Started today with 8hrs sleep and 2 bananas after rising.
Walked 1.5km to work with my prized possession: a 12kg local-grown seeded watermelon
Ate about 3kg of the watermelon by lunch time. This watermelon is soooo incredibly tasty!

Ran to Black Mountain for the monthly run-up challenge where they time you to run to the top of the mountain. I figured it was a 20 minute jog to get there from work...a perfect warm-up. I didn't look at any maps to get there and wasn't really sure which way to go. I just took my chances through what felt like the shortest path hoping the streets linked to where I was headed.

Awesome treat #1...500 metres from my office (next door to the Canberra Theatre) I find an undeveloped block with some variety of apricot trees growing (I'll take photos of the trees and fruit tomorrow so I can find out which variety). There must have been a hundred ripe apricots on the ground and a few left on the trees. The birds had enjoyed a few of them. I didn't have much time before the race so I chowed down on a few enjoying the sun-warmed tree-ripened fruit for free in the middle of a city!

About 1500m further I came across the ANU Food Coop. Took note of where it was and thought it worthy of a look on the way back to work.

Got to the base of the mountain with 10 mins to spare to chat to the other runners from the Australian Mountain Running Association. I ran to the top in 17 mins 27 sec and felt very happy to have run a solid run with a strong finish under hot conditions.

Ran back most of the way to work with a fellow runner from work who is also running in the Six Foot Track 46km race in the Blue Mountains on 10th March. Then I detoured back to the ANU Food Coop. To my great surprise they had loads of fresh fruit and veg and all of it is either certified organic or locally grown! And it's pretty cheap (e.g. $4.50/kg for bananas). Had no money so had to go back after work. They were open til 7pm. Awesome!

Navigated back past the fruit trees and sat down in amongst all the fallen fruit, so much that some got squished under foot. There was way more than I could eat. I probably ate about 20 but what I noticed was how different it was to eat for free as it is in nature. I just ate one food until I was satisfied. Then I stopped. Simple. No mind games. No temptation to overeat. Just blissful sun-warmed fruit...all I cared for.

Ate another 3kg of watermelon in the couple of hours following the run.

Had a great day at work. Actually achieved a lot which is satisfying.

Ran 1.5km back to my car carrying about 8kg and felt strong in the legs. I haven't felt that for a while due to fatigue from mountain running most days. It was very welcomed!

Swung by the food coop, got about 4kg of bananas, 3 cobs of corn, and a tiny ripe avocado which was delicious and devoured immediately after leaving the store. Haven't had any overt fats for a couple of days and that was a nice touch. I followed that by munching down a cob of corn while travelling to Organic Energy in Griffith to pick up my order of baby (English) spinach for green smoothies.

An unexpected benefit of switching to organics is meeting choice people at the organic stores.

While in the Organic Energy store I took the opportunity to browse the private library of Stella, a raw foodist in Canberra who has her books available for browsing. What an amazing collection, several hundred books on topics from Essene fasting (there were dozens of Essene books), Yoga, Cancer, a nice raw foodist collection, Arnold Ehret, health, beauty, spirituality, the list goes on. This store is awesome. Warm people and true natural foods. I didn't see any products or processed or superfoods for sale. How cool is that! Bought a tray of delicious peaches and a couple of red capsicums.
Going to give my contact details to the store so I can meet Stella. Can't wait!

Dinner was 1.6 litres of raw soup made from tomato, celery, lebanese cucumber and medjool dates. Yum!

Post to raw-pleasure as a perfect finish to a perfect day.

...and doing it all again tomorrow :-)

Grant fantastic idea this topic...you sure did have the best day ever..

today so far is the best day ever...arose after 8 lovely hours of sleep,feeling vibed...whipped up my gs for the day...filled my 2 litres thermos with baby spinach,4 oz dates and 8 bananas and 2 cups strawbs...cut up my 3 rockies to blend post run...

off i go,stack it on the concrete,beat the instant thought go home,get sympathy and comfort,ran 7 kms...i threw in a couple of extra hills...i blitzed it,,i used your smile therapy grant,it really worked a treat thank you...blood all down my white singlet,looking scarey running...didnt care,felt strong powerful and courageous....and somewhat dizzy wheni finished,lol...got home,,got my cuddles and sympathy...feelliing very sore now,but damn,its still the best day ever...

going in to meet fabulous clients.today will be a most awesome day....with so much raw love to you all....

