Aaron's Health & Exercise Blog

Year 2, Week 27, Day 7

2009-05-10T20:55:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 184.0

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.0

Today's food: 2 mini lemon cakes, 2 more mini lemon cakes, tall orange juice, peanuts, roast, potatoes, carrot, con on the cob, 2 pieces angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream and ice cream, three cookies with a glass of milk

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 27, Day 6

2009-05-09T20:53:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): gone to the father/son campout

Weight (weighted moving average): n/a

Today's food: father/son campout (4 pancakes, lots of bacon pieces), costco samples, a few grapes, 6 mini lemon cakes, 2 bratwurst, french fries, tater tots, 2 more lemon cakes, tall orange juice, 2 more lemon cakes, peanuts

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 27, Day 5

2009-05-08T20:50:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 182.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.0

Today's food: pear, father/son campout (hamburger, hot dog, potato salad, baked beans, cookie, popcorn, peanuts, a toasted marshmallow, ice cream sandwich, handful of goldfish crackers)

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 27, Day 4

2009-05-07T20:48:00.002-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.2

Today's food: pear, posole, pepper (stuffed), pasta side, pleasing pile of ice cream (cold stone chocolate cake batter/macadamia/caramel in a waffle bowl)

Today's exercise: none

I didn't realize until after buying the ice cream that everything I had eaten prior to that started with a P. Had I known that, I would have picked a different flavor of ice cream to go with the theme. Perhaps peanut butter or pineapple sherbet?

Year 2, Week 27, Day 3

2009-05-06T20:45:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.4

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.3

Today's food: jack in the box (3 mini sirloin burgers, small fries), bow tie pasta with tomato sauce, tall orange juice, peanuts

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 27, Day 2

2009-05-05T20:43:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 182.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.4

Today's food: manuel's (chips and salsa, garlic shrimp, beans, flan, sopapilla), shrimp alfredo, 3 pieces garlic bread, grapefruit cake, peanuts

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 27, Day 1

2009-05-04T20:40:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.0

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.6

Today's food: pear, orange, big thick steak, 2 pieces grapefruit cake

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 26 Wrapup

2009-05-03T23:58:00.001-07:00

Tuesday I did 4 miles in a pretty fast pace. Wednesday I was planning to do speedwork, but didn't feel very well after I started running. After about 2 miles I bagged it and went back home.

We went down to Rocky Point for the weekend, and I intended to run 12 miles there. I was originally planning to wake up early on Saturday for that. But, I hadn't slept much on Thursday night, and I got to bed late on Friday night. So, I made the carefully reasoned decision to sleep on Saturday. My thinking was that it had been kind of overcast and cool, so it wouldn't be a big deal to do my running in the evening instead.

I finally left for the run at about 5:30, and realized very quickly that it was a mistake. It was unbelievably hot, and humid as well (being the beach and all), and I was drenched with sweat after about 2 minutes. I hadn't put out any water, because I was just planning on stopping at the Pemex at the 5 miles mark. So, I was feeling pretty miserable pretty quickly. It wasn't any hotter that some of the runs I did last summer, but the big difference is that I was doing those runs at a pace that's a full minute and a half slower, and doing them with a camelbak of gatorade on my back.

I bought a liter of gatorade at the pemex, and headed back. I sort of ran/walked back, and downed the whole liter of gatorade in the first mile. I was completely dripping with sweat after I got back. By the time I was done with this run, I was absolutely convinced that I was going to give up running for the summer. I'll probably change my mind later, especially if I end up doing St. George, but at least as of that day, I was done for.

The only real good news for this week is that I weighed myself upon coming back from Mexico, and I actually weighed less than when I left. That's probably the first time that's happened in a long while.

Year 2, Week 26, Day 7

2009-05-03T22:58:00.002-07:00

Weight (today's reading): didn't take

Weight (weighted moving average): n/a

Today's food: 3 pancakes, tater tots, 5 strips bacon, 1/2 butterfingers, fritos, smashed potatoes, tall orange juice, peanuts

Today's exercise: dia de descanso

in mexico

Year 2, Week 26, Day 6

2009-05-02T22:58:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): didn't take

Weight (weighted moving average): n/a

Today's food: potato chips, fritos, some sort of sandwich casserole, mixed cut up pieces of fruit, un litro de gatorade, hamburger noodle casserole, salad, chocolate cake, potato chips, ~2 dozen shrimp, fritos

Today's exercise: run 5.2 miles @ 9:15 to pemex; run/walk back to house

in mexico

Year 2, Week 26, Day 5

2009-05-01T22:59:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 185.4

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.7

Today's food: grapes, orange, apple, pear, tortilla chips, leftover cacciatore

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 26, Day 4

2009-04-30T22:57:00.002-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 185.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.7

Today's food: yogurt, grapes, apple, orange, roll, pork and tomato sauce with bow tie pasta, peanuts, chocolate bunny, tall orange juice

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 26, Day 3

2009-04-29T22:57:00.002-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 185.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.6

Today's food: 2 rolls, yogurt, taco bell munchito box (taco, burrito supreme, loaded potato munchito, cinnamon twists, large baja blast), chili mac, tall orange juice, popcorn, chocolate bunny, 4 oreos

Today's exercise: a weak 2 miles (didn't feel well)

Year 2, Week 26, Day 2

2009-04-28T23:56:00.002-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 186.0

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.5

Today's food: mexican fruitcake, quizno's (2 flatbread sammies™, cheetos, xl mountain dew), 4 pieces pizza, tall orange juice, mexican fruitcake

Today's exercise: 4 miles @ 9:10

Year 2, Week 26, Day 1

2009-04-27T23:56:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 186.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.4

Today's food: mexican fruitcake, cheez-its, apple, orange, leftover chicken cacciatore, 2 rolls, tall orange juice, nachos, popcorn

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 25 Wrapup

2009-04-26T23:54:00.001-07:00

So, this week I did 4 on Tuesday, 6 on Wednesday, and 20 on Saturday. That's 30 for the week, which is not a whole lot, but is my highest weekly mileage since the middle of February.

