall before its here.As far as yoga goes, I have a book called “Yoga for Runners,” but I have to admit I’m not very good at keeping up with it even though I do think it helps with post-run soreness. Maybe I’ll have to look into taking a class instead 🙂
I always find the best things, besides produce, at farmers markets!
I LOVE that you enjoy yoga! I have actually considered e-mailing you in the past to see what your stand was on yoga and if you thought of it as a good form of exercise, so I was happy to see this post! I grew up as a competitive dancer and now that I’m in my 20’s my joints are definitely feeling the damage (my knees barely rival a 70 year old’s) and yoga has been my go-to as of the past couple years. Thanks for sharing – I’d love to hear more of your thoughts. 🙂
Yoga after running is really amazing! Whenever ingo to farmers markets for produce I leave with a lot of yummy carbs 🙂
Omg I want that pumpkin treat!
Drooling over the pumpkin empanada! Farmer’s markets have so many other goodies besides fruits and veggies 🙂
Is that your personal yoga mat? I’ve been debating buying my own (the ones at the gym always smell funky.. but would I ever remember to bring my own?)!
That pumpkin pastry looks phenomonal… I wouldn’t be able to say no to it either! Pumpkin holds a soft spot in my heart 🙂
Nice, that looks fun. I am from Gainesville, but have never been to that, but I will check it out now! Thanks.
That empanada looks amazing! I know exactly what you mean about Farmer’s Markets haha I always go for the produce and then end up heading for the homemade scones afterwards
I finally got the chance to go to a yoga class last week. It has been too long and it felt absolutely wonderful!