Weight (today's reading): 192.8*
Weight (weighted moving average): 192.7
Today's blood pressure: 126/82
Today's food: big chocolate chip cookie, 12 oz pepsi, yogurt, banana, bk (rodeo burger, 2 tacos), subway (foot long double-meat seafood & crab, 44 oz dr pepper), watermelon, chips and cookies, can of squirt
Today's exercise: run 16 miles
* before the long run. 189.6 after
Friday, July 18, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Week 37, Day 4
Weight (today's reading): 190.6
Weight (weighted moving average): 192.7
Today's blood pressure: 138/85
Today's food: yogurt, watermelon, big chocolate chip cookie, 1 1/2 donuts, hot dog estilo sonora, cheeseburger, potato chips, watermelon, great big cookie
Today's exercise: none
Weight (weighted moving average): 192.7
Today's blood pressure: 138/85
Today's food: yogurt, watermelon, big chocolate chip cookie, 1 1/2 donuts, hot dog estilo sonora, cheeseburger, potato chips, watermelon, great big cookie
Today's exercise: none
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Week 37, Day 3
Weight (today's reading): 191.6
Weight (weighted moving average): 192.9
Today's blood pressure: 135/95
Today's food: grapes, yogurt, big chocolate chip cookie, hot dog estilo sonora, london broil with onions and peppers, cheesy broccoli rice, another big cookie
Today's exercise: 1 mile warmup, 5 miles @ 9:12, 1 mile cooldown; 60 pushups
Weight (weighted moving average): 192.9
Today's blood pressure: 135/95
Today's food: grapes, yogurt, big chocolate chip cookie, hot dog estilo sonora, london broil with onions and peppers, cheesy broccoli rice, another big cookie
Today's exercise: 1 mile warmup, 5 miles @ 9:12, 1 mile cooldown; 60 pushups
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Week 37, Day 2
Weight (today's reading): 190.6
Weight (weighted moving average): 193.1
Today's blood pressure: 138/82
Today's food: big chocolate chip cookie, yogurt, grapes, ribeye steak, baked potato, chips and salsa, salmon in mushroom cream sauce with rice, 2 big chocolate chip cookies, handful of almonds
Today's exercise: none
Weight (weighted moving average): 193.1
Today's blood pressure: 138/82
Today's food: big chocolate chip cookie, yogurt, grapes, ribeye steak, baked potato, chips and salsa, salmon in mushroom cream sauce with rice, 2 big chocolate chip cookies, handful of almonds
Today's exercise: none
Monday, July 14, 2008
Week 37, Day 1
Weight (today's reading): 192.6
Weight (weighted moving average): 193.3
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, peach, 2 big chocolate chip cookies, salmon burger sandwich, handful of almonds
Today's exercise: run 2 miles, 60 pushups
Weight (weighted moving average): 193.3
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, peach, 2 big chocolate chip cookies, salmon burger sandwich, handful of almonds
Today's exercise: run 2 miles, 60 pushups
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Week 36 Wrapup
This week was the first 20 mile run. I thought it could possibly go either way, like it could be totally disastrous or could be just fine. It ended up being mostly fine. My target pace for the run was 10:36, and I kept that pace just fine through the first 18 miles. The last two were just killer, though. I was completely drained, and stumbled through them. Those really slow last two dragged my overall pace for the 20 miles down to about 10:57. It was hot, too, but I'm running out of different ways to describe running in the heat.
But, I finished, and I was not dead. My goal all along was really to see if I could get through this first 20, since in my mind that represents the most difficult point of the marathon training. From this point out, there's one other 20, and it's a tiny bit faster pace, but that should be easier having done it once already. Every other long run from this point is some shorter distance, and then there's like a three week taper.
So, I thought all along that if I could get through this first 20, I should have no problem getting through the rest of the training and being ready for a marathon. The end of my training schedule just happens to coincide with the Park City Marathon on August 23rd, which Scott has been bugging me to do. So, since my likelihood of finishing training is all but assured, and my likelihood of finishing a marathon seems pretty high as well, I'm going to go ahead and register for it. I still don't think I'll put in a good showing, since the race starts 4000 feet higher than where I'm at and only goes uphill from there. But, it should be fun, nonetheless.
