Today's weight: 190.4
Today's blood pressure: 115/67
Today's food: yogurt, 1/4 pop tart, fridays appetizer sampler, jack daniels ribs and shrimp combo
Today's exercise: none
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Week 30, Day 5
Today's weight: 192.4*
Today's blood pressure: 132/80
Today's food: yogurt, apple, beef and bean burrito, chicken sausage penne pasta, 2 chips ahoy
Today's exercise: run 14 miles; 60 pushups
This was the normal first thing in the morning weight measurement. When I measured my weight right before running it was 195. When I measured it right after running, 188.
Today's blood pressure: 132/80
Today's food: yogurt, apple, beef and bean burrito, chicken sausage penne pasta, 2 chips ahoy
Today's exercise: run 14 miles; 60 pushups
This was the normal first thing in the morning weight measurement. When I measured my weight right before running it was 195. When I measured it right after running, 188.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Week 30, Day 4
Today's weight: 193.2
Today's blood pressure: 136/83
Today's food: yogurt, bacon wrapped meatloaf patty, mashed potatoes, claim jumper (calamari, braised short ribs, mashed potatoes, biscuit, giant éclair dessert), apple
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: 136/83
Today's food: yogurt, bacon wrapped meatloaf patty, mashed potatoes, claim jumper (calamari, braised short ribs, mashed potatoes, biscuit, giant éclair dessert), apple
Today's exercise: none
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Week 30, Day 3
Today's weight: 194.4
Today's blood pressure: 138/84
Today's food: yogurt, fried chicken salad, mozarella sticks, banana, tri-tip steak, 4 chips ahoy
Today's exercise: 1.5 mile warmup, (run 1 mile @ 8:37, jog .5 miles) X3, 1 mile cooldown (total of 7 miles); 60 pushups
Today's blood pressure: 138/84
Today's food: yogurt, fried chicken salad, mozarella sticks, banana, tri-tip steak, 4 chips ahoy
Today's exercise: 1.5 mile warmup, (run 1 mile @ 8:37, jog .5 miles) X3, 1 mile cooldown (total of 7 miles); 60 pushups
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Week 30, Day 2
Today's weight: 195.4
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, banana, shrimp topopo salad, 6 donut holes, watermelon, 2 scrambled eggs with leftover tri-tip
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, banana, shrimp topopo salad, 6 donut holes, watermelon, 2 scrambled eggs with leftover tri-tip
Today's exercise: none
Monday, May 26, 2008
Week 30, Day 1
Today's weight: 194
Today's blood pressure: 140/89
Today's food: yogurt, pear, 3 donuts, grilled chicken breast, pasta salad, baked beans, corn on the cob, canteloupe, fruit tart, watermelon, hot dog, 4 turkey snaks
Today's exercise: run 2 miles; 60 pushups
Today's blood pressure: 140/89
Today's food: yogurt, pear, 3 donuts, grilled chicken breast, pasta salad, baked beans, corn on the cob, canteloupe, fruit tart, watermelon, hot dog, 4 turkey snaks
Today's exercise: run 2 miles; 60 pushups
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Week 29 Wrapup
The running went well this week. I don't feel any trace of an injury anywhere, just general soreness from the long run on Saturday. I ran 12 miles. That's the longest I've ever run in my life. That's not a big thing by now, though, because every week for a while now I've run the longest I've ever run in my life. This was the first week that I ran for longer than 2 hours, though, and I believe that I've never in my life done any kind of physical activity for two hours straight.
The Shambles asked about my running schedule. For anyone else interested, here's the story: I read this article on Runner's World several weeks ago. In a nutshell, it says that these exercise scientists were getting good results and improved times by cutting people back to 3 days a week, but focusing each of those days on a specific targeted run. I was intrigued by this, because I knew I wouldn't be able to run longer stretches and still fit in 4 or 5 days a week. So, it seemed like a perfect fit for me. (The article also stressed the importance of cross-training on the non-running days, but I pretended I didn't notice that part.)
So, I was planning on constructing some sort of workout plan using that article. A couple of weeks later, though, I discovered that Runner's World had this "Smart Coach" thing on the front page of their website. You enter a recent time, a training distance, and answer a couple of questions about current mileage and training intensity. You click a button and then it spits out a schedule with paces based on the information you gave it. I have no idea what methodology it uses, but I believe it's related to magic.