I did the 20 miles with my cousins David and Jimmy, and I invited Carlos along again, too. As per usual for Carlos, he wanted to go quite a lot faster than what we could manage, and he took off after we had only gone about 5 miles. He ended up turning around a little earlier than we did, so he probably only did 18.5 miles total. But still, he probably finished a good 45 minutes ahead of us at least.

Our run was just fine, finishing in an average of 9:47/mile. We left at 5:00, so it wasn't too hot yet. We had to stop here and there for Dave to stretch out his knee, but never for more than a few seconds. We also ran into my dad on his bike on the trail, so he rode along and talked with us for a while. We also saw President Elmer from our stake presidency out on his bike as well.

Year 2, Week 25, Day 7

2009-04-26T22:54:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 184.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.2

Today's food: mexican fruitcake, leftover cassoulet, barbeque pork chop, green beans, smashed potatoes, roll, viddy's treats (5 peanut butter/hershey's kiss cookies, chocloate cake), mexican fruitcake

Today's exercise: day of rest

Year 2, Week 25, Day 6

2009-04-25T22:52:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 185.0

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.2

Today's food: 1/2 bagel with cream cheese, 80 oz gatorade, jelly belly sports beans™, nachos, chinese buffet, chicken cacciatore soup, garlic bread, piece of mexican fruitcake

Today's exercise: 20 miles @ 9:47

Year 2, Week 25, Day 5

2009-04-24T10:52:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.1

Today's food: wendy's (double, medium fries), cookie, meatloaf, smashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, 1/2 bagel with cream cheese, microwave popcorn

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 25, Day 4

2009-04-23T22:51:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.0

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.2

Today's food: 7 donuts, 3 cookies, leftover cassoulet, tall orange juice, 1/2 donut, 6 lemon cookies

Today's exercise: 6 miles @ 9:10

Year 2, Week 25, Day 3

2009-04-22T22:50:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.3

Today's food: 2 donuts, 2 more donuts, leftover grilled lamb, 4 clementines, 5 donuts, orange chicken and green beans, donut, tall orange juice, 5 donuts

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 25, Day 2

2009-04-21T22:49:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 184.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.4

Today's food: yogurt, handful of cheese popcorn, manuel's (chips and salsa, chile relleno, cheese enchilada), 2 clementines, 2 whole wheat cheese crackers, london broil, green beans, leftover cassoulet, tall grapefruit slice, bits and pieces of the homemade donuts I was making totalling probably 4 donuts worth

Today's exercise: 4 miles @ 9:10

Year 2, Week 25, Day 1

2009-04-20T22:49:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 186.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.5

Today's food: yogurt, banana, 2 clementines, kettle korn, white cheddar popcorn, tall glass of grapefruit slice, 2 ham and cheese snaks

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 24 Wrapup

2009-04-19T23:41:00.001-07:00

This week I went out for 4 miles on Tuesday, 6 miles on Thursday, then 18 on Saturday. For the Saturday run, I invited along Carlos, a guy in my ward who's way faster than I am. We were averaging about a 9 minute pace for the first 12 miles, which I knew was a little too fast for me to finish 18. So, after 12, he took off and started racing back to the car, and I finished the last 6 in something closer to a 10:30-11:00 average. The average for the run as a whole ended up being 9:59.

Year 2, Week 24, Day 7

2009-04-19T17:40:00.002-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 184.8

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.2

Today's food: lemon poppyseed muffin, 2 grapefruit, bratwurst, tall lemonade, roast chicken, 3 helpings of chicken-drenched potatoes, salad, corn on the cob, rainbow sherbet, cinnamon crisp

Today's exercise: day of rest

Year 2, Week 24, Day 6

2009-04-18T17:39:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.0

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.2

Today's food: lemon poppyseed muffin, 1 1/2 liters gatorade, gel, 3 pancakes, 2 strips bacon, hash browns, tall lemonade, chocolate bunny, 2 bowls cassoulet, lemon poppyseed muffin, tall lemonade

Today's exercise: 18 miles @ 9:59

* before running. 182.0 after running and gatorade and diet dr pepper and water and gel

Year 2, Week 24, Day 5

2009-04-17T23:39:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 182.4

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.3

Today's food: yogurt, taco bell (quesadilla grande, crunchy taco, large baja blast), bratwurst, curly fries, 4 1/2 mini lemon poppyseed muffins

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 24, Day 4

2009-04-16T17:38:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.4

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.5

Today's food: yogurt, orange, 2 mini reese's peanut butter cups, lamb sandwich, tall orange juice, peanuts

Today's exercise: 6 miles @ 9:16

Year 2, Week 24, Day 3

2009-04-15T17:38:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 184.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.6

Today's food: yogurt, grapes, orange, 2 pieces oven-fried fish, asparagus, mashed potatoes, rainbow sherbet, popcorn, handful of mini reese's cups

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 24, Day 2

2009-04-14T17:33:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 185.4

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.7

Today's food: yogurt, biscuit, banana, grilled leg of lamb, mashed potatoes, asparagus, cinnamon bears, tall orange juice

Today's exercise: 4 miles @ 9:16

Year 2, Week 24, Day 1

2009-04-13T17:32:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 186.8

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.6

Today's food: m&ms, famous dave's leftovers (ribs, baked beans, fries), ham, mashed potatoes, biscuit, green beans, cinnamon bears, tall orange juice

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 23 Wrapup

2009-04-12T23:53:00.003-07:00

I had a race on Saturday, so I thought I would take it kind of easy this week. Unfortunately, things conspired to turn "taking it easy" into "no running at all this week".