One important thing I learned from the 20 is that I feel like I need to get more energy during the long run somehow. I bought a big box of clif bars down to the Costco, and my usual long run routine is to eat one before the run, and eat another about halfway through. This worked fine for shorter runs, but now that they're getting longer, it's not quite doing it for me. Look at this week's run, where I felt like I was just completely sapped of energy those last two miles.
I can't just eat more clif bars, because I've noticed that the longer the run, the more I hate eating clif bars. They taste perfectly fine to me before the run, but during the run, they taste like poo. And not even that nice moist poo, either. It's the been sitting out in the sun for a week dried out variety. On this last run, I actually stopped at a drinking fountain and ran the rest of the clif bar under water like a raccoon so I could choke it down. So, assuming my lack of energy can be remedied by an increased intake of carbohydrates during the run, I'll have to switch to some sort of clif shot or gel or Gu or something. I've always been of the opinion that those things taste like snot, but I'd much rather have snot than poo at this point.
Starting next week I'm going to start posting the weighted moving average of my weight along with the daily weight. Since I've always maintained that the moving average is more important anyway, I probably should be posting it.
But, I finished, and I was not dead. My goal all along was really to see if I could get through this first 20, since in my mind that represents the most difficult point of the marathon training. From this point out, there's one other 20, and it's a tiny bit faster pace, but that should be easier having done it once already. Every other long run from this point is some shorter distance, and then there's like a three week taper.
So, I thought all along that if I could get through this first 20, I should have no problem getting through the rest of the training and being ready for a marathon. The end of my training schedule just happens to coincide with the Park City Marathon on August 23rd, which Scott has been bugging me to do. So, since my likelihood of finishing training is all but assured, and my likelihood of finishing a marathon seems pretty high as well, I'm going to go ahead and register for it. I still don't think I'll put in a good showing, since the race starts 4000 feet higher than where I'm at and only goes uphill from there. But, it should be fun, nonetheless.
One important thing I learned from the 20 is that I feel like I need to get more energy during the long run somehow. I bought a big box of clif bars down to the Costco, and my usual long run routine is to eat one before the run, and eat another about halfway through. This worked fine for shorter runs, but now that they're getting longer, it's not quite doing it for me. Look at this week's run, where I felt like I was just completely sapped of energy those last two miles.
I can't just eat more clif bars, because I've noticed that the longer the run, the more I hate eating clif bars. They taste perfectly fine to me before the run, but during the run, they taste like poo. And not even that nice moist poo, either. It's the been sitting out in the sun for a week dried out variety. On this last run, I actually stopped at a drinking fountain and ran the rest of the clif bar under water like a raccoon so I could choke it down. So, assuming my lack of energy can be remedied by an increased intake of carbohydrates during the run, I'll have to switch to some sort of clif shot or gel or Gu or something. I've always been of the opinion that those things taste like snot, but I'd much rather have snot than poo at this point.
Starting next week I'm going to start posting the weighted moving average of my weight along with the daily weight. Since I've always maintained that the moving average is more important anyway, I probably should be posting it.
Week 36, Day 7
Today's weight: 192
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: 12 oz pepsi, 2 pieces cinammon toast, pop tart, grilled cheese sandwich, watermelon, big chocolate chip cookie, glass of milk, fajitas with side of beans, 1/2 chocolate chip cookie
Today's exercise: day of rest
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: 12 oz pepsi, 2 pieces cinammon toast, pop tart, grilled cheese sandwich, watermelon, big chocolate chip cookie, glass of milk, fajitas with side of beans, 1/2 chocolate chip cookie
Today's exercise: day of rest
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Week 36, Day 6
Today's weight: 193.6
Today's blood pressure: 125/83
Today's food: granola, 2 oreos, clif bar, pint of chocolate milk, watermelon, ny strip steak, grapes, leftover toretelloni, swedish meatballs with noodles and peas
Today's exercise: run 20 miles
Today's blood pressure: 125/83
Today's food: granola, 2 oreos, clif bar, pint of chocolate milk, watermelon, ny strip steak, grapes, leftover toretelloni, swedish meatballs with noodles and peas
