| Location: Cambridge,MA, Member Since: Apr 15, 2007 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: 3:25:46 Marathon (Seattle '07)
1:36:56 Half Marathon (Whidbey '07)
1:34:30 Half Marathon - in race (Seattle '07)
53:02 12k (Rhody Run '07)
6:55 pace 14.52/185 mi relay (Northwest Passage '08) Short-Term Running Goals: Weight
June 1: 163 157!
June 8: 161 156
June 15: 159 156
June 22: 157 153
June 29: 155
July 6: 153
July 13: 151
July 20: 149 August 1: 149.6!
Races
Oct 26: Cape Cod Marathon Long-Term Running Goals: Emulate my stepfather -- still running at 87!
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 89.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 95.15 |
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| Nirvana Orange Miles: 5.00 | Nirvana Gold Miles: 25.00 | DS Sky Speed Orange Miles: 37.90 |
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| Weight: 165.09 | Calories: 3492.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Getting back in the swing after months-long layoff. Want to drop 10-15 lbs before adding any substantial miles, guessing I'm up to 165 or so. Intended a leisurely run around Fresh Pond, but a chick with an ipod tried to pass me. She didn't get far! Maybe a 7:50ish average though I won't keep time until a bit lighter on my feet. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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A very stately trot around Fresh Pond, then 15 min cool-down on the elliptical. Hottish and sweaty, but rather a nice evening. Left achilles and posterior tendon-that-connects-to-the-achilles somewhat sore. Fitness in quads is not good, they've already got that glycogen-depleted feel but it's fine if I keep below 9:00s. Baseline weight: 168 Bugs eaten: 1
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| Nirvana Orange Miles: 5.00 |
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| Weight: 168.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.75 |
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Saw the Dr., more baseline biometric data... they are ugly:
BP: 130/90
RP: 74
Weight: 167
Shouldn't surprise me after ten months of inactivity, but not fun to see.
Aiming for 2.5 lbs/wk -- 153 by July 4. Then I can start training.
Gal's to the river up and back. Not fun, not fast. Beautiful evening, couples on the benches; my body however did not inhabit the garden of terrestrial delights. Like running with a 20-pound weight belt. Used the heart rate monitor & stayed in the 150s for everything but the end (163). Took the whole 3 min cooldown to get back to 115. | |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Clothing malfunction, enough said. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| 10 pm and 76 degrees. Feeling better, but abdomen is awfully tight. An odd sensation. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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AM: Fresh pond. Felt ok all things considered. PM: Managed 1:20:00 on the elliptical. Nice!
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| Weight: 165.80 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Fail fail fail. The workout on the elliptical felt good at the time, but too much perhaps on the same set of running muscles. Just couldn't loosen up, after a while began to get the sense that I was in danger of pulling something and cut short. Frustrating, as CV is starting to catch up and I otherwise felt good. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 30 min stretching. Still tight. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 30 min stretching. Still tight but feels better. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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Fresh Pond, felt decent. Followed by 30 min on the bike (what they call 9 miles). Hit the first weight target and well on way to the second. It would be good to get more conscious of what I'm eating, even plan meals a bit in advance. I know that since Fall semester my diet has been random, including - for the first time in five or six years - empty calories like m&ms and chocolate covered almonds, copious bad fats like Dunkin Donuts breakfast sandwiches (yum!), and undisciplined consumption of rich foods like Greek 10% fat yogurt (totally awesome!) stinky cheeses (yes!) and too much gnocchi in cream sauce and linguine carbonara (wow!). Worse yet eating was irregular: periods of hunger when I was trying to get work done-- actually 'starvation' is probably more apt since I didn't really notice being hungry-- interspersed with rapid consumption of fats, sugars and processed starchy foods. On one late working evening I ate three 10 oz tubs of chocolate covered almonds. Because of the ups and downs it is hard to peg my average daily intake intake, but given the amount of fat, sugar and processed food I don't think 3,500 calories is a crazy estimate. So that means if I take it down to 2,500 or so, run 5 mi/45 min (600 calories burned over baseline) at least 5 days a week and do low impact cardio for 30 min (250 calories) at least 2 days a week I'll be at 7,000 + 3,500 = 3 pounds. Slightly more food or less exercise hits the 2.5 lb weekly target exactly. I hate counting calories but I'll try to record my food consumption and then maybe go back each week and make a back of the envelope calculation to see how it lines up with the weight loss. Today's eating was ok but not well planned. Breakfast: 3 bowls of raisin bran with whole milk Lunch: None. 5 mi run and cardio workout in the pm, then Dinner: Lightly spiced white basmati rice and chicken breast sauteed in olive oil with sweet pepper sauce; ~1 qt vegetable juice; ~1 qt orange juice; 3 apples; romaine lettuce salad with oil and vinegar. | |
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| Weight: 163.50 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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Breakfast: 1/2 banana, 2/3 pint vegetable juice, 1 apple. Lunch: 3 egg omelette with feta, scallions and tomatoes in vegetable oil, (decaf) cappuccino. Afternoon: 1 pt vegetable juice. Post-run: 2 granola bars. Dinner: two pieces garlic nan, spicy mango lamb over basmati rice. It was a good run today, around Fresh pond, up the hill to Huron Ave and back around. Still feeling heavy, but the muscles are starting to work together again. Good calf stretching afterwards in the shower, a bit of the ITB on Gal's couch. Probably could use some more of that action.