The first time I tried it, I liked the fact that it spat out a 3-day/week schedule for me. If I had told it I currently do more mileage per week, it would have given me a 4 or 5 day schedule, but at the time, I was only averaging about 15 miles per week. I also liked how it let up a little every fourth week. I ran it a few times to fudge the numbers a bit because I thought the paces it suggested for me were too slow. That was because I was using real race times, and my race times were a lot suckier than what I really could have done at the time I was playing with the schedule. So, I plugged in some different times until I found something that looked like it made sense, then went with it.
I looked for ways to copy and paste the schedule here, and they mostly just didn't work. I've included my best attempt here, but not everything lines up right. To really see it the way they gave it to me, you'd have to go to the Smart Coach site, enter a 4:20 marathon time (my goal if I ever did run a marathon), and tell it you run 16-20 miles and want to increase moderately.
Since I'm going on a cruise and then to Disney World the first part of June, I'll probably just try to run a total of 15-20 easy miles on the ship that week, then repeat the previous week when I get back. That will add two weeks to the 18 week schedule, which will have me finished with this schedule right around August 23rd or so.
The Shambles asked about my running schedule. For anyone else interested, here's the story: I read this article on Runner's World several weeks ago. In a nutshell, it says that these exercise scientists were getting good results and improved times by cutting people back to 3 days a week, but focusing each of those days on a specific targeted run. I was intrigued by this, because I knew I wouldn't be able to run longer stretches and still fit in 4 or 5 days a week. So, it seemed like a perfect fit for me. (The article also stressed the importance of cross-training on the non-running days, but I pretended I didn't notice that part.)
So, I was planning on constructing some sort of workout plan using that article. A couple of weeks later, though, I discovered that Runner's World had this "Smart Coach" thing on the front page of their website. You enter a recent time, a training distance, and answer a couple of questions about current mileage and training intensity. You click a button and then it spits out a schedule with paces based on the information you gave it. I have no idea what methodology it uses, but I believe it's related to magic.
The first time I tried it, I liked the fact that it spat out a 3-day/week schedule for me. If I had told it I currently do more mileage per week, it would have given me a 4 or 5 day schedule, but at the time, I was only averaging about 15 miles per week. I also liked how it let up a little every fourth week. I ran it a few times to fudge the numbers a bit because I thought the paces it suggested for me were too slow. That was because I was using real race times, and my race times were a lot suckier than what I really could have done at the time I was playing with the schedule. So, I plugged in some different times until I found something that looked like it made sense, then went with it.
I looked for ways to copy and paste the schedule here, and they mostly just didn't work. I've included my best attempt here, but not everything lines up right. To really see it the way they gave it to me, you'd have to go to the Smart Coach site, enter a 4:20 marathon time (my goal if I ever did run a marathon), and tell it you run 16-20 miles and want to increase moderately.