On Saturday was the "Everyone Runs Catalina State Park 5.5 & 10.75 Mile Trail Race". A couple of months ago, a few guys from my ward had made a plan to all do the 5.5. I thought it might interfere with my marathon training a bit, but figured I would do it anyway and call it a rest week or something. At the time, I had no idea of knowing that almost all of my weeks would be rest weeks.

Friday night, it started getting really cold, and by early Saturday morning, it was raining a lot. I was concerned that it was going to be too cold, the trail was going to be too muddy, and I was going to be too tired because I couldn't get to sleep at an early enough hour the night before. If I hadn't already pre-registered, I most certainly would not have actually gone.

Since I had pre-registered and was intent on getting my free (i.e. already paid for) tech shirt, I dragged my sorry butt out of bed at 5:30 and drove up to Catalina State Park, which is about a half hour away. It rained a little on the drive up, and by the time I got to the shuttle loading zone, it was raining pretty hard. I waited in my car for the shuttle bus to get there, and thought that if the rain didn't stop by the time the bus got there, I was going home. The rain did stop, but about 10 seconds later, it started hailing. Fortunately, that only lasted about a minute, and everything was clear by the time the bus got there.

When I was hanging out before the race start, I saw Adam Lebrecht and his dad, Steve. The Lebrechts were our next door neighbors growing up, and I hadn't seen either of them since Adam's wedding a few years ago. They're both serious runners, and Adam had come down from his home in Avondale to visit his folks for Easter and to run the race.

It was great catching up with them. When I was a kid, Steve and a few people in the neighborhood would go out running every morning. Every once in a while, maybe once or twice a year, my dad would decide it was time for me & him to start exercising. He'd make me get up early with him and go out and run with the running group. I could never keep up, and usually couldn't run more than about 1/4 mile before petering out. My dad's commitment would usually only last about 3 days, then it was back to my usual slovenly ways. Since I started running seriously, I always hoped I would run into one of those guys from the neighborhood so I could tell them, "Look, I'm a runner now". It's probably best that I saw Steve at an actual race, because had he not seen me actually cross the finish line, I'm not sure that he would have actually believed it.

Right before the race started, I saw Matt Rhodes from my ward. Evidently, everyone else hadn't bothered registering thinking it would be full, or else just didn't want to come on such a cold rainy day. I hadn't run with Matt before, so I didn't know if he was good or what. He's skinny enough that I thought he might be pretty fast. I still wanted to beat him for ward bragging rights, but with all of my recent non-running, I didn't know if that was in the cards.

The race started, and we took off down the trail. It really was a nice course. There were only a couple of stretches that were narrow enough to be single track, and one really steep section with a bunch of stairs. But, other than that, it was pretty gentle desert paths. The trail wasn't muddy except in a couple of spots where you had to run around some standing water in a wash. I led Matt for maybe the first mile and a half, but then we turned around into a downhill stretch and said he was going to take off to take advantage of the downhill. That was more than fine with me, because at that point I was nursing a strong side stitch and some non-specific bowel pain.

Since I didn't know how hilly the trail would be, I had decided that just finishing at under a 10:00 pace would be enough for me. I had every intention of running the whole way, but just after the halfway mark, I came to one of those "no, I don't think so" hills that everyone was walking up. After I got up the hill, I was feeling a little better, so I picked up the pace a little bit, finishing just a couple of minutes behind Matt.

I ended up with 51:52, good enough for a 9:25 pace and 84th out of 325 overall. This got me 9th out of 17th in my division. It was not a good race for me, but it was better than could be expected given my recent lack of training.

Afterwards, they had smoothies and a mexican breakfast (eggs, beans, tortillas). The line for smoothies was pretty long considering how cold it still was. The line for the breakfast was even longer, but it was totally worth it. The salsa was quite possibly the best I've ever had in my whole life.

So, overall, it's a good race, but there's some definite logistical problems to sort out. Parking's very limited at the start, plus there's a $6 entrance fee to get into the park, so they were pushing the shuttle service pretty hard. That's great, except that after the race, there was no place for the shuttle bus to turn around, so you had to walk a half mile down the road to catch it. With my luck, I walked half a mile down the road and got on the bus, only to find that the bus driver was going to try to get up to the finish line and turn around there anyway. This was a great idea, except there still wasn't a place to turn around, and we had to sit on the bus for about 15 more minutes until some booths were moved so that the bus could turn around. All this to get to my car which was really only about 2 miles down the road.

On top of all that, there was nothing to do with your belongings once you got to the race. If they really want people to shuttle away from the cars on such a cold day, they need to have a bag check to check your sweatshirt, poncho, gloves or whatever. I think the fact that it was so could made more people relucatant to leave their car, making more people try to drive in, making it more crowded at the finish, making it even less likely for the bus to be able to turn around. If I were to run this again, I wouldn't mess with the shuttle unless they fixed the way it works or did a bag check. As it was, I was lucky that I found Adam there, because I was able to throw my hoody into his car.

