June 2, 2011 Thursday 79 days to go
Rode bike to breakfast at Christian School then down to work. Later to lunch meeting and back from home.
Ran to 9th Ave and back. Felt easier today. 24 :23 minutes is my memory, but that doesn't make sense - it usually takes longer so I may have gotten my numbers mixed up. Ran at 80 cadence and heart rate was average 146 - good for an easy run.
Food consumed today: Weight 157 here we go again!
7:30 breakfast burrito, juice, coffee, apple
11:00 granola bar
12:15 Indian butter chicken, beef, spinach salad, mixed vegetables, rice, chi tea with milk and sugar, chocolate square
3:00 granola bar
5:30 2 pancakes, 2 sausage, omlette
8:00 3 chocolate chip cookies
9:30 1/2 a beer
Thursday, 2 June 2011
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
On the Road Again
June 1, 2011 Wednesday 80 days to go
Training has fallen off the map since I hurt my back. Rode my bike about 11 km Monday then had laser surgery on both eyes. Short bike ride to work yesterday. This is my first run since last week. I did 16.5 minutes easy. Felt rusty. like starting up my old Porsche then got running smoothly then broke down a bit towards the end. Ran with my eyes closed alot just to concentrate on feeling form.
Have gained weight again. Went back up to 159 but weigh 158 lb today.
Training has fallen off the map since I hurt my back. Rode my bike about 11 km Monday then had laser surgery on both eyes. Short bike ride to work yesterday. This is my first run since last week. I did 16.5 minutes easy. Felt rusty. like starting up my old Porsche then got running smoothly then broke down a bit towards the end. Ran with my eyes closed alot just to concentrate on feeling form.
Have gained weight again. Went back up to 159 but weigh 158 lb today.
Friday, 27 May 2011
On Hold
May 27, 2011 Friday
Back sore. Got Xrayed. Worked.
Food Consumed today Weight: 156 lb
8:00 coffee with milk
10:00 protein shake
12:30 Thai currry chicken soup, stuffed chicken wing
3:30 2 Tim Hortons cookies
5:45 3 strips bacon, beans
7:30 small bowl buttered and salted popcorn
9:30 4 spoons chocolate icing
It will be interesting to see what weight I am tomorrow.
Back sore. Got Xrayed. Worked.
Food Consumed today Weight: 156 lb
8:00 coffee with milk
10:00 protein shake
12:30 Thai currry chicken soup, stuffed chicken wing
3:30 2 Tim Hortons cookies
5:45 3 strips bacon, beans
7:30 small bowl buttered and salted popcorn
9:30 4 spoons chocolate icing
It will be interesting to see what weight I am tomorrow.
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Staying Put
May 26, 2011 Thursday 86 days to go
My back has gotten worse. I got Becky to drive me to work as it hurt too much to drive.Went to doctor.I go for an xray, but basically its time and as he said emphatically - no sitting, no sitting no sitting.
Cancelled trip to Abbotsford and my race on Sunday. I feel really down about all this. I was looking forward to seeing kids and grandkids and brother and Michelle and Jean. I was also looking forward to the race to see how my training is working. Felt rather blue about it all evening.
Food consumed today: Weight: 155
8:00 coffee with milk
9:00 protein shake
10:30 square rhubarb cake
12:00 mixed vegetables, rice, porkchop, 2 chocolate squares
3:30 4 squares rhubarb cake
7:30 1 small potato, 2 asparagus, 1 small slice steak
8:30 protein shake
Can see my stress eating emerging.
My back has gotten worse. I got Becky to drive me to work as it hurt too much to drive.Went to doctor.I go for an xray, but basically its time and as he said emphatically - no sitting, no sitting no sitting.
Cancelled trip to Abbotsford and my race on Sunday. I feel really down about all this. I was looking forward to seeing kids and grandkids and brother and Michelle and Jean. I was also looking forward to the race to see how my training is working. Felt rather blue about it all evening.
Food consumed today: Weight: 155
8:00 coffee with milk
9:00 protein shake
10:30 square rhubarb cake
12:00 mixed vegetables, rice, porkchop, 2 chocolate squares
3:30 4 squares rhubarb cake
7:30 1 small potato, 2 asparagus, 1 small slice steak
8:30 protein shake
Can see my stress eating emerging.
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Go Canucks Go!