Week Week Starting Monday Wednesday Saturday Total Weekly Mileage
1 4/20 Easy Run Tempo Run Long Run 16 miles
Dist: 3mi "Dist: 5mi, inc" Dist: 8mi
@10:49 Warm; 3mi@9:13; Cool @10:49
2 4/27 Easy Run Speedwork Long Run 17 miles
Dist: 3mi "Dist: 5mi, inc" Dist: 9mi
@10:49 Warm; 2x1600@8:42 @10:49
w/800 jogs; Cool
3 5/4 Easy Run Tempo Run Long Run 18 miles
Dist: 3mi "Dist: 5mi, inc" Dist: 10mi
@10:49 Warm; 3mi@9:13; Cool @10:49
4 5/11 Easy Run Easy Run Easy Run 15 miles
Dist: 5mi Dist: 5mi Dist: 5mi
@10:49 @10:49 @10:49
5 5/18 Easy Run Tempo Run Long Run 20 miles
Dist: 2mi "Dist: 6mi, inc" Dist: 12mi
@10:43 Warm; 4mi@9:13; Cool @10:43
6 5/25 Easy Run Speedwork Long Run 23 miles
Dist: 2mi "Dist: 7mi, inc" Dist: 14mi
@10:43 Warm; 3x1600@8:37 @10:43
w/800 jogs; Cool
7 6/1 Easy Run Tempo Run Long Run 24 miles
Dist: 2mi "Dist: 6mi, inc" Dist: 16mi
@10:43 Warm; 4mi@9:13; Cool @10:43
8 6/8 Easy Run Easy Run Easy Run 17 miles
Dist: 6mi Dist: 6mi Dist: 5mi
@10:43 @10:43 @10:43
9 6/15 Easy Run Tempo Run Long Run 27 miles
Dist: 2mi "Dist: 7mi, inc" Dist: 18mi
@10:36 Warm; 5mi@9:12; Cool @10:36
10 6/22 Easy Run Speedwork Long Run 30 miles
Dist: 2mi "Dist: 8mi, inc" Dist: 20mi
@10:36 Warm; 4x1600@8:32 @10:36
w/800 jogs; Cool
11 6/29 Easy Run Tempo Run Long Run 25 miles
Dist: 2mi "Dist: 7mi, inc" Dist: 16mi
@10:36 Warm; 5mi@9:12; Cool @10:36
12 7/6 Easy Run Easy Run Easy Run 19 miles
Dist: 7mi Dist: 6mi Dist: 6mi
@10:36 @10:36 @10:36
13 7/13 Easy Run Tempo Run Long Run 27 miles
Dist: 2mi "Dist: 5mi, inc" Dist: 20mi
@10:30 Warm; 3mi@8:57; Cool @10:30
14 7/20 Easy Run Speedwork Long Run 22 miles
Dist: 2mi "Dist: 8mi, inc" Dist: 12mi
@10:30 Warm; 4x1600@8:27 @10:30
w/800 jogs; Cool
15 7/27 Easy Run Tempo Run Long Run 15 miles
Dist: 2mi "Dist: 5mi, inc" Dist: 8mi
@10:30 Warm; 3mi@8:57; Cool @10:30
16 8/3 Easy Run Tempo Run Marathon 31 miles
Dist: 2mi "Dist: 5mi, inc" Race Day
@10:49 Warm; 3mi@8:57; Cool
Since I'm going on a cruise and then to Disney World the first part of June, I'll probably just try to run a total of 15-20 easy miles on the ship that week, then repeat the previous week when I get back. That will add two weeks to the 18 week schedule, which will have me finished with this schedule right around August 23rd or so.
Week 29, Day 7
Today's weight: 193
Today's blood pressure: 147/82
Today's food: 4 chips ahoy, turkey snak, watermelon, yogurt, 2 donuts, bacon wrapped meatloaf patty with mashed potatoes, oatmeal with banana, can of sierra mist
Today's exercise: day of rest
Today's blood pressure: 147/82
Today's food: 4 chips ahoy, turkey snak, watermelon, yogurt, 2 donuts, bacon wrapped meatloaf patty with mashed potatoes, oatmeal with banana, can of sierra mist
Today's exercise: day of rest
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Week 29, Day 6
Today's weight: 194.8*
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: granola bar, clif bar, banana, hot dog, egg in the hole, yogurt, penne with chicken and sausage in cream sauce, watermelon, 4 chips ahoy
Today's exercise: run 12 miles; 60 pushups
* 191.2 after running
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: granola bar, clif bar, banana, hot dog, egg in the hole, yogurt, penne with chicken and sausage in cream sauce, watermelon, 4 chips ahoy
Today's exercise: run 12 miles; 60 pushups
* 191.2 after running
Friday, May 23, 2008
Week 29, Day 5
Today's weight: 194.4
Today's blood pressure: 129/88
Today's food: yogurt, pear, 4 chips ahoy, hot dog, green beans, tri-tip steak, popcorn, 2 tim tams, hot chocolate
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: 129/88
Today's food: yogurt, pear, 4 chips ahoy, hot dog, green beans, tri-tip steak, popcorn, 2 tim tams, hot chocolate
Today's exercise: none
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Week 29, Day 4
Today's weight: 194.4
Today's blood pressure: 115/80
Today's food: cinammon toast, yogurt, butterfinger, apple, 1.5 bratwursts, 2 pieces pork tenderloin