Year 2, Week 23, Day 7

2009-04-12T20:47:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 186.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.4

Today's food: marshmallow butterfly, grapes, easter dinner (ham, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, 2 rolls, deviled egg, apple pie), biscuit, easter candy

Today's exercise: day of rest

Year 2, Week 23, Day 6

2009-04-11T20:45:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 186.4

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.1

Today's food: smoothie, mexican breakfast (eggs with salsa, beans, tortilla), cinnamon bears, costco hot dog, samples, famous dave's (big barbeque sampler, hot fudge sundae)

Today's exercise: Everyone Runs Catalina State Park 5.5 Mile Trail Race

Year 2, Week 23, Day 5

2009-04-10T20:34:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 184.4

Weight (weighted moving average): 183.9

Today's food: carl's jr (western bacon cheeseburger, medium fries, medium dr. pepper), cinnamon bears, onion braised brisket, mashed potatoes, green beans, rainbow sherbet, 3 biscuits

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 23, Day 4

2009-04-09T14:22:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 184.8

Weight (weighted moving average): 183.8

Today's food: yogurt, burger king (2 bk burger shots™, med onion rings), spam sandwich, tall orange juice, last piece of the yellow cake, 8 oreos

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 23, Day 3

2009-04-08T23:22:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 183.7

Today's food: yogurt, 4 clementines, 3 thin mints, orange, coke pot roast with potato, big piece of cake, popcorn, tall grapefruit juice, 3 oreos

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 23, Day 2

2009-04-07T23:21:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 183.7

Today's food: donut, doritos, tall grapefruit juice, big piece of chocolate bundt cake, piece of yellow cake

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 23, Day 1

2009-04-06T23:21:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 183.8

Today's food: yogurt, orange, 4 clementines, 2 cookies, 4 thin mints, 7 donuts, orange glazed chicken, brown rice

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 22 Wrapup

2009-04-05T23:51:00.004-07:00

This week was still really hard to get motivated to go running. I'm still totally not in the groove that I was in before, and it's still hard to imagine doing as much mileage as I used to. I'm especially discouraged when I think about the summer, and trying to do the long runs in the heat.

I didn't have much problem with that last year, but I think I was just too stupid to know better. I was such a new runner that I had to blindly follow my schedule, and that kept me going now matter how terrible the weather. Now, I feel like I know a little bit more, and I find myself rationalizing a bit more, telling myself it's okay to miss a little bit here and a little bit there, because I'm such a good runner that I'll be able to rely on the training base I already have. This somehow is ignoring the speed at which a good training base disappears.

I'm worrying a little about St. George, though. I thought it would be easier to train for than Park City, because St. George is later in the year. But, now that I look at it, I see September would be mostly taper, and the real big runs would be in July and August. That compares to June and July for Park City. Yeah, it's kind of strange arguing the benefits of 100 degree high in June versus a 109 degree high in July, but every little bit counts. Also to be factored in is the monsoon season, from early July to mid-August. St. George training would have me doing long runs through the entire thing, when Park City had me tapering by the time it got really bad.

I ran 7 miles on Tuesday, and again on Thursday. Then, I was planning on running 16 miles on Saturday, but I woke up late and didn't feel all that great. I was watching conference all day, and it felt like a Sunday anyway, so I briefly toyed with the idea of calling that my Sabbath and doing the run on Sunday. But, I woke up late on Sunday as well, so I was saved from my potential Sabbath-breaking. So, now, either one of two things will happen. Option 1: I'll wake up early and do my 16 miles on Monday or Tuesday. Or, Option 2: I will not run 16 miles. Anyone laying odds on what will happen?

Year 2, Week 22, Day 7

2009-04-05T23:15:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.8

Weight (weighted moving average): 183.9

Today's food: chili cheese fries, gummi worms, piece of mexican fruitcake, 2 steak snaks, 2 chicken enchiladas snaks, orange, microwave popcorn

Today's exercise: day of additional rest

Year 2, Week 22, Day 6

2009-04-04T23:13:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 182.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 183.9

Today's food: 2 grapefruits, piece of mexican fruitcake, homemade chips and salsa, gummi worms, small grapefruit juice, sour cream chicken enchiladas, root beer float, another piece mexican fruitcake

Today's exercise: day of rest (held on a saturday this week)

Year 2, Week 22, Day 5

2009-04-03T23:12:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 181.8

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.0

Today's food: yogurt, pork burrito, pear, tall grapefruit juice, london broil, smashed potatoes, 2 biscuits, big piece of mexican fruit cake

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 22, Day 4

2009-04-02T21:50:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 185.0

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.3

Today's food: grapes, pear, 2 clementines, orange, 1/2 spam sandwich, 2 pieces mexican fruitcake

Today's exercise: 7 miles @ 9:16

Year 2, Week 22, Day 3

2009-04-01T21:50:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.0

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.2

Today's food: grapefruit, lucky wishbone (fries, garlic toast, 4 chicken fingers, 2 shrimp, 10 steak fingers, large dr. pepper), pork chop in mustard sage sauce, green beans, gummi worms

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 22, Day 2

2009-03-31T21:49:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 184.8

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.3

Today's food: yogurt, banana, clam chowder, 4 clementines, navajo taco, bowl of chili with chips, 9 oreos

Today's exercise: 7 miles @ 9:16

Year 2, Week 22, Day 1

2009-03-30T21:48:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 186.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.3

Today's food: yogurt, 4 clementines, orange, banana, honeybun, a few bites of chicken and meatloaf, clam chowder, small handful of nuts, donut

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 21 Wrapup

2009-03-29T23:52:00.003-07:00

This is the week that I was finally going to start running again after taking three weeks off for my knee. I was going to start on Monday, but I was really busy making dinner that evening, and we've committed to having family home evening more regularly, so I didn't end up going out that day.

