OBJECTIVE
3 mi.
ACHIEVED
3.27 mi.@ 8:10
6:24 AM 68° 89% 1 mph
Back home. I'm tired from traveling. Watched the Cougars lose to Florida last night on the plane.
PRE RUN
weight=164
22.2% body fat
POST RUN
diet V8 splash, multivitamin & oatmeal w/almonds, brown sugar & skim milk
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
OBJECTIVE
run
ACHIEVED
3.04 mi. treadmill hills in 27:18
ITB exercises & push-ups
~5:30 AM
There was supposed to be snow overnight but when I looked out the window this morning I didn't see any. However the flags at the Hyatt Regency Chicago were extended horizontal from the wind. I checked the weather on my Blackberry and it said the "feels like" temperature was 18F. Enough to push me in the direction of the hotel fitness center. I don't like treadmills. I'm sure I've mentioned that before. The center was surprisingly busy at this hour. I jumped on, set the dreadmill for a 27 minute hill workout at Level 5 and set out. Listened to my MP3 player for a bit but the cords were getting tangled and earbuds were coming out so I switched to the morning drivel on the television. Made it through the boredom and worked up a pretty good sweat. I don't trust any treadmill's calibration so the mileage and incline are always a question in my mind. So the best I can say is that I can at a pretty good pace for 27 minutes this morning.
I went back to my room and cranked out my old IT band exercises and mixed in push-ups during the rest intervals. I haven't done the ITB exercises for a while. I need to do them more. Not that I'm having ITB problems but I think they're good injury prevention as they work leg muscles associated with lateral movement. These are stablizing muscles for running. Can they help my calf problems? I don't know. Certainly not directly but maybe there's some linkage in the chain that benefits and helps with the calf issues.
I still don't have my sleeping and eating routine set while traveling. My nutrition is improving slowly but it's rare that I sleep through the night in a hotel room. This morning I woke up around 2:30 - the same time I did yesterday. Today gave up on falling back asleep so I cleared some work email before going to the fitness center. I also packed since I'm headed back to H-town later today. Hopefully I'm on a plane with LiveTV and can watch Jimmer and the Coogs' sweet sixteen matchup against Florida. I'm holding my breath on this one.
PRE RUN
POST RUN
sugar free instant oatmeal (maple & brown sugar) & Tazo Calm herbal tea
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
OBJECTIVE
3 mi.
ACHIEVED
3.35 mi.@ 8:23
6:03 AM blustery; ~30F w/winds
Another trip over to the Lakefront Trail. I'm not exactly sure what the tidal effects are with Lake Michigan but I was a bit surprised to notice this morning that the waves were coming over the banks this morning. This with with I believe is relatively light winds.
It rained last night and will probably rain quite a bit today. But I caught a window where there was no rain.
And finally, it was cold stepping out from the hotel so I didn't wait for my Garmin to find enough satellites to get a good bead on my location. After flying and when standing among the buildings of the city, the Garmin takes quite a long time to sync. I wasn't going to wait around this morning as it was cool and I wanted to get on with it. Therefore, I'm not too confident in the accuracy of my distance and pace.
PRE RUN
POST RUN
* maple & brown sugar sugar free instant oatmeal
* How can the oatmeal be "sugar free" and the flavor be "maple & brown sugar "? Sounds like I'm eating some bad chemicals ... ?
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