I love breakfast.  Specifically, going out to breakfast.  And nothing, NOTHING is better tasting than breakfast after a long run.  You’ve earned every calorie you’re about to eat (within reason) so you can indulge a bit.

Here are a just a few  of my favorite post-run breakfasts and where to go to get them.

1.  Egg scramble with mushrooms and spinach.  Some people like tomatoes in their eggs, but I find they make the eggs too wet.  Add some homefries, toast and coffee and you’re set until dinner time.  If you go to the Half Day Cafe, get the biscuit instead of toast.  You can thank me later.

2.  Chicken, sundried tomato, feta and spinach omlette at Grazie, Novato.  Huge portion and just yummy.  If they change their potatoes back to the fried, crunchy ones order those.  If not, add salt.

3.  Blueberry Whole Wheat Pancakes at the Dipsea Cafe.  If you don’t mind the unbelievably sloooow service of this restaurant, the food doesn’t disappoint.  Their pancakes are the size of a dinner plate, while being thick and fluffy.  I can’t have these very often because the influx of sugar after a run makes me kind of queasy.  But they taste divine and sometimes you have to suffer for your craft.

4.  Peanut butter on whole wheat or pumpernickle bagel.    Love the ones at Bagel Street in Terra Linda!  Chewy bagels, good quantity of pb.  Yum.

5.  Yogurt and granola parfait with fruit at the Half Day Cafe.  Perfect blend of flavors and very refreshing after a run.

There you go, a few meals to get you by after your run.  Enjoy!

Now go run.

Keli