Monday 6 Jan: Hips were a little sore today after the treadmill last night. Still had a pretty feel good standard 8 mile loop at work. Signed up for Villa Sport with the fam today so it will be fun to introduce some swimming and whatnot. So just have to say that Chocolate Lasagna (2 servings) is not the best idea 45 min before a run. I had so stop less than half a mile before the end to unload that, but man it was good.
Running Stats:
- Miles: 8
- Time: 1:10:22
- Pace: 8:47 (includes half mile jog and half mile walking cooldown)
- Gain: 250'
- Surface: 1/2 pavement, 1/2 gravel and snow
- Additional: NA
- Feelings: Hips a bit sore from treadmill the day prior.
- Weather: Low 20s and breezy but sunny.
Diet Stats:
- Breakfast: 2 Fried eggs and 2 slabs of ham, green tea with honey, and 2 cups black coffee
- Morning Snack: some chocolate candies at work
- Lunch: Early lunch gourmet salad with leftover bbq chicken and... CHOCOLATE LASAGNA
- Afternoon Snack: cup of snap peas, cup of almonds.
- Dinner: Lamb Chops with Mushroom, green onion, orange marmelade, and soy, cous cous, and brussel sprouts.
- Beers: 0
Running Stats for run 1:
- Miles: 6.02
- Time: 1:23:47
- Pace: 13:55
- Gain: 2,300'
- Surface: Packed snow mostly on trail
- Additional: NA
- Feelings: Legs a little sluggish for first 15-20 min (maybe cause I didn't really warmup) and then the light turned on and it was better from there.
- Weather: Low 30s and breezy but still dark.
Running Stats for run 2:
- Miles: 8
- Time: 1:07:50
- Pace: 8:28 (includes warmup and cooldown)
- Gain: 250'
- Surface: Pavement
- Additional: 3 circuits of the following- 25 decline situps, 10 pullups, 20 pushups
- Feelings: pretty spry. Didn't really feel this morning.
- Weather: Upper 40s to start with almost no wind, lower 40s with chilly breeze to finish.
Diet Stats:
- Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, 2 slabs of ham, and 2 slices of habanero pepper jack cheese, 2 cups black coffee
- Morning Snack:
- Lunch: Cantaloupe, Beef Kielbasa, String Cheese, Broccoli, Cottage Cheese, and egg, cheese, and rice burrito.
- Afternoon Snack: Chocolate lasagna (post run today)
- Dinner: 2 servings of black bean and beef soup over rice and a side salad with ACV for dressing, and a large serving of ice cream for dessert.
- Beers: 0 (glass of Holy Cross Abbey wine)
Wednesday 13 Jan: Thought for a while that I wasn't going to get to squeeze in the run and today would be my rest day. Turned out I squeezed the normal lunch distance but at a tempo 7:30 pace. For the amount of miles stacked in the past 7 days, I'm surprised my body could handle it and could have gone faster. Anyhow, good day besides not warming up or cooling down. Did kind of bad on the food though.
Running Stats:
- Miles: 8
- Time: 59:32
- Pace: 7:26
- Gain: 192'
- Surface: Pavement
- Additional: NA
- Feelings: Great
- Weather: Upper 20s with a cool breeze but sort of sunny.
Diet Stats:
- Breakfast: Green tea with honey, emergen-c with garlic, echinecia, vitamin c, and astaxanthan, 2 hard boiled eggs, 2 cups black coffee, 1 serving oatmeal with brown sugar and raisins
- Lunch: Among many little chocolates at work also had snap peas, cured ham, string cheese, walnuts
- Afternoon Snack: 3/8 of a cheese quesadilla
- Dinner: 5/8 of a Red Baron Frozen pizza, 1 serving ice cream, 1 piece habanero cheddar cheese, some cottage cheese, a few berries
- Beers: 0
Running Stats:
- Miles: 9
- Time: 1:23:55
- Pace: 9:19
- Gain: 253'
- Surface: All Pavement
- Additional: NA
- Feelings: Pretty good but legs a little tired.
- Weather: Sunny, 30s and breezy.
Diet Stats:
- Breakfast: 2 Hard Boiled Eggs, Cheese, Ham, 2 cups black coffee, green tea with honey.
- Morning Snack: Chocolate candies at work.
- Lunch: Snap Peas, pistachios, turkey kielbasa, broccoli, cutie
- Afternoon Snack: Kneaders 1/2 turkey bacon sandwich and salad.
- Dinner: Lasagna, steamed broccoli, Ice Cream
- Beers: 0
Running Stats:
- NA
Diet Stats:
- Breakfast: Fancy Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, 2 Cups Black Coffee, Green Tea with Honey, Chai Tea with Cream and Blue Agave
- Morning Snack: Chocolate Candies
- Lunch: Cous Cous, Turkey Kielbasa, Snap peas, cutie, apple
- Dinner: Texas Roadhouse- 11oz Rare Sirloin Steak, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, Salad with oil and vinegar, 2 Rolls with honey butter and half an order of Snake Bites
- Beers: 1
Saturday 16 Jan: After dinner last night, I realized that I forgot my shoes of all things for the Fatass so I went to REI and got the new pair I needed but hadn't budgeted for this month. I got the Brooks Pure Grit 2 because I have tried those before and liked them although the New Balance Minimus did feel great. After sleeping in the truck bed in the Superior COSTCO parking lot, I did the Boulder Frozen Front Range Marathon Fatass which I may do a separate blog entry for later. 28 Miles and over 8,000' of elevation gain made for a fun day in the windiest wind of my life. Is and 8:23 pace good for a Marathon? No not per mile... Total time. I think it was given the deep snow, wind, and elevation gain considering maybe less than 10 out of almost 60 starters even finished. I felt good to stroll into the finish as the first ones with a new friend who has placed top 10 at Leadville and has several other 100s under his belt.
Running Stats:
- Miles: 27.8
- Time: 8:23
- Pace: Moving pace 14:41
- Gain: 8,268'