September 2007: D5/21

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10:00 AM
5K run

Today we ran the Terry Fox Run! Turns out our local version only had a 1K and 5K run, instead of the 10K I had been expecting. Oh well. I haven't run since last weekend, so 5K was enough for me. It was a little drizzly, which is perfect for running, and I never really got into a groove, but I did run the entire distances instead of wimping out partway for a walk break. Go peer pressure!

Why, you ask, did I not get my runs in last week? Well, let me enlighten and amaze. We did go out on Tuesday night, and I was feeling pretty good after the first mile, until I rolled my right ankle and fell at a stoplight. Yep, caught my toe on a manhole cover and collapsed in on myself like an imploded building. Ugh. I have a horrible great scrape on my left knee, and my right ankle was swollen for three days. It still aches a bit, but was okay enough for the run this morning.

I feel like such a pansy ass, and I'm starting to accept that I likely won't be running the whole 21 kilometres of the half-marathon in November, given my immensely inconsistent training to date.

September 2007: D4/21

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7:15 PM
7.5K run

We won't even talk about pace. Or the fact that I missed my 5K run on Thursday, so I was feeling a little apprehensive about this one. What I will say is that my breathing was fine throughout, my feet felt a little heavy at times, and mostly I tried to concentrate on my posture and maintaining a consistent speed. I did a 20:1 run/walk, and stopped two times for additional 30-second walk breaks, mostly to get my head back into the right space.

The purpose of this run was to build distance. After completing it, I'm feeling a lot more confident about being able to build a little bit of speed on my shorter runs.

I remember what it felt like when I first started running a few years ago, and how a 40 or 50-minute run would wipe me out for the next day. I feel pretty good right now after having thoroughly stretched.

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NUTRITION
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8:00 AM - grilled salmon, steamed carrots and broccoli, steamed nugget potatoes
1:00 PM - california roll, chicken teriyaki, veggie tempura
9:30 PM - beef and broccoli stirfry over brown rice

September 2007: rest day #1

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WORKOUT
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rest day!

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NUTRITION
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7:15 PM - 1 cup Kashi cereal, 1/2 soy milk
9:00 PM - 1 cup coffee
12:00 PM - 1 cup fried rice, 1/2 cup green beans in black bean sauce, 1/3 cup sesame chicken
6:30 PM - Big Mac, fries, bottled water

Yeah, yeah, no one shoved the Big Mac down my throat. It's still CM's fault.

September 2007: D3/21

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8:15 PM - 2 mile run

A lovely twilight run at an acceptable 17 degrees Celsius. I mapped out a run that was exactly 2 miles, and we ran about 3K of it. (Apparently I am incapable of reading a map. I checked my route today and it's actually 4K, of which we ran about 3.8K. No wonder I'm not allowed to drive when we go anywhere.) I had to stop at about the 2K point to stretch my calf, but after that CM paced me for about 800 600 metres at a pretty brisk pace. It was awesome! I was running, not plodding. My legs felt good, my posture was easy, and my breathing was barely difficult. CM says that next time he's going to push me to the end, rather than letting me ease off the last few metres. Bring it on!

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NUTRITION
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7:15 AM - 1 cup Kashi cereal, 1 cup soy milk
9:00 AM - 1 cup coffee
11:00 AM - 1 banana
12:30 PM - grilled pork chop, 1 cup asparagus
3:30 PM - 1 cup chopped tomatoes and cucumbers
5:00 PM - 1 slice banana bread
7:30 PM - 1/2 cup rice, 1/2 grilled salmon
9:00 PM - 1/2 grilled salmon, steamed carrots and broccoli

September 2007: D2/21

Note #34563 to self re life skills: put running shoes in gym bag before going to gym. They don't let you work out in flip-flops. Yes, that brilliant move cost me half an hour of driving back home to retrieve my shoes, which were sitting right beside the entryway, in plain view of my apparently blind self. All of this, and I still manage to get myself to work and pretend to be a normally-functioning human being 95% of the time. The mind boggles.

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WORKOUT
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7:00 PM
weights workout
dumbbell press 3x15 @ 15/15/20 lbs
1 arm cable row/lunge 3x12 @ 17/17/22 lbs
iron cross 3x12 @ 5 lbs
overhead cable pull 3x12 @ 22 lbs
bicep curl 3x15 @ 15 lbs

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NUTRITION
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10:00 AM - pork and veggie curry over white rice, 1 cup coffee
2:00 PM - 1 cup Kashi cereal, 1 cup soy milk
5:30 PM - 2/3 cup bean salad
8:30 PM - stirfried garlic asparagus, tomato/cucumber/feta salad, grilled pork chop

September 2007: D1/21

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3:00 PM
4 mile run

The loop was about 6K, but I took a few walk breaks, more for the mental pause than anything else, I think. My legs and breathing were fine, and I don't feel drained like I usually do after a "long" run.

When I run from the house, my loop goes clockwise and the end of the run features a 200 metre hill climb--our house is at the top of a hill. I bitch and moan about it, but one of the things that makes a run feel so satisfying is when I've got enough energy left to jam it up that tiny piece of incline. Today I did!

So, while I haven't run for the past two weeks, I'm still on schedule with my training, distance-wise. I just can't afford to miss the 2 and 3 mile runs scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday. So...I won't.

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NUTRITION
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12:00 PM - sourdough toast, hashbrowns, egg, sausages
4:00 PM - apple slices with peanut butter, 1/3 ham and cheese sandwich
7:30 PM - Japanese pork and veggie curry over white rice