That day sounds awesome Grant!

I find, lately, I have been having the best days ever because I'm doing heaps of exercise. Riding heaps with my best mate up steep hills, walking in the hills, finding ripe figs on a tree!, and just feeling positive.

Laughing, smiling. Knowing I have the choice to have the best day, or a crap day, and I choose to have a great day. Life is great. Friends, sun, exercise, fruit - what more could you ask for?

I'm going to have the best day ever too.... when i find an apricot and a fig tree... wow that would be awsome!

Made big blender full of g's and massive fruit salad for the family when they wake up the off for my run.

Great run down along the beach and up past Snapper Rocks... we have the Quicksilver Pro on next week so it will be busy! surf looks great so in for a swim this arvo.

then a good walk with hubby after kids headed off for school, a nice morning with him and a huge g.... mmm.

xx

And thank you fruitypie for pushing me off the cooked cliff and into the raw lagoon. Without that I'd probably still be eating cooked vegan, thinking I was living an ideal life, which I now know was compromised in so many ways.
We're now in a beautiful place and I'm going to stay here forever.

Yay Janita! You are beautiful!

Grant, that spot with the apricots trees just looks surreal! Wow! Sun dried apricots! Yummo!!! I remember thinking my cooked vegan diet was really good. No, did I? Or did I just accept it as "norm"? So glad to be onto raw!

Today was the best day ever because:

   - I had the best sleep, after a 50km ride yesterday
   - Rode up Norton Summit Road and didn't stop once! Felt so energised the whole way up, inspiring/motivating       
myself with encouraging and positive words!
   - Rode back down and ate 9 (!!) fat purple, ripe figs off da tree! Another fig tree! I tell ya, they're everywhere in Adelaide it seems! (My tongue burnt afterwards, so think I ate too many, or shoulda peeled 'em!)
   - Also ate a handful of beautiful purple grapes (currants?), with seeds, from the vine, just before the fig tree
   - Popped into the best organic shop in town and chatted with my best mate
   - Ate the best salad ever!
   - Read some of the book of Amy Gillette, the cyclist who was killed in Germany two years ago and was mightily inspired!! (to ride that is, and to ride hard!)
   - Rode up to Morialta Conservation Park and had an awesome walk!
   - Picked a couple peaches from a tree, small, but juicy!
   - Also rode 50km in total today, which was my goal for the day (normally only do around 20km each day for travel)

Awesome day! Can't wait for tomorrow, off to Melbourne and gonna eat tonnes of fruit! Mwahaha!!

ahh having the best day ever already!...

pea and grant awesome awesome days thanks raw budds...mwah

had 7.5 hours of almost completely restful sleep,after falling alsleep reading my book on angels.. woke upwith almost  all the pain gone from my crash on the pavement.....rowed 15 kms this morning then 15 mins crazy bouncing on my tramp,feeling really clear and pumped!ready for my run tomorrow though,i can feel it in my body that i am ready to cruise out with wings on my feet...
enjoying the most sweet and lush rockmelon that i have blended,god it is like liquid gold cruising down my throat,delicious!

I am off to do an early morning wedding makeup,to make a lovely lady feel like an awesome bride...what a beautiful glorious day to be married...and be  alive and thriving on 811rv.
my fat intake % for the week is 8% i am so pleased with this for sure,and it certainly does make you feel awesome hey Grant..

pea 50clicks is so cool,wicked,soon you will be trekking on long hikes with Harls!

HAve loads of clients booked in today,i am ready for an awesome day and to meet some gorgeous positive happy peppy people...

have the best day ever guys...