May 25, 2011 Wednesday Happy Birthday Michelle
What a game. The Canucks are on their way to the Stanley Cup. Came home from J2, skipped sauna and went to bed. Another sleepless night. What's with this? I usually fall asleep the minute my head hits the pillow.
Alarm went off for early workout. Tried to get out of bed. My back had seized up. Walking was hard. Needless to say I didnt run or walk. Iced back several times today and this evening had sauna and soak in tub.
I don't think I will run again until Sunday's race.
Jerry sent me link to Comox ValleyRoad Runners. Kiwi Keith is losing weight. We both started at 157 lbs the same day and I thought I could offer a challenge to him. Forget it. He has lost 4 lbs in 2 days, I've lost 1.
Food Today: Weight: 156 lb
8:00 coffee with milk
9:00 boiled egg, 2 pieces rye krisp
12:15 cottage cheese with strawberries, 1 rye krisp with peanut butter, green tea
3:30 cottage cheese with banana, green tea
6:00 halibut, brown rice, asparagus
water throughout day
What a game. The Canucks are on their way to the Stanley Cup. Came home from J2, skipped sauna and went to bed. Another sleepless night. What's with this? I usually fall asleep the minute my head hits the pillow.
Alarm went off for early workout. Tried to get out of bed. My back had seized up. Walking was hard. Needless to say I didnt run or walk. Iced back several times today and this evening had sauna and soak in tub.
I don't think I will run again until Sunday's race.
Jerry sent me link to Comox ValleyRoad Runners. Kiwi Keith is losing weight. We both started at 157 lbs the same day and I thought I could offer a challenge to him. Forget it. He has lost 4 lbs in 2 days, I've lost 1.
Food Today: Weight: 156 lb
8:00 coffee with milk
9:00 boiled egg, 2 pieces rye krisp
12:15 cottage cheese with strawberries, 1 rye krisp with peanut butter, green tea
3:30 cottage cheese with banana, green tea
6:00 halibut, brown rice, asparagus
water throughout day
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Foiled Again!
May 24, 2011 Tuesday Happy Birthday Jen H - 88 days to go
Jerry thinks I should work on being consistent and getting my workouts in first thing in the morning so -
I went to bed at 9:30 pm last night, read a bit and figured I'd be asleep at 10:00. But at 10:00 I was so cold I had to get up and put flannel pjs and socks on to keep warm. I would have worn a toque if I had found one, but wrapped my head in the covers. Couldn't sleep.11:30 - too hot! Off go the pjs and head covers. Still can't sleep.12:00 take ibuprophin for back. 1:04 Lorne comes to bed Still awake. 2:00 Lorne won't stop snoring. Put earplugs in. Fall asleep. Sleep through alarm - in fact sleep till 8:00 when coffee shows up.
Took Jerry's advise about not running if back still hurt. During a break at work got Lorne to drive me to General Hill. It only took me 1:30 minutes to have my heart rate in training zone. Kept heart rate between 146 and 150 bpm. Steep part of General Hill reminded me of the Easter Island marathon, except that incline was 4 km long. Seems walking does the same thing to my system as running. Stopped at 20 minutes and found a bush. Fortunately only one truck went by as I was pretty exposed. Did lots of stretches and some walking while I waited for someone to pick me up. Iced back upon return to work.
Iced back again after dinner then did my 7/3's x 3. Will have a sauna tonight.
Food consumed today: Weight:156.5
8:00 coffee with milk
8:30 protein drink and a banana
10:30 cottage cheese and an apple
12:30 3 rye krisp with tuna salad on top, 15 small carrots, 5 potato chips, green tea
3:30 celery stick with peanut butter on it
5:30 6 small slices steak, 4 small potatoes, 3 asparagus spears, lettuce salad
lots of drinks of water throughout day
Jerry thinks I should work on being consistent and getting my workouts in first thing in the morning so -
I went to bed at 9:30 pm last night, read a bit and figured I'd be asleep at 10:00. But at 10:00 I was so cold I had to get up and put flannel pjs and socks on to keep warm. I would have worn a toque if I had found one, but wrapped my head in the covers. Couldn't sleep.11:30 - too hot! Off go the pjs and head covers. Still can't sleep.12:00 take ibuprophin for back. 1:04 Lorne comes to bed Still awake. 2:00 Lorne won't stop snoring. Put earplugs in. Fall asleep. Sleep through alarm - in fact sleep till 8:00 when coffee shows up.