Today's exercise: 1 mile warmup, 4 miles @ 9:13, 1 mile cooldown; 60 pushups
Today's blood pressure: 115/80
Today's food: cinammon toast, yogurt, butterfinger, apple, 1.5 bratwursts, 2 pieces pork tenderloin
Today's exercise: 1 mile warmup, 4 miles @ 9:13, 1 mile cooldown; 60 pushups
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Week 29, Day 3
Today's weight: 195.4
Today's blood pressure: 137/87
Today's food: yogurt, 3 donuts, sesame shrimp, pear, bratwurst, burger, cake
Today's exercise: none (too much to do tonight, so postponed until tomorrow morning)
Today's blood pressure: 137/87
Today's food: yogurt, 3 donuts, sesame shrimp, pear, bratwurst, burger, cake
Today's exercise: none (too much to do tonight, so postponed until tomorrow morning)
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Week 29, Day 2
Today's weight: 196.8
Today's blood pressure: 143/88
Today's food: yogurt, pear, pork tenderloin, corn and bean salad, potato salad, popcorn
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: 143/88
Today's food: yogurt, pear, pork tenderloin, corn and bean salad, potato salad, popcorn
Today's exercise: none
Monday, May 19, 2008
Week 29, Day 1
Today's weight: 195.8
Today's blood pressure: 147/92
Today's food: yogurt, pear, turkey sandwich, potato salad, Friday's (chicken sausage penne pasta, mozarella stick, potato skin, a few bites of everything else), grapes, half a butterfinger
Today's exercise: run 2 miles; 60 pushups
Today's blood pressure: 147/92
Today's food: yogurt, pear, turkey sandwich, potato salad, Friday's (chicken sausage penne pasta, mozarella stick, potato skin, a few bites of everything else), grapes, half a butterfinger
Today's exercise: run 2 miles; 60 pushups
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Week 28 Wrapup
Everything's still going well. This particular training schedule has every fourth week be a week of easy runs to rest and recuperate and such. So, I only did fifteen miles total this week, all at a pace of 10:49. Yeah, pretty slow. Next week it will be back to the previous routine of easy run, speedwork or tempo run, and long run.
I'm feeling the slightest hint of recurrence of my previous injury at the same spot on my left tibia, so I'm trying to ice it preemptively every day to see if I can keep it from coming back.
This week, I busted out our Snakmaster (sic), which we hadn't used in maybe a year. "What's a Snakmaster?", I pretended you asked. Well, let me explain. It's this little sandwich maker thing that you put bread into, then put stuff between the bread, then smash it all together. It ends up making this triangular tartlets of whatever you crammed in there. It's a great way to use up leftovers, and I'm sad I've been neglecting it. This particular unit has been in my family nearly 20 years now, and is still going strong, although we do have a newer unit we use as a backup or as reinforcements during parties. Anyway, that explains the references to "Snaks" in my food logs.
I'm feeling the slightest hint of recurrence of my previous injury at the same spot on my left tibia, so I'm trying to ice it preemptively every day to see if I can keep it from coming back.
This week, I busted out our Snakmaster (sic), which we hadn't used in maybe a year. "What's a Snakmaster?", I pretended you asked. Well, let me explain. It's this little sandwich maker thing that you put bread into, then put stuff between the bread, then smash it all together. It ends up making this triangular tartlets of whatever you crammed in there. It's a great way to use up leftovers, and I'm sad I've been neglecting it. This particular unit has been in my family nearly 20 years now, and is still going strong, although we do have a newer unit we use as a backup or as reinforcements during parties. Anyway, that explains the references to "Snaks" in my food logs.