Today's exercise: run 20 miles
Friday, July 11, 2008
Week 36, Day 5
Today's weight: 193.6
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, apple fritter, hot dog (estilo sonora), 1/2 a taco bell big bad bell box meal, 2 large moutain dew baja blast, leftover fish with rice, mixed fruit chunks
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, apple fritter, hot dog (estilo sonora), 1/2 a taco bell big bad bell box meal, 2 large moutain dew baja blast, leftover fish with rice, mixed fruit chunks
Today's exercise: none
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Week 36, Day 4
Today's weight: 191
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, banana, apple danish, carl's jr (six dollar western bacon combo), dq dilly bar, dragon view (orange beef, salt and pepper squid, egg drop soup, fried rice, honey walnut shrimp, steamed fish, chocolate mousse)
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, banana, apple danish, carl's jr (six dollar western bacon combo), dq dilly bar, dragon view (orange beef, salt and pepper squid, egg drop soup, fried rice, honey walnut shrimp, steamed fish, chocolate mousse)
Today's exercise: none
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Week 36, Day 3
Today's weight: 191.2
Today's blood pressure: 129/89
Today's food: yogurt, banana, lunch at ikea (salmon with vegetables, a few meatballs, fries, 1/2 almond torte), dairy queen (2 chicken strips, fries, ice cream cone), tri-tip steak topped with unmeltable slice of processed cheese
Today's exercise: 1 mile warmup, (run 1 mile @ 8:32, jog .5 miles) X4, 1 mile cooldown (total of 8 miles); 60 pushups
Today's blood pressure: 129/89
Today's food: yogurt, banana, lunch at ikea (salmon with vegetables, a few meatballs, fries, 1/2 almond torte), dairy queen (2 chicken strips, fries, ice cream cone), tri-tip steak topped with unmeltable slice of processed cheese
Today's exercise: 1 mile warmup, (run 1 mile @ 8:32, jog .5 miles) X4, 1 mile cooldown (total of 8 miles); 60 pushups
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Week 36, Day 2
Today's weight: 191.6
Today's blood pressure: 133/87
Today's food: yogurt, nectarine, garlic squid, tortelloni and tomato sauce, tri-tip steak, watermelon
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: 133/87
Today's food: yogurt, nectarine, garlic squid, tortelloni and tomato sauce, tri-tip steak, watermelon
Today's exercise: none
Monday, July 7, 2008
Week 36, Day 1
Today's weight: 192.8
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, banana, 2 pork chops with peach onion marmalade, 1/2 cup of fruit, 2 slices of pizza, 2 garlic knots, 1 liter pepsi
Today's exercise: none (too tired/busy/rainy/sore)
We had to pick up new students at the airport today, and my legs still hurt from saturday, and it was raining. Today's scheduled run was only 2 miles so I skipped it.
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, banana, 2 pork chops with peach onion marmalade, 1/2 cup of fruit, 2 slices of pizza, 2 garlic knots, 1 liter pepsi
Today's exercise: none (too tired/busy/rainy/sore)
We had to pick up new students at the airport today, and my legs still hurt from saturday, and it was raining. Today's scheduled run was only 2 miles so I skipped it.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Week 35 Wrapup
It was really hot this week. Overall, the temperatures are slightly lower because the monsoon season is in full swing. But, the arrival of the monsoons brings the terrible humidity. So, my sweat, it does nothing.
On Wednesday's tempo run I had to stop a couple of times to cool down. I maintained the pace while I was running, but stopped and walked 2 or 3 times because I just felt too hot and sick (This was at 10:30 PM or so, too). Saturday for the long run I was supposed to do 18 miles, but at 17.5 I just said "screw it" (out loud, to no one in particular) and walked the remaining half mile.
I'm learning quite a lot during these long runs, especially about hydration, and how much water actually passes through my body. For reference, I usually drink a half liter before I leave, drink a little over 2 liters out of my camelbak during the run, then maybe a liter when I get back to the car. Afterwards, I'm still down a few pounds, so I obviously sweat and exhale more than that.
For this week's run, I was on a trail with a lot of drinking fountains, so I wasn't trying to ration the camelbak. I figured I'd just drink as much as I need, and use drinking fountains when it's empty. What I discovered is that the rate at which I lose water is higher than I can comfortably replace it (in this heat at least). I tried to drink as much as I could to go through the camelbak as fast as I could, but drinking too much while you're running like that makes your stomach not feel great. So, I just barely finished the camelbak before I finished the run. I felt like I needed and wanted more to drink, but just couldn't do it without risking puking.