On Tuesday evening, I was all ready to go out, but then I burned the crap out of my hand on a pan in the oven and didn't feel like it anymore. I didn't want my hand to be throbbing from the burn while the rest of me was throbbing from running pain.

On Wednesday, I finally got out running for my first run in 3 1/2 weeks. The good news is that my knee didn't hurt, but the bad news is that everything else did. I was sore all over, especially in every joint, and it felt more difficult than it should have for being only 5 miles. But, I never felt like I couldn't finish or anything.

I did another 5 on Thursday with much the same result.

Then, on Saturday, I drove down to Sahuarita to run 16 miles with Jimmy. The 16 was a lot harder than my 16 I did 4 weeks prior, and I was really out of gas for the last 2 miles, but I finished and wasn't in too much pain afterwards, so I think I'm going to come out of this okay.

I will say this: Nothing in my life has ever tasted as good as the McDonald's breakfast deluxe (eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, pancakes) that I had in the car on the way back from the 16 miler in Sahuarita.

Year 2, Week 21, Day 7

2009-03-29T22:45:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 187.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 184.0

Today's food: donut, steak, baked potato, donut, 2 cookies, meatloaf, garlic rosemary smashed potatoes, 2 pieces cake, popcorn, tall hawaiian punch

Today's exercise: day of rest

Year 2, Week 21, Day 6

2009-03-28T23:44:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 186.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 183.6

Today's food: clif bar, fig newton, mcdonalds (breakfast deluxe - eggs, 3 pancakes, sausage patty, biscuit, hash browns, chocolate milk), 20 oz gatorade, tall lemonade, lil' smokies, baked potato, green beans, tall hawaiian punch, 6 donuts

Today's exercise: 16 miles @ 9:50

Year 2, Week 21, Day 5

2009-03-27T23:43:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.0

Weight (weighted moving average): 183.3

Today's food: 4 clementines, 1 samoa, orange, grapefruit, golden corral (crapload of crap)

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 21, Day 4

2009-03-26T23:42:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 182.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 183.3

Today's food: mcdonalds (quarter pounder, medium fries, medium coke), korean style short ribs with rice, tall lemonade, chips and salsa, 2 oreos

Today's exercise: 5 miles @ 9:17

Year 2, Week 21, Day 3

2009-03-25T23:37:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 184.8

Weight (weighted moving average): 183.5

Today's food: lasagna, garlic bread, apple, bratwurst, clam chowder, red hots

Today's exercise: 5 miles @ 9:17

Year 2, Week 21, Day 2

2009-03-24T23:36:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 185.4

Weight (weighted moving average): 183.3

Today's food: manuel's (chips and salsa, cheeseburger, crisscut fries), Reese's, clam chowder in bread bowl, tall lemonade, red hots

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 21, Day 1

2009-03-23T23:35:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 183.1

Today's food: yogurt, banana, the real last of the corned beef & cabbage, twix, 2 bratwurst, curly fries, tall lemonade, microwave popcorn, tall orange juice, 2 rolls

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 20 Wrapup

2009-03-22T23:50:00.002-07:00

I have just finished my third straight week of not running. This is the longest I have not run since the fall of 2007. It's taken great commitment and dedication to consistently not run for so long. I've got to say, though, it's been really tough to stay motivated to not run, especially when it just seems like you have to keep not running, day in and day out, without so much as one day's rest from not running. I think it really comes down to the strong support and encouragement of my family that has really made the difference in helping my to overcome the temptation to backslide into running again. Through their kind support and my single-minded focus on my goal of getting fat again, I'm able to every day again make that decision that I will again make the effort to not run.

In actual reality, my knee was still hurting this week, although it feels almost better. I will definitely start running again next week. I've got to say, though, after not running for so long, it's very hard to imagine running the way I used to again. I don't feel like I have any extra time in my week when I'm not running, so I have a really hard time imagining dedicating another 8-10 hours per week to marathon training. It's been only three weeks, but I'm honestly having a hard time imagining how I ever did it. I have a very small window left to start running again before I'll just probably never be able to. The lesson from this is that the physical conditioning gets lost over time, but the mental conditioning appears to go away much faster.

My weight has jumped way up, of course, but I'm sad to report that this isn't solely due to the not running for three weeks. My average is up about 7 1/2 pounds since the 1st of the year, but most of that gain was before I stopped running. Looking back over my log, I have apparently been eating like a pig this year, and this will probably need to change.

An example: Adding up the information from my logs shows that I ate 73.5 donuts in calendar year 2008 (not including donut holes, donut gems, or other donut like products). Thus far in 2009, I've eaten 51.5 donuts. That's way above the 2008 pace. Also, those are both large numbers of donuts. I like donuts.