Week 28, Day 7
Today's weight: forgot
Today's blood pressure: 142/86
Today's food: 1 1/2 burgers, potato salad, potato chips, pear, pork roast and potatoes
Today's exercise: day of rest
Today's blood pressure: 142/86
Today's food: 1 1/2 burgers, potato salad, potato chips, pear, pork roast and potatoes
Today's exercise: day of rest
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Week 28, Day 6
Today's weight: 195.8
Today's blood pressure: 133/79
Today's food: waffle, famous dave's (brisket and ribs, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob), turkey sandwich snak
Today's exercise: run 5 miles; 50 pushups
Today's blood pressure: 133/79
Today's food: waffle, famous dave's (brisket and ribs, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob), turkey sandwich snak
Today's exercise: run 5 miles; 50 pushups
Friday, May 16, 2008
Week 28, Day 5
Today's weight: 195.4
Today's blood pressure: 145/95
Today's food: cinammon toast, yogurt, grapes, doritos, chicken pot pie, large movie popcorn, large movie coke, ice cream
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: 145/95
Today's food: cinammon toast, yogurt, grapes, doritos, chicken pot pie, large movie popcorn, large movie coke, ice cream
Today's exercise: none
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Week 28, Day 4
Today's weight: 196.4
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, pear, western bacon cheeseburger, london broil, steamed potatoes, green beans, tortilla chips
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, pear, western bacon cheeseburger, london broil, steamed potatoes, green beans, tortilla chips
Today's exercise: none
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Week 28, Day 3
Today's weight: 199.2
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, chinese buffet, grapes, 3 pieces of sushi, pear
Today's exercise: run 5 miles; 50 pushups
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, chinese buffet, grapes, 3 pieces of sushi, pear
Today's exercise: run 5 miles; 50 pushups
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Week 28, Day 2
Today's weight: 198.2
Today's blood pressure: 138/85
Today's food: yogurt, apple, moons over my hammy, hash browns, sausage snak, pork roast snak, pork chunk pasta snak
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: 138/85
Today's food: yogurt, apple, moons over my hammy, hash browns, sausage snak, pork roast snak, pork chunk pasta snak
Today's exercise: none
Monday, May 12, 2008
Week 28, Day 1
Today's weight: 199.6
Today's blood pressure: 139/86
Today's food: grapes, yogurt, pear, turkey sandwich, 8 pieces of sushi, leftover london broil in the snakmaster
Today's exercise: run 5 miles; 50 pushups
Today's blood pressure: 139/86
Today's food: grapes, yogurt, pear, turkey sandwich, 8 pieces of sushi, leftover london broil in the snakmaster
Today's exercise: run 5 miles; 50 pushups
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Week 27 Wrapup
I ran 10 miles for the long run this week. For variety, I drove to the snake bridge downtown and ran down the Aviation Highway bike path. I ran from the snake bridge to the corner of Golf Links and Swan and then back. It's a nice trail. There's a lot of trees on the northernmost part, so there's at least some shade. The entire trail goes all the way to Kolb and appears to be about 9 miles long total, so I'll probably come back for more of my long runs.
I lost 3 pounds of water on the long run, but it wasn't quite so alarming since I was peeing normally afterwards. Between the sweating and the post-run poop, I dropped almost 2% of my body weight in 2 hours.
These long runs aren't difficult for me so far except for the morning thing and keeping from getting bored during the long expanse of time. The tempo run midweek is difficult, because it's a lot faster pace and it's sustained. I'm really breathing heavy by the end of that. The speedwork every other week is easier than the tempo run because even though it's faster, it's only a mile or so at a time, and then has jogging between laps.
I lost 3 pounds of water on the long run, but it wasn't quite so alarming since I was peeing normally afterwards. Between the sweating and the post-run poop, I dropped almost 2% of my body weight in 2 hours.
These long runs aren't difficult for me so far except for the morning thing and keeping from getting bored during the long expanse of time. The tempo run midweek is difficult, because it's a lot faster pace and it's sustained. I'm really breathing heavy by the end of that. The speedwork every other week is easier than the tempo run because even though it's faster, it's only a mile or so at a time, and then has jogging between laps.
Week 27, Day 7
Today's weight: 198.8
Today's blood pressure: 138/95
Today's food: 2 pop tarts, 4 pieces of sushi, cookout at joannes (bratwurst, potato chips, canteloupe slice, 2 brownies), dinner at jimmy's (manti chicken, caesar salad, roll, punch, brownie, cookie, lemon bar), grapes, tortilla chips, 4 pieces sushi
Today's exercise: day of rest
Today's blood pressure: 138/95
Today's food: 2 pop tarts, 4 pieces of sushi, cookout at joannes (bratwurst, potato chips, canteloupe slice, 2 brownies), dinner at jimmy's (manti chicken, caesar salad, roll, punch, brownie, cookie, lemon bar), grapes, tortilla chips, 4 pieces sushi
Today's exercise: day of rest
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Week 27, Day 6
Today's weight: 200.6*
Today's blood pressure: 137/77
Today's food: granola bar, clif bar, cinammon toast, yogurt, chicken strips, waffle fries, micha's (chile relleno, carne asada, beans, chips & salsa)
Today's exercise: run 10 miles; 50 pushups
* before running. 197.6 after running. 196.8 after post-run poop.