So, this tells me that there's got to be some point in this kind of heat where the distance of the long run gets so long that even with an unlimited supply of hydration, I would still drop dead of dehydration on the route because my stomach wouldn't take water in fast enough to replenish what I've lost over the time spent running. I don't know how long that distance is. Maybe it's 50 miles. Maybe it's 26.2. Maybe it's next week's 20 miles. Either way, it's enlightening to discover that even with unlimited leg strength and unlimited water, my maximum running distance is limited by how well my stomach handles being full.
I could probably figure it out mathematically. Take my weight loss during the run, add the weight of fluid consumed. Divide by time, and I get a loss of around 3.7 pounds of fluid per hour. Let's convert to kg since 1 liter is usually 1 kg and call it about 1 3/4 liters of fluid lost per hour. I drank 2 liters of the camelbak in 3 hours (2/3 liter per hour) and felt kind of sick, but let's say I could push it up to 3/4 liter per hour. That's still a net loss of 1 liter per hour. Human body averages 60% water by weight, so I might be around 53 kilograms of water. So, if I lost a liter per hour, I would be completely dessicated after 53 hours. However, I'd die a lot sooner because of blood volume. I read that for every 1% of body weight lost in dehydration, 2.5% of blood volume is lost. If that held true throughout the entire loss, then at 1kg per hour, it would take me about 35 hours to be completely fresh out of blood. It's likely that I would be dead much sooner, however. My quick googling says that 9-12% loss in body weight through dehydration is fatal. If all that's true, that would give me about 8 hours of running in this heat before I die, although I would likely see some pretty severe symptoms before then.
I had previously thought that my concern would be getting enough water, so I had started looking for places on the trail to stash bottles for when my camelbak gets empty. Now that I know that I can't really drink more than what I have, I've got to explore other options. I believe there are three things I can do: 1. I can get in better overall shape so that my body sweats less in the exertion and therefore loses less fluid. 2. I can train my stomach to handle being more full when I run. Or 3., I can hook up a second bag of glucose/saline through an IV. Or, of course, there's always option 4, wait until it's not so blasted hot.
If I'm still running a lot by next summer, I'm hoping that I'm in better shape so that the heat and the sweating wouldn't be such an issue. Otherwise, I'll definitely do what everyone else here does and just switch to shorter milder more infrequent runs in the summer just to maintain until you can really start training again in the fall.
On Wednesday's tempo run I had to stop a couple of times to cool down. I maintained the pace while I was running, but stopped and walked 2 or 3 times because I just felt too hot and sick (This was at 10:30 PM or so, too). Saturday for the long run I was supposed to do 18 miles, but at 17.5 I just said "screw it" (out loud, to no one in particular) and walked the remaining half mile.
I'm learning quite a lot during these long runs, especially about hydration, and how much water actually passes through my body. For reference, I usually drink a half liter before I leave, drink a little over 2 liters out of my camelbak during the run, then maybe a liter when I get back to the car. Afterwards, I'm still down a few pounds, so I obviously sweat and exhale more than that.
For this week's run, I was on a trail with a lot of drinking fountains, so I wasn't trying to ration the camelbak. I figured I'd just drink as much as I need, and use drinking fountains when it's empty. What I discovered is that the rate at which I lose water is higher than I can comfortably replace it (in this heat at least). I tried to drink as much as I could to go through the camelbak as fast as I could, but drinking too much while you're running like that makes your stomach not feel great. So, I just barely finished the camelbak before I finished the run. I felt like I needed and wanted more to drink, but just couldn't do it without risking puking.
So, this tells me that there's got to be some point in this kind of heat where the distance of the long run gets so long that even with an unlimited supply of hydration, I would still drop dead of dehydration on the route because my stomach wouldn't take water in fast enough to replenish what I've lost over the time spent running. I don't know how long that distance is. Maybe it's 50 miles. Maybe it's 26.2. Maybe it's next week's 20 miles. Either way, it's enlightening to discover that even with unlimited leg strength and unlimited water, my maximum running distance is limited by how well my stomach handles being full.