Took Jerry's advise about not running if back still hurt. During a break at work got Lorne to drive me to General Hill. It only took me 1:30 minutes to have my heart rate in training zone. Kept heart rate between 146 and 150 bpm. Steep part of General Hill reminded me of the Easter Island marathon, except that incline was 4 km long. Seems walking does the same thing to my system as running. Stopped at 20 minutes and found a bush. Fortunately only one truck went by as I was pretty exposed. Did lots of stretches and some walking while I waited for someone to pick me up. Iced back upon return to work.
Iced back again after dinner then did my 7/3's x 3. Will have a sauna tonight.
Food consumed today: Weight:156.5
8:00 coffee with milk
8:30 protein drink and a banana
10:30 cottage cheese and an apple
12:30 3 rye krisp with tuna salad on top, 15 small carrots, 5 potato chips, green tea
3:30 celery stick with peanut butter on it
5:30 6 small slices steak, 4 small potatoes, 3 asparagus spears, lettuce salad
lots of drinks of water throughout day
Monday, 23 May 2011
Its a beautiful day
May 23, 2011
Holiday yeah! It's Queen Victoria day so I got to sleep in and lolligag. Talked to Jerry about the Galloway method of run/walk. I have just about finished reading Galloway's book and his ideas about exercise, strength training, etc. are quite different than ideas that I have been reading about in Runner's World. I tried a bit of run walk on my last speed workout. I think I will stick to run and then walk if I need a break not 2:30/1:00.
Today was 15 minutes easy - I did 16:24. I tried a new route home in the lanes behind the church etc. I didn't realize that they were paved. My knees felt fine while I was running but when I got home my right knee started complaining loudly. The inside of my kneecap really hurt when I walked. I iced my knees and took ibuprophin.
I changed my cadence back to 80 steps - was finding that 85 was a push and I couldn't keep form. 80 steps almost felt slow but I think that is a good cadence for me at least until after the race. Wore my heart rate monitor again to see if I stay in Zone 1 doing my easy runs. It was perfect - the only time I went higher to 159 was when I went up 1st Ave. Also concentrated on my arms today. I noticed that when I get tired my left arm starts swinging across my body so concentrated on having my arms swinging on my sides.
After ice and drugs kicked in did my 3 sets of 7 min cycling, 3 min exercises. Added a real push up. Right knee didn't like the exercise so back to icing.
Food today: Weight: 157
9:00 coffee with milk
10:15 boiled egg with half toasted whole wheat bun, coffee with milk
12:30 1/4 chicken breast, cup rice
4:45 apple quarters with Tbsp peanut butter
5:45 3 small pancakes, syrup, 2 slices bacon, 3 slices grapefruit
lots of sips of water throughout day
Holiday yeah! It's Queen Victoria day so I got to sleep in and lolligag. Talked to Jerry about the Galloway method of run/walk. I have just about finished reading Galloway's book and his ideas about exercise, strength training, etc. are quite different than ideas that I have been reading about in Runner's World. I tried a bit of run walk on my last speed workout. I think I will stick to run and then walk if I need a break not 2:30/1:00.
Today was 15 minutes easy - I did 16:24. I tried a new route home in the lanes behind the church etc. I didn't realize that they were paved. My knees felt fine while I was running but when I got home my right knee started complaining loudly. The inside of my kneecap really hurt when I walked. I iced my knees and took ibuprophin.
I changed my cadence back to 80 steps - was finding that 85 was a push and I couldn't keep form. 80 steps almost felt slow but I think that is a good cadence for me at least until after the race. Wore my heart rate monitor again to see if I stay in Zone 1 doing my easy runs. It was perfect - the only time I went higher to 159 was when I went up 1st Ave. Also concentrated on my arms today. I noticed that when I get tired my left arm starts swinging across my body so concentrated on having my arms swinging on my sides.
After ice and drugs kicked in did my 3 sets of 7 min cycling, 3 min exercises. Added a real push up. Right knee didn't like the exercise so back to icing.
Food today: Weight: 157
9:00 coffee with milk
10:15 boiled egg with half toasted whole wheat bun, coffee with milk
12:30 1/4 chicken breast, cup rice
4:45 apple quarters with Tbsp peanut butter
5:45 3 small pancakes, syrup, 2 slices bacon, 3 slices grapefruit
lots of sips of water throughout day
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