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Breakfast/lunch: 4 pieces dry rye toast, one and a half 2 egg omelette with ginger, scallions, refried beans (no lard), chevre, and avocado, 1 pint vegetable juice. |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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River 5 mi in the morning. Very pleasant morning, but it will be hot. I'm off the wagon and struggling with my routine, but seem to be keeping off what I've already lost. So while 152 is probably a lost cause by July 4, I have an outside shot at 155 or so. Hege has bought me a Stick, which will be nice on my ITB; it's sore. Now walking back from a late dinner at Muqueca. The air has cooled, it feels just below skin temperature, with soft puffs of breeze that wash across the face like ripples at slack tide. The sun set gigantic and iridescent as we strolled around Inman Square in search of a restaurant with outdoor tables. No luck, but a sweet evening ramble. Now the moon has risen, the same size as the sun (that optical illusion which makes eclipses). Gal asked me to write this. She said, "People read your blog, and they're expecting it," which isn't true; it means that she does. And that's enough for me. I feel a wave of love and affection. I want to taste with her the sweetness of the June air; the awkwardness of young women in short summer dresses that don't quite fit, walking together in threes; the forlorn headphones in someone's ear as he sits alone outside the falafel restaurant; the croak of a weatherbeaten couple on a bench in Central Square discussing their social security checks; the epicycles of the orange cat's tail, back and forth, back and forth in front of the gate at 117 Pleasant. I walk in the door and am home except for the Gal-shaped depression that's missing from the bed. She ought to be here, her absence feels like an error in an astronomical calculation. I can feel her gravitational pull all over this evening, and, as I drift off to sleep, there she is, it's only the luminescence that's missing, like a new moon that will be full again two weeks from now.
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| Weight: 161.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Found a good route out to the community garden. Run was easier than expected, kept a nice steady pace and my stride felt good. Am prepared to have to go through the oatmeal again at some point this week but it looks like I was able to maintain some level of fitness despite errant discipline. Air temp was already hottish and stagnant by 730. | |
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| Weight: 163.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Long beach run at La Push. There be whales. Happy birthday to me! |
| Weight: 0.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| More beach running. It is incredibly beautiful. Played tag with the tide, which was coming in fast. Up and back twice on Olympic Beach Three. | |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10 |
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Nice evening. To the community garden. No fun getting passed but not in shape yet... took more effort to hold back I think than it would have been to keep up! route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5205928
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| DS Sky Speed Orange Miles: 6.10 |
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| Weight: 164.00 | Calories: 758.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10 |
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Stunning day. Felt great-- so great that I didn't even pay attention to the slight abrasion on my ankle where the sock was too low. Bled all over my new shoes! Other than that they are perfect, like no shoes at all. route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5205928
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| DS Sky Speed Orange Miles: 6.10 |
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| Weight: 164.60 | Calories: 758.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10 |
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Nice day, partly cloudy pleasant fall temperatures. Hard to believe it's December 4. The gauze over the blister kept riding up so had to stop two or three times but other than that a pleasant run. Feeling stronger progressively. Another week at this rate and then will start adding back-to-backs. route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5205928
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| DS Sky Speed Orange Miles: 6.10 |
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| Weight: 165.80 | Calories: 766.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10 |
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Beautiful fall evening -- on Dec 6! Light drizzle, or mist rather. Felt good. Stretch at 2.5, seemed to untie something near the Achilles. Had a little burst at about 5.25 (catching the green light at River St.) Nice rhythm, just need to take off 10 pounds or so before looking too hard to find it. route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5205928 |
| DS Sky Speed Orange Miles: 6.10 |
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| Weight: 162.50 | Calories: 760.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Worked out on the elliptical and treadmill. Feeling pretty heavy, weight doesn't seem to be much higher but time to ditch the visceral fat. Nice to be back in Washington state. |
| Weight: 165.00 | Calories: 450.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Ok, here it is. Up to the track which has a great forgiving surface. Five reps of stadium-steps too. Cooldown on the elliptical 15 minutes. Route: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5227210 |
| DS Sky Speed Orange Miles: 4.50 |
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| Weight: 167.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Same as yesterday. Feeling fine. Will try six/wk of these. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5227210 |
| DS Sky Speed Orange Miles: 4.50 |
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| Weight: 167.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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AM: Just the run and five reps stadium steps. Would be great to go home to Cambridge in January at 160. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5227210 PM: 35 min on the elliptical - 500 calories (by Procor calculation). Weighed out at 169 - somewhat demoralizing.
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| DS Sky Speed Orange Miles: 4.50 |
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| Weight: 169.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 89.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 95.15 |
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| Nirvana Orange Miles: 5.00 | Nirvana Gold Miles: 25.00 | DS Sky Speed Orange Miles: 37.90 |
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| Weight: 165.09 | Calories: 3492.00 | |
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