I could probably figure it out mathematically. Take my weight loss during the run, add the weight of fluid consumed. Divide by time, and I get a loss of around 3.7 pounds of fluid per hour. Let's convert to kg since 1 liter is usually 1 kg and call it about 1 3/4 liters of fluid lost per hour. I drank 2 liters of the camelbak in 3 hours (2/3 liter per hour) and felt kind of sick, but let's say I could push it up to 3/4 liter per hour. That's still a net loss of 1 liter per hour. Human body averages 60% water by weight, so I might be around 53 kilograms of water. So, if I lost a liter per hour, I would be completely dessicated after 53 hours. However, I'd die a lot sooner because of blood volume. I read that for every 1% of body weight lost in dehydration, 2.5% of blood volume is lost. If that held true throughout the entire loss, then at 1kg per hour, it would take me about 35 hours to be completely fresh out of blood. It's likely that I would be dead much sooner, however. My quick googling says that 9-12% loss in body weight through dehydration is fatal. If all that's true, that would give me about 8 hours of running in this heat before I die, although I would likely see some pretty severe symptoms before then.
I had previously thought that my concern would be getting enough water, so I had started looking for places on the trail to stash bottles for when my camelbak gets empty. Now that I know that I can't really drink more than what I have, I've got to explore other options. I believe there are three things I can do: 1. I can get in better overall shape so that my body sweats less in the exertion and therefore loses less fluid. 2. I can train my stomach to handle being more full when I run. Or 3., I can hook up a second bag of glucose/saline through an IV. Or, of course, there's always option 4, wait until it's not so blasted hot.
If I'm still running a lot by next summer, I'm hoping that I'm in better shape so that the heat and the sweating wouldn't be such an issue. Otherwise, I'll definitely do what everyone else here does and just switch to shorter milder more infrequent runs in the summer just to maintain until you can really start training again in the fall.
Week 35, Day 7
Today's weight: 194.6
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: banana, tri-tip steak, beans, potato chips, quart of orange juice, grapes, 3 oreos, lamb stew with mystery beans
Today's exercise: day of rest
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: banana, tri-tip steak, beans, potato chips, quart of orange juice, grapes, 3 oreos, lamb stew with mystery beans
Today's exercise: day of rest
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Week 35, Day 6
Today's weight: 195*
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: 2 clif bars, a lot of gatorade, 1 pint chocolate milk, mixed fruit chunks, yogurt, tri-tip steak, beans, potato chips, cookie, brownie, fried fish and shrimp with fries, a few sundae bites
Today's exercise: run 17.5 miles; 60 pushups
* before running. after running it was 190.4
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: 2 clif bars, a lot of gatorade, 1 pint chocolate milk, mixed fruit chunks, yogurt, tri-tip steak, beans, potato chips, cookie, brownie, fried fish and shrimp with fries, a few sundae bites
Today's exercise: run 17.5 miles; 60 pushups
* before running. after running it was 190.4
Friday, July 4, 2008
Week 35, Day 5
Today's weight: 194.4
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: ward breakfast (2 pancakes, some kind of egg and sausage bake), orange juice, root beer float, chili dog, 1/2 chili burger, chili fries, 1/3 corn dog, granola, fruit bowl
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: ward breakfast (2 pancakes, some kind of egg and sausage bake), orange juice, root beer float, chili dog, 1/2 chili burger, chili fries, 1/3 corn dog, granola, fruit bowl
Today's exercise: none
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Week 35, Day 4
Today's weight: 191.6
Today's blood pressure: 129/85
Today's food: yogurt, banana, carl's jr large prime rib burger combo, orange chicken with rice and peas
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: 129/85
Today's food: yogurt, banana, carl's jr large prime rib burger combo, orange chicken with rice and peas
Today's exercise: none
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Week 35, Day 3
Today's weight: 193
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, banana, piece of bread, hot dog (estilo sonora), pot roast and noodles, slice of bread
Today's exercise: 1 mile warmup, 5 miles @ 9:12, 1 mile cooldown; 60 pushups
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, banana, piece of bread, hot dog (estilo sonora), pot roast and noodles, slice of bread
Today's exercise: 1 mile warmup, 5 miles @ 9:12, 1 mile cooldown; 60 pushups
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Week 35, Day 2
Today's weight: 194.6
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, peach, french fries, half a hamburger, slice of french bread with butter, 4 pieces french toast
Today's exercise: none
Today's blood pressure: forgot
Today's food: yogurt, peach, french fries, half a hamburger, slice of french bread with butter, 4 pieces french toast
Today's exercise: none
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