Year 2, Week 27, Day 7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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