Year 2, Week 20, Day 7

2009-03-22T22:12:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 185.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 183.0

Today's food: m&ms, 3 servings german pancake with strawberries, 1/2 piece pizza, gummi bears, tall lemonade, last of the corned beef & cabbage, peanuts, tall orange juice

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 20, Day 6

2009-03-21T22:11:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 185.4

Weight (weighted moving average): 182.7

Today's food: donut, tall pepsi, potatoes & sausage, m&ms, corned beef & cabbage, swedish fish

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 20, Day 5

2009-03-20T22:10:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.4

Weight (weighted moving average): 182.5

Today's food: 2 donuts, burrito, 2 1/2 slices pizza, tall root beer, tall pepsi, strawberry shortcake, a few forkfuls of corned beef, swedish fish

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 20, Day 4

2009-03-19T22:09:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 184.8

Weight (weighted moving average): 182.3

Today's food: yogurt, triple play (5 cheese sticks, gyro, medium cherry coke), 2 pieces fried chicken, potato wedges, roll, m&ms, 4 donuts, tall orange juice

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 20, Day 3

2009-03-18T22:08:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 184.8

Weight (weighted moving average): 182.1

Today's food: yogurt, orange, 2 clementines, sausage and roasted potatoes, 5 oreos, peanut butter cookie, microwave popcorn

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 20, Day 2

2009-03-17T22:06:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 185.0

Weight (weighted moving average): 181.8

Today's food: donut, yogurt, 2 bowls corned beef & cabbage, snickers with almonds, skor, corned beef and cabbage, 1/2 donut, 5 oreos, 2 clementines, watermelon, jelly bellies

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 20, Day 1

2009-03-16T22:04:00.002-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.0

Weight (weighted moving average): 181.4

Today's food: yogurt, beef stew, 5 donuts, 1 slice pizza, watermelon, peanuts, donut, 32 oz tang

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 19 Wrapup

2009-03-15T23:16:00.000-07:00

I had planned to start running again this week, but my knee was still sore, and it was just too easy not to go out. I'm counting on the fact that I'm still in good shape to make up for the fact that I've missed two weeks of running. I still shouldn't have any problems with the training for the Ogden Marathon, but it might make things tougher for me when I start up again next week.

Year 2, Week 19, Day 7

2009-03-15T21:15:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 184.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 181.2

Today's food: peanut butter cookie, chicken chow mein, peanut butter cookie, bratwurst, baked beans, 1/2 peanut butter cookie, popcorn

Today's exercise: day of rest

Year 2, Week 19, Day 6

2009-03-14T21:14:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): didn't take

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.9

Today's food: 1/2 waffle, 1/2 banana, orange, chinese buffet (huge amounts of items too numerous to list), 4 peanut butter cookies, oreo

Today's exercise: none

at convention

Year 2, Week 19, Day 5

2009-03-13T21:12:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): didn't take

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.9

Today's food: frosted flakes, apple danish, hard rock café (nachos, big bacon cheeseburger,fries), café rio (tortilla soup, medium dr. pepper)

Today's exercise: none

at convention

Year 2, Week 19, Day 4

2009-03-12T21:10:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): didn't take

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.9

Today's food: bagel, cheese danish, china inn (happy family combo), chocolate chip cookie, large cherry pepsi, ruth's chris (calamari, filet mignon, potatoes, baked ziti, bites of crème brulee, chocolate explosion cake, and bread pudding)

Today's exercise: none

at convention

Year 2, Week 19, Day 3

2009-03-11T21:07:00.002-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 182.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.9

Today's food: yogurt, peanut butter cookie, carl's jr (western bacon combo, onion rings, large coke), gyro combo (gyro, fries, medium mr. pibb)

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 19, Day 2

2009-03-10T21:07:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 180.8

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.7

Today's food: yogurt, panda house (honey shrimp, general tso's chicken, lo mein), 3 potato wedges, 2 pieces fried chicken, 1 1/2 roll, 1/2 churro, 3/4 costco berry sundae, pork chop, 5 peanut butter cookies, tall orange juice

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 19, Day 1

2009-03-09T21:05:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 180.4

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.7

Today's food: cinnamon bears, pork chop, 2 bowls chicken chow mein, chinnamon bears, tall orange juice, kettle korn

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 18 Wrapup

2009-03-08T23:53:00.002-07:00

My knee was hurting from last week, so I wanted to take a few days off. Also, I was going to Legoland/Disneyland this week, so I didn't think I was going to get in a whole lot of running there. I ended up just not running at all the whole week. I did get a lot of exercise by walking approximately 42 miles per day at Disneyland, but I offset that by eating every delicious thing that Disneyland had to offer.

My knee still hurts a lot, but I'm going to try to start up again next week and see how it goes.

Year 2, Week 18, Day 7

2009-03-08T20:51:00.002-07:00

Weight (today's reading): didn't take

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.7

Today's food: 3 donuts, small strawberry cheesecake blizzard, orange, apple danish, apple, mashed potatoes, cheesy asparagus, nachos

Today's exercise: day of rest

driving back from disneyland

Year 2, Week 18, Day 6

2009-03-07T20:50:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): didn't take

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.7

Today's food: 2 donuts, orange, 2 mini donuts, café orleans (pomme frites appetizer, 1/2 seafood crepe, 1/2 monte cristo, 4 glasses coke), pretzel with cheese sauce, hot chocolate

Today's exercise: none

disneyland

Year 2, Week 18, Day 5

2009-03-06T20:49:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): didn't take

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.7

Today's food: orange, donut, pear, 1/2 cup of tang, corn dog, large coke, 3/4 bag potato chips, 3/4 bucket popcorn, blue bayou (1/2 roll, braised short ribs, potatoes, asparagus/broccoli, a few bites of crème brulee, 5 glasses of coke), hot chocolate

Today's exercise: none

disneyland

Year 2, Week 18, Day 4

2009-03-05T20:48:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): didn't take

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.7

Today's food: breakfast buffet at country inn (scrambled eggs, oatmeal, 4 strips bacon, muffin, 1/2 bagel with neufchatel cheese, waffle, 2 cookies), pear, a few apple fries, chinese buffet (items too numerous to count), cinnamon bears

