Odd Duck Farm to Trailer

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On my third (and likely final) visit to Odd Duck I’m prepared to write about my experience.  It’s not your typical food trailer that hits a niche market (like vegan ice cream, frozen bananas, pizza, or any other single-focus mobile eatery).  No, rather it’s effectively a gourmet kitchen placed in a gravel parking lot, propped up on wheels, and enclosed by wood panels and screens.  The short version: amazing.  The long version: keep reading.

And unfortunately due to Daylight Saving Time, the lighting does not accommodate cell phone camera pictures, so you’ll have to use your imagination (and some pictures from the wide world of the Internet).

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Kat’s Ice Cream

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I get excited trying new trailers and I get excited eating ice cream, so Kat’s Ice Cream was right up my alley.  Set up on South First Street in an unassuming trailer, Kat’s serves up homemade vegan (yes, vegan) ice cream.  The flavors are built on one of three milk bases: soy, almond, or coconut.  You’d hardly know it though.  I’ve enjoyed what Kat has to offer twice now and need to share what my tastebuds got to experience.

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Well Hillo There

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I had an eye-opening revelation recently brought on as a result of some race research.  My next race in the Austin Distance Challenge is the Decker Challenge half marathon.  I figured it would be a good idea to check out what exactly the course had in store now rather than later.  I had heard it was hilly, but didn’t really think twice about it.  I’m not sure what piqued my curiosity but I sure am glad it was piqued.  Turns out “hilly” isn’t the half of it.  Let’s go to the data.

Looking at what could easily be mistaken for an EKG, the elevation profile for the Decker Challenge is, in a word, absolutelyridiculous.  There’s approximately zero flat ground.  You’re either going uphill, downhill, or really uphill.  I pointed out two hotspots that caught my attention.  The first arrow is pointing at a 9.2% grade.  Get on a treadmill and put it on 9%.  Yea.  After that, there are some merciless downhills taking you to the lowest point on the course.  Immediately you hit a 6.2% incline, which isn’t bad, particularly when compared to the laughable 8.2% incline right after.  If those were the only hills on the course it would be considered difficult.  But those are just two of the approximately 21 uphills that will be embracing the pack of runners in December.

To prepare I’ll be running as many long runs as I can on the steepest hills I can find.  Goals for the race will have to be set shortly before game time so that I can see how the hill training pays off.  One thing’s for sure: I won’t be setting any personal records at this race.  It’ll be more survival than anything.  Can’t wait!

Eat St Gets the Tex-Med Treatment

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Update: Unfortunately, due to extenuating circumstances with their location, Lizzie’s Lunchbox is permanently closed.

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As for me, I showed up ready to give my take on what Tex-Med means to Austin (and more importantly, me). I checked in with the Eat Street crew to not-so-subtly let them know I’d

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I got my food and hung onto it for awhile waiting for the film crew to wrap things up and want to talk to me. Soon after I was on a picnic bench chatting with the producer, camera man, and sound guy. They noticed my chicken pita and preferred it to be lamb, so they ran up to the window and got a quick order of lamb. A little television magic switched my chicken pita to lamb and we were off and rolling. I’ll spare the details, but I talked about the food, the location, and Lizzie herself. It was a lot of fun sharing how much I like Lizzie’s Lunchbox! Like I told Eat Street, it’s a very welcomed addition to the North Austin food scene.

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PS- It should be no surprise that I visit Lizzie’s Lunchbox often: it’s near my office, sells great food, and run by awesome people. Since the Eat Street event I went back to Lizzie’s again (yes, twice in one week). This time I ordered strictly from the Specials menu. It was a perfect day to sit outside and have a hot bowl of corn & tomato tortilla soup. Alongside

came warm, spicy beerbread / cornbread with much-appreciated real corn kernels baked in.

To go with the soup I got the pesto chicken salad sandwich on a croissant. So fresh, so buttery, so pesto-y. It could easily be a fixture on the normal menu. I’m sure there will be plenty more reviews of Lizzie’s, and I can’t wait to get back there to try something new.

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2011 Run for the Water Race Report

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You set a goal, you follow a plan, you execute.  That’s what I do, and it works pretty well.  The only hiccup is my ability to set realistic goals.  For the Run for the Water I wanted to beat last year’s time of 1:08:06.  I wasn’t sure how feasible that would be just 3 weeks post-marathon and only a few days of speed training leading up to the race.  So how did everything go on the absolutely perfect 52 degree morning?

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2011 Run for the Water Preview

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Here’s a quick and dirty preview for the Run for the Water 10 Miler this Sunday. It’s the second of five races in the Austin Distance Challenge. Hearken back to my bold statement of trying to win my age group for the ADC. That’s out the window. Since setting that goal, quite a few more people signed up for the ADC, many of whom are WAYYY faster than yours truly. It takes some pressure off, but also a lot of motivation. I had some tough workouts this week, including my company’s 3 miler. <sound the excuse alarm!> With that said, I still have a lofty goal.

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Excuse Me? (Race Report)

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I’m not going to blame the heat (88* and it’s nearly November).  It wasn’t because my legs were tired from yesterday’s speed work.  I won’t tell you it was due to a poor night of sleep.  There’s no reason to think I hadn’t eaten enough in the morning.  I wouldn’t even bring up the fact that I forgot my water bottle.  It had nothing to do with my extremely high heart rate.  No, I’m not here to give any excuses.

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Shoes and News

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This coming weekend I’m running in the second of five events in the Austin Distance Challenge — the Run for the Water. I ran this 10 mile race last year and had a great time (both literally and figuratively). I’ll try to get a race preview up for that, but if not you can certainly expect a report explaining how well I did / how hard I crashed.

In other news, I just picked up a pair of the not-yet-released Brooks Adrenaline 12s! In response to my Twitter post, a local running store responded saying that had some in hiding and that they’d put them aside for me. During lunch on Monday I swung by the Texas Running Co. store and told the girl there were some shoes on hold. She quickly realized “ohh, you’re that Twitter guy. Ok, one sec.”

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The Evil Wiener

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Hot dogs are the quintessential street food, which is why it makes sense food trucks all over Austin have been upscaling them into gourmet gastronomy.  After months of following The Evil Wiener on Twitter, I finally made the trip over to their truck.  The Beast is an imposing truck for sure, promising more than your average wiener.  On this day I went with a coworker and his wife (both new to the food truck scene) to see what The Evil Wiener could bring to the food truck party.

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New Goals, New Training Plan

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Ok, here we go. Chicago is behind me, I took an entire week off, and put together a training plan for the remaining Austin Distance

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