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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Ate Late then a Late Eight

Today's Run: 8m
Run Time: 1:25:00
Total Miles to Date: 282.4

Thoughts on the Run:

Yesterday was a busy day at the office. I had a new hire that I was training, plus a major code release to ship out the door. I had a late dinner at Spoon. I may not be a Thai food expert, but that is the best Thai I've had, ever. It was Pad Thai noodles with Tofu.

I rolled into our driveway around 9:30pm. I was already doing the typical, "It's been a long day, it's late, it's cold" gamut of excuses in my head. There are people who always have excuses and say, "I'll do it tomorrow" and then there are those who get it done. Every workout counts for me to reach my goal of running an ultra this year, so I decided to get it done.

I don't have all of the gear I really need to run in the cold - my bandana is hardly cover for my head and no gloves (although I guess I could improvise with some garden gloves) so instead I opted for the treadmill. The prospect of spending an hour and a half starting at the window was not exciting, so I grabbed a laptop and tossed in a copy of the Mindcandy DVD. This is a collection of PC Demos.

My daughter joined me for a bit and rode the recumbent bike before going to bed. She's always excited to spend time with me and workout with me. She received a trampoline for her birthday that gets plenty of use as well.

After she left, I was alone ... I turned off the lights so I was basically in the dark with nothing but the laptop display to illuminate the area. I was tired, haven't had much sleep this week and a long day behind, so the setting was truly surreal. It's amazing how much our mind depends on sight for balance, so the first few miles were a little shaky but eventually I got into the swing of it and was in a semi-hypnotic trance watching the demos and running. I spent 2 miles warming up at a 11-minute pace, then ran the middle 4 at a 10-minute pace and finished at an 11-minute pace, so I averaged just over 10:30 for the distance. It felt great to get it done ... what was the alternative? I probably would have used the excuse, "I need to unwind" and plopped in front of the TV instead of going down and getting my workout done.

I finished, satisfied that I had done it, and went upstairs to crash.

I made a change several weeks ago that I keep forgetting to post about. My feet were having major issues with the tops hurting. I have really big blood vessels on the tops of my feet that swell when I run. So, I changed the way my shoes are laced. I went for an alternating hatch - instead of crossing the lace in each loop, I'd cross it over, then run it one loop on the same side, then cross it on the next loop. This leaves more of the top "open" and has been phenomenal for my feet - no more issues. I'll take a picture when I get a chance.

EATS ... I'm just going to summarize it all:

USANA HealthPak
Bananas
Oranges
Apples
Cranberry juice
Kashi Oatmeal
Water
Coffee
Kung Pao Noodles
String cheese
Uncured beef hotdog (organic)
Whole grain tortilla chips
All natural ravioli
Red wine
Chocolate gelato
Bagels
Eggs
Nitrate-free bacon
Chai Tea Luna Bar
Chicken tandoori with spinach
Whole wheat bread with lean meat sloppy joe mix
Diet coke
Soy milk
Cascadian Farm Honey Nut O organic cereal
Nature's Path blueberry organic toaster pastry
Cupcake (birthday in the office)
Pad Thai
Gatorade

MON/TUE/WED

Calories: 3064 / 1970 / 2795
Fat: 100g (37g sat) / 68g (24g sat) / 93g (15g sat)
Cholesterol: 299mg / 466mg / 103mg
Sodium: 3910mg / 3190mg / 3750mg
Potassium: 2280mg / 2050mg / 3000mg
Carbohydrate: 424g (38g fiber/74g sugar) / 253g (23g fiber/14g sugar) / 416g (33g / 90g)
Protein: 92g / 89g / 94g

Until next time,

Jeremy

posted by Jeremy Likness | 10:34 AM

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