Today's exercise: none

legoland/driving to anaheim

Year 2, Week 18, Day 3

2009-03-04T20:47:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 181.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.7

Today's food: honey bun, 2 pieces fried chicken, potato wedges, potato salad, 4 1/2 cookies, piece of chocolate, subway 6" tuna sandwich

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 18, Day 2

2009-03-03T20:46:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 181.4

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.7

Today's food: 2 donuts, skillet chicken with rice and peas,tall root beer, parmesan crusted chicken breast, 1/2 chocolate bar, 1/2 honey bun

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 18, Day 1

2009-03-02T20:44:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 180.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.6

Today's food: peach, orange, 5 donuts, sausage and mashed potatoes, cheese covered asparagus, mini donut, tall root beer, peanuts

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 17 Wrapup

2009-03-01T23:37:00.002-07:00

I was planning to race this week, so I was going to taper this week anyway. But, I ran on Monday and then got sick the next day, so Monday was the only running I did before the race.

I had been doing speedwork the last six weeks in an effort to set a new 5k PR of 22:30. With me getting sick this week, I thought it wouldn't be possible. But, on Saturday I was feeling a little better, so I drove up to Kiwanis Park in Tempe for the Care for Life 5k. It has something to do with raising money for African children.

It was a fairly small race, so when it started, I decided to take the lead for a bit, just because no one else seemed like they wanted to, and it seemed like fun, if only for 10 seconds. After about 10 seconds of easily staying in the lead, and about 20 seconds of struggling to keep it, I backed off to what should have been my normal pace.

I was maintaining a 7:15 pace, but really hating it about halfway through, and could really feel my body being drained from being sick for so long. After about 2 miles, I just thought, "No. I'm sick. I'm not going to make my goal. I shouldn't kill myself trying when I could just go home, recover, and make a better effort in a couple of weeks." And just like that I stopped and started walking. After about 10 seconds of walking, though, I saw the dude in front of me make a wrong turn. I thought I better at least get ahead of him before he figures out what happened, that way I can at least finish one place higher. And then, I took off running again.

I finally finished in 22:39, just 9 seconds short of my goal. If I hadn't started walking, I might have finished closer to my goal, or I might have finished slower since I would have been more drained. There's just no telling. I was close enough to my goal, though, to still be proud about it, especially since I was so sick. The crappy part is if I had just skipped this race and waited a couple of weeks, I maybe could have done 22:20 or something.

I was 8th out of 59. I didn't get an award, but I kind of feel cheated about it. First of all, the paper registration form said awards would be done in 5 year brackets. However, when I got there, I found out they were doing 10 year brackets. Then, they didn't pull the overall winners out of the brackets. There's no rule or anything that says they have to, but it's common enough that I would expect it. So, the first place winner was 38, and the second place winner was 31. If you pulled out the first place winner, and did five year brackets so that the second place guy was in a different bracket from me, then I would have got an award. I stuck around for the raffle afterwards and was hosed there, too.

The real bad news is that my right knee is totally hosed now. It hurt after the race Saturday and still hurts Sunday. There's a lot of pain right behind the kneecap, and it hurts especially when I go down stairs, or kneel down, or move it after it sits still for a while. I'm going to take a few days off next week and see if it gets any better.

Year 2, Week 17, Day 7

2009-03-01T11:40:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 180.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.7

Today's food: 1/2 pop tart, peach, 3 banana nut pancakes, chips and salsa, dinner at gabbitas's (rosemary bread, banana bread, green beans, lasagna roll thing, salad, lemonade, 2 cookies, brownie, cupcake, cheesecake), 2 grapefruits

Today's exercise: day of rest

Year 2, Week 17, Day 6

2009-02-28T11:39:00.003-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 183.0

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.7

Today's food: 2 pop tarts, 2 oranges, 2 bites of chili, medium movie popcorn, large cherry coke, small flatiron steak, cheddar broccoli noodles

Today's exercise: 1.7 mile warmup, Care for Life 5k

Year 2, Week 17, Day 5

2009-02-27T11:38:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 182.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.5

Today's food: yogurt, pluot, quizno's tuna melt, bacon wrapped meatloaf patty, mashed potatoes, tall orange juice, peanuts, birthday cake

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 17, Day 4

2009-02-26T11:38:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 181.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.2

Today's food: yogurt, 5 chocolate dipped strawberries, bowl of chili, fried shrimp, french fries, marshmallows, kettle korn, peanut bar

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 17, Day 3

2009-02-25T11:37:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 179.8

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.1

Today's food: yogurt, peach, quizno's small tuna melt, peach, 1 1/2 chocolate chip cookies, 4 spam and egg tacos, 13 ginger snaps, spam and egg quesadilla, cinammon crisp, marshmallows

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 17, Day 2

2009-02-24T15:38:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 180.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.1

Today's food: yogurt, manuel's (chips and salsa, chile relleno, taco), 2 jack in the box tacos, parmesan crusted chicken, green beans, smore, tall orange juice, peanuts, piece of chocolate bar, handful of marshmallows

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 17, Day 1

2009-02-23T15:37:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 181.4

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.0

Today's food: banana, yogurt, mixed nuts, cookie, banana, 2 pluots, 4 smores, 1 piece baked chicken, potato wedges, macaroni and cheese, peanut bar, kettle korn

Today's exercise: 1.5 mile warmup, intervals (4x400 & 4x200 @ 6:45 pace), .6 mile cooldown (total 5 miles)

Year 2, Week 16 Wrapup

2009-02-22T23:54:00.001-07:00

I spent the second half of this week in Mexico with Becki's mom, the Clonts family, and the Gabbitas family. A Mexico trip of course means about triple what I should be eating, so I don't think it will be reversing the slowly upward weight trend of late.

