Saturday, March 30, 2013

Day 49 - Training For A Half

So today was the 80K weigh in so I thought I'd get to that first.  I've lost a couple more pounds and seem to be doing okay, even if it is weird that the last few times I recorded my weight have ended with .8.

Weigh-in Result:  215.8 pounds

That's 4 pounds since the 60K weigh-in and most of the difference is probably due to my continued running.  I've decided to work my way back up to a half-marathon distance again.  There is a local race in May and I think I'm going to shoot for that.  My treadmill running has obviously gone well, but today was my first attempt to push up the distance past what one hour on the treadmill gets me.  What was awesome though was across 8 miles I set a personal best for real-world running.  I'm going to have to keep upping the distance in the coming weeks but at least through 8 miles I'm doing well.

Going forward I'm going to keep up with the treadmill, since that both helps me push my speed but also is a more consistent means of exercise (plus gives specific calculations of calories burned as opposed to the averages that websites provide).  For distance running though I'm going to have to move outside, as the treadmill limits what I can do in any given session.

Food today:  egg and cheese for breakfast (300 calories), english muffin with peanut butter for lunch (300 calories) and dinner was lasagna and garlic toast (1000 calories).  Exercise was an 8 mile run at an average speed of 6.3 mph (~1300 calories).

Daily Point Total:
Daily Food Total: 1600
Exercise:
1300
Points Earned:
2700
Total Points Earned: 
83453
Points to go: 
116547

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