Today's blood pressure: 137/77
Today's food: granola bar, clif bar, cinammon toast, yogurt, chicken strips, waffle fries, micha's (chile relleno, carne asada, beans, chips & salsa)
Today's exercise: run 10 miles; 50 pushups
* before running. 197.6 after running. 196.8 after post-run poop.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Week 27, Day 5
Today's weight: forgot
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, donut, 8 or 9 cookies, orange, italian beef sandwich, french fries, popcorn
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, donut, 8 or 9 cookies, orange, italian beef sandwich, french fries, popcorn
Today's exercise: none
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Week 27, Day 4
Today's weight: 198.4
Today's blood pressure: 139/78
Today's food: slice of bread, yogurt, coke, apple, many cookies, london broil, steamed red potatoes, half slice of bread, dr. pepper, red hots
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: 139/78
Today's food: slice of bread, yogurt, coke, apple, many cookies, london broil, steamed red potatoes, half slice of bread, dr. pepper, red hots
Today's exercise: none
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Week 27, Day 3
Today's weight: 197.2
Today's blood pressure: 138/88
Today's food: yogurt, apple, florentino's buffet lunch (chicken parmesan, enchilada, salad, penne alfredo, flan), 2 double hotdogs ("double" meaning two weiners on one bun, so a total of 4 weiners, 2 buns), coke, beef jerky
Today's exercise: 3 miles @ 9:13 w/ 1 mile each warmup and cooldown; 50 pushups
Today's blood pressure: 138/88
Today's food: yogurt, apple, florentino's buffet lunch (chicken parmesan, enchilada, salad, penne alfredo, flan), 2 double hotdogs ("double" meaning two weiners on one bun, so a total of 4 weiners, 2 buns), coke, beef jerky
Today's exercise: 3 miles @ 9:13 w/ 1 mile each warmup and cooldown; 50 pushups
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Week 27, Day 2
Today's weight: 198.2
Today's blood pressure: 137/96
Today's food: yogurt, 3 slices pizza, birthday cake, pork chunks in tomato sauce over noodles, apple
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: 137/96
Today's food: yogurt, 3 slices pizza, birthday cake, pork chunks in tomato sauce over noodles, apple
Today's exercise: none
Monday, May 5, 2008
Week 27, Day 1
Today's weight: 199
Today's blood pressure: 137/85
Today's food: yogurt, turkey sandwich, birthday cake, apple, waffle
Today's exercise: run 3 miles; 50 pushups
Today's blood pressure: 137/85
Today's food: yogurt, turkey sandwich, birthday cake, apple, waffle
Today's exercise: run 3 miles; 50 pushups
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Week 26 Wrapup
I've been doing this 26 weeks now. That's half a year. Time really flies when you're inflicting pain on yourself.
Running's okay still. I ran 9 miles on Saturday. I left the house at about 6:50 AM, and got back about around 8:30. It was around 54° when I left, and in the mid 60s when I got back, so it wasn't too hot. I still have a lot of trouble running in the morning beyond the obvious aversion to getting up early. When I left the house, I had barely gone a quarter mile before feeling like I was spent and needed to stop and rest. It just seems like all of the ATP or ADP or whatever floats in the bloodstream as fuel gets all bound up with something else during the night and doesn't shake free until after I've been up and moving for a while. After I had run a couple of miles, I felt okay, but those first couple of miles really sucked, and the last half of the run was definitely more easy than the first.
I don't feel injured at all from the last couple of weeks of running, but my legs are just a little sore and tired today. I have the very slightest hint of a pain on the outside of my right knee, but it's been there a few days, and doesn't seem like it's getting any worse, so I'll ignore it.
The interesting thing about the long run is this: I weighed myself naked right before leaving, and then right after returning. Even though I carried my ersatz Camelbak with me and drank around a liter of water from it, I came back 2.6 pounds lighter than when I left. This was kind of alarming. That would mean I had a net water loss of about 1 1/4 liters from the run. Even though I drank a lot more water after weighing in, I didn't pee for about 2 more hours, and even then it was the really dark yellow kind. It wasn't even that hot out, so I can definitely expect this to get worse as the summer wears on. I'll definitely be forcing myself to drink more while on the run so as to not die.
Also, after my shirt finally dried it was able to stand on its own due to the stiffness from all the dried salt in it. If I'm losing that much, I might be wanting to switch to Gatorade on the run, or at least carry a salt lick.
Running's okay still. I ran 9 miles on Saturday. I left the house at about 6:50 AM, and got back about around 8:30. It was around 54° when I left, and in the mid 60s when I got back, so it wasn't too hot. I still have a lot of trouble running in the morning beyond the obvious aversion to getting up early. When I left the house, I had barely gone a quarter mile before feeling like I was spent and needed to stop and rest. It just seems like all of the ATP or ADP or whatever floats in the bloodstream as fuel gets all bound up with something else during the night and doesn't shake free until after I've been up and moving for a while. After I had run a couple of miles, I felt okay, but those first couple of miles really sucked, and the last half of the run was definitely more easy than the first.
I don't feel injured at all from the last couple of weeks of running, but my legs are just a little sore and tired today. I have the very slightest hint of a pain on the outside of my right knee, but it's been there a few days, and doesn't seem like it's getting any worse, so I'll ignore it.
The interesting thing about the long run is this: I weighed myself naked right before leaving, and then right after returning. Even though I carried my ersatz Camelbak with me and drank around a liter of water from it, I came back 2.6 pounds lighter than when I left. This was kind of alarming. That would mean I had a net water loss of about 1 1/4 liters from the run. Even though I drank a lot more water after weighing in, I didn't pee for about 2 more hours, and even then it was the really dark yellow kind. It wasn't even that hot out, so I can definitely expect this to get worse as the summer wears on. I'll definitely be forcing myself to drink more while on the run so as to not die.
Also, after my shirt finally dried it was able to stand on its own due to the stiffness from all the dried salt in it. If I'm losing that much, I might be wanting to switch to Gatorade on the run, or at least carry a salt lick.
Week 26, Day 7
Today's weight: 199.2
Today's blood pressure: 139/86
Today's food: granola bar, double hot dog, yogurt, parmesan crusted chicken, homemade kettle corn, tortilla chips
Today's exercise: day of rest
Today's blood pressure: 139/86
Today's food: granola bar, double hot dog, yogurt, parmesan crusted chicken, homemade kettle corn, tortilla chips
Today's exercise: day of rest
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Week 26, Day 6
Today's weight: 198.8
Today's blood pressure: 136/89
Today's food: granola bar, waffle, glass milk, 1/2 steak, dinner at ikea (swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, handful of fries, pepsi, 1/2 piece almond cake), wedding reception food (punch, meatballs, chips, beans, cake, cheesecake, candy)
Today's exercise: run 9 miles; 50 pushups
Today's blood pressure: 136/89
Today's food: granola bar, waffle, glass milk, 1/2 steak, dinner at ikea (swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, handful of fries, pepsi, 1/2 piece almond cake), wedding reception food (punch, meatballs, chips, beans, cake, cheesecake, candy)
Today's exercise: run 9 miles; 50 pushups
Friday, May 2, 2008
Week 26, Day 5
Today's weight: 199.2
Today's blood pressure: 142/88
Today's food: yogurt, orange, dinner at miguel's (calamari appetizer, chips and salsa, pork chop), granola bar
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: 142/88
Today's food: yogurt, orange, dinner at miguel's (calamari appetizer, chips and salsa, pork chop), granola bar
Today's exercise: none
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Week 26, Day 4
Today's weight: 197.2
Today's blood pressure: 136/78
Today's food: yogurt, orange, 3 donuts, six dollar burger, sausage and mashed potatoes, candy hearts, orange
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: 136/78
Today's food: yogurt, orange, 3 donuts, six dollar burger, sausage and mashed potatoes, candy hearts, orange
Today's exercise: none
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