Captains log 05072013

Great Tuesday..  I woke up at 0430..  out of bed by 0445 and on the jog by 0530.  I woke up and immediately downed 16 oz of water and 8 oz of the odwalla blueberry smoothie.  Let my body digest the sugars and hit the pavement.

Being at work I cant post the route, I'll do it when I get home, but it is the one I have decided to base some progress on.  I have run it at least twice and this time I hit it hard.  I ran the first 1.7 miles without stopping.  I then walked about 1 to 2 minutes, ran for about 5 minutes, walked for about a minute, then finished off the 2.9 mile trek.  I forgot to start the timer but by calculating the songs from the iPod that I had listened to I got her done in ~28:04.  That folks is sub 10 or around 10 min mile.  That is almost a 5k in 30 minutes.  Unofficial I know but still an accomplishment I am proud of.  The best part is I had all my breath back within 1 minute of the cool down so I think my cardio is definitely getting much better.

I'm stoked..  I think this means that come Colfax marathon relay, which my part is alllllll downhill, I hope to run the whole 4 miles and get a respectable time in for my team.

Side note: I paid for a groupon for rugged maniac and never signed the wife and I up for actual race... doh!  So out $72 and no race as they now want $90 and not guaranteed to run with friends.  F that!  

You live you learn.

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Captains log 05062013

Not too busy for a Monday.  A little site after my long run yesterday I found time to get a 4 mile walk in at Cook park here in Denver.  My new balance pedometer showed I got 8800 paces in before work called me to an outage.  2.5 feet per pace. 

Later I got to the gym for the first time in a couple weeks.  Walked for 30 mins on a sharp incline and then rode the recumbent bike for 4.5 miles.  Great day of a slow burn.

At the gym I did weigh myself.  Granted it was a late day weigh in instead of my normal first thing in the morning.  I weighed in at a light 242 lbs.  While the number has not changed since my last weigh in by much I had to remind myself that I was drinking several ounces of water while working out in the evening and throughout the day.  I would say that I feel like I'm back in the 230's.  My clothes fit like that too.  So I would put that as ~20lbs lost in ~ 60 days. 

That is half what I lost last time in the same period.  I feel that this is due to several factors, the biggest being that my muscle soreness this time reminds me that I am building lean muscle.  The scale is not going to change too much if I am doing this right and can say I am happy with the results.

Captains log 05052013

Feliz Cinco De Mayo, es Domingo, y es una dia buena!  I woke up after a few hours of sleep since I worked until 2300 last night.  I went for a 6.7 mile run in 78 minutes today.  I got 5 miles in the first hour then the last 1.7 I ran for all but 2 minutes of the 18 minutes.  Final pace of 11:39 avg.  I am really happy with that.  It shows some improvement and that is all I ask for.

I have run 86 miles so far this year since I started keeping track in March.  Holy cow..

Clothes I bought last year fit again, a little snug but getting there.  Wife mentioned she thinks im losing more fat this time in the upper body, and that my friends is the goal.  I am still eating what seems like a ton of food, but mostly protein based and lower on the carbs end.  What carbs I do eat tend to be fruit sugars from my daily banana and other fruits.  So my sugars tend to be high but then i laugh when I think back to when I drank 5 or 6 sodas a day.  I almost bought a root beer yesterday until I looked and saw each soda had 45+ grams of sugar... in 12 ounces of soda!!!  8 oz of Odwalla blueberry super smoothie has 25 grams of fruit sugars and tastes every bit as good as a soda, and not empty by any means!

here is the new route I ran today:



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Captains log 05042013

Saturday, day of rest, and a 16 hr work day as I picked up an extra shift again.  Kept the calorie goal in check and ready for my long run tomorrow.

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Friday, my Wednesday this week.  I woke up late and that trend shall continue to my trip to work.  I got out and ran 1.6 miles this morning in a short 15 min quick run.  I pushed myself as it was a lot of downhill and it showed, sub 10 min mile.  I had one short walk in there too, for about a minute, at about 0.9 miles for the uphill run back home.  Not too bad, Ill take it:P

Now to get ready for work!!!

Captains log 05022013

Well it is Thursday and again I did nothing.. I hate this winter in the spring BS.  But I should be rested to get out tomorrow. 

Captains log 05012013

It freaking snowed today, what a crock of $417.   I did nothing today and kind of feel awful for it.. maybe tomorrow Ill get my run in.