Monday, May 16, 2011

Capitol Hill Classic 10k: You Need Chocolate Afterwards

Yesterday, I left you in suspense. I’m sure you tossed and turned all night wondering how my 10k went after I wrote profusely about how so many chocolate bloggers also run. Some people slept well last night, however, as they already knew how I did. Chase and Liz even ran the same race.

(That's Chase-me-Liz. We're speedy. Speedy-ish.)

They’re seriously good runners. Chase busted out a 49 and Liz clocked a 52. Like woah. Puts my 54 to shame. But, hey, I’ve never done a 10k before, so it’s a personal record, right?

Right. Regardless, post-race, I needed to replicate my pre-race nutrition strategy to refuel. Namely, like my fellow chocolate-fueled runners, I needed chocolate. Off to Le Pain Quotidien we went – in running gear and all.

I elected to check out the Chocolat au Pain.

So little chocolate. Such sadness. The flaky, airy croissant component nearly made up for that. Nearly. The chocolate was flavorful, but too sparse.

Fortunately, some Belgian hazelnut chocolate spread was provided along with the bread basket that us 10k finishers decided we needed.

It was more sugary than chocolatey, but it was at least smooth and not too fatty in texture. Perhaps I should have put some on my Chocolat au Pain.

Perhaps I did.

Dude, I’d just finished a 10k. It’s acceptable.

Do you eat chocolate after athletic events? Or bread? Or both?

21 comments:

  1. eating decadent pastries after a 10k is COMPLETELY acceptable and actually encouraged. In my opinion, Ice Cream is the "must have."

    congrats on the PR :)

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  2. You certainly earned the pastries! Great job on your 10k, that's fantastic!
    :)

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  3. You definitely earned it!!!! Too bad the chocolate au pain didn't have enough chocolate....:P

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  4. Hooray for your 1st 10K! I can't run at all. So impressed.

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  5. Great Job on your 10k!!! And you chocoholic was so yummy yesterday :)

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  6. Your time is super impressive as far as I am concerned. I think 54 is a time to be proud of.

    I know that chocolate hazelnut spreads are not the greatest quality chocolate products out there, but they are totally addictive.

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  7. One of my of my favorite post work out drinks is actually chocolate milk. So yeah, def chocolate after athletic events!

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  8. Congrats on a good job on a tough course—that hill in the end is a quad-eating monster! As for the bread and chocolate: Yes, and yes. Our Ragnar van was equipped with no fewer than three loaves of homemade bread (for six people) and two jars of Nutella. We even had a message in the back: "Fueled by Nutella." It's soul food for runners, I think.

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  9. Congratulations on your time! I am not a runner at all (running makes me sad), so I applaud your excellent effort to stay fit and still love chocolate! I also agree...the amount of chocolate in that croissant is super lame. At least the rest of it was good. :D

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  10. I love that there are still delicious looking chocolate pictures in this post. MMM.

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  11. Congrats on the race!

    I eat chocolate all the time. On everything. Race or no race.

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  12. I like to eat everything after athletic events. No shame in that one. ha.

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  13. Awesome!! That sounds like a great time to me, especially for your first 10k. I've only done a few 5ks, but then got out of running. Hooray for swimming!

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  14. wow you guys are seriously speed demons! CONGRATS!

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  15. I think 54 minutes is amazing! Chocolate is definitely deserved after that run:-)

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  16. I've refueled after countless runs with a cacao smoothie, so the answer is YES.

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  17. You are amazing! Congratulations :)

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  18. Congrats on your 10k! You said sub-60, but that is WAY sub-60!! Hello 8:xx for 6.2 miles! Its all in the fueling strategy, I'm sure :)

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  19. Nice job on your race!! You definitely earn a nice brunch after any race, I find a way to celebrate even if I only ran a 5k ;)

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  20. you are the fastest non-runner ever :)

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  21. Hey congrats! I've been away so long, but felt inclined to comment on this post. I just started running last year, but before that I exercised NOT AT ALL (Hannah would understand!).

    I'm just starting up again after a bit of an injury in March - chocolate is the perfect motivation!

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