I did a 16 mile long run on Saturday while I was down there. Basically, I ran 5 miles to the Pemex, bought Gatorade, ran 3 miles out towards Caborca, ran 3 miles back to Pemex, bought Gatorade again, then ran back to the house. Later that day, my right knee started hurting something fierce. It was fine during the run, but when it started hurting later, it hurt right behind the kneecap. It hurt to kneel on, and it hurt on stairs, and it hurt to flex it when getting up after sitting for a while. I'll have to see if it turns into something worse or not.

Year 2, Week 16, Day 7

2009-02-22T15:30:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): don't know

Weight (weighted moving average): don't know

Today's food: yogurt, 3 slices fruit pizza, tamale, 3 jumbo shrimp, pork burrito, chicken salad on toast, mixed nuts, apple, 1 1/2 cheeseburgers, large fries, 1/2 ice cream cone, 2 large cherry pepsis

Today's exercise: day of rest

coming back from mexico

Year 2, Week 16, Day 6

2009-02-21T15:30:00.002-07:00

Weight (today's reading): don't know

Weight (weighted moving average): don't know

Today's food: pan dulce, 1.5 liters gatorade, pancake, scrambled eggs, sausage, hash browns, yogurt, chocolate coconut granola bar, mixed nuts, cream horn, 2 pieces chicken, 2 tortillas, steamed clams, fruit pizza, 10 grilled jumbo shrimp

Today's exercise: 16 miles @ 9:18

in mexico

Year 2, Week 16, Day 5

2009-02-20T15:29:00.001-07:00

Weight (today's reading): don't know

Weight (weighted moving average): don't know

Today's food: banana, mixed nuts, yogurt, chips, 2 clementines, 1/2 roll, tortilla, pork and bean burrito, pork and bean taco, fritos, cream horn, 10 rice krispie treats

Today's exercise: 5 miles @ 9:20

in mexico

Year 2, Week 16, Day 4

2009-02-19T15:28:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 180.8

Weight (weighted moving average): 179.9

Today's food: yogurt, banana, sugar cookie sandwich, 2 fish tacos, 1 can orange soda, 2 clementines

Today's exercise: none

Year 2, Week 16, Day 3

2009-02-18T21:49:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 178.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 179.8

Today's food: yogurt, donut, cupcake, chicken cornbread bake, donut, leftover, pork roast and potatoes, donut, popcorn

Today's exercise: 1 mile warmup, 3 miles @ 7:50, 1 mile cooldown

Year 2, Week 16, Day 2

2009-02-17T21:47:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 178.6

Weight (weighted moving average): 179.9

Today's food: 1/2 pop tart, 2 yogurts, cottage cheese with a can of peaches, 4 potato chips, 1/2 roll, donut, 3 cookies, 1 1/2 donuts, tall orange juice concoction, 4 more cookies

Today's exercise: 1.5 mile warmup, intervals (2x800, 4x400 & 4x200 @ 6:45 pace), 1 mile cooldown (total 7.5 miles)

Year 2, Week 16, Day 1

2009-02-16T21:46:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 179.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.1

Today's food: tall dr. pepper, 2 yogurts, cheese and crackers, posole, 1/2 banana, tall dr. pepper, 16 ginger snaps, caramel corn

Today's exercise: none (cold and windy)

Year 2, Week 15 Wrapup

2009-02-15T23:56:00.002-07:00

Not much to report this week. On Tuesday, I did the same speedwork that I did last week, except this time I didn't have quite as much trouble. I thought it was going to be as bad when after the 3rd 800 I felt like I was having a heart attack, and needing to puke, and needing to poop all the same time. However, this time I was able to power through it instead of having to take the 20 minute bathroom break like last week.

The other thing about Tuesday is that the same clockwise-walking jackhole that I saw a few months ago was there. He bothers me anyway, but especially so when I'm trying to run fast.

Year 2, Week 15, Day 7

2009-02-15T23:42:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 178.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.2

Today's food: banana, 1 1/2 slices of pizza, tall dr. pepper, caramel corn, pork roast, green beans, smashed potatoes, caramel corn, 4 ginger snaps

Today's exercise: day of rest

Year 2, Week 15, Day 6

2009-02-14T23:41:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 179.0*

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.4

Today's food: bowl of crispix, 40 oz gatorade, caramel corn, BJs (mozarella stick, 1/2 southwestern eggroll, bowl clam chowder, 1 piece pizza, 1/2 pizookie, 4 glasses pepsi)

Today's exercise: 14 miles @ 9:18

* 175.6 after running, cereal, 40 oz gatorade

Year 2, Week 15, Day 5

2009-02-13T23:40:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 179.0

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.5

Today's food: yogurt, snickers, valentine lollipop, 1 biscuit with gravy, cupcake, cookie, candy hearts, coca-cola pot roast with potatoes and asparagus, huge fistfuls of caramel corn

Today's exercise:

Year 2, Week 15, Day 4

2009-02-12T23:39:00.000-07:00

Weight (today's reading): 180.2

Weight (weighted moving average): 180.7

Today's food: yogurt, pluot, orange, tortilla chips, 2 servings of enchitaco, tall orange juice, can of cherry coke

Today's exercise: 1 mile warmup, 6 times up the hill, 1.5 mile cooldown (total 5 miles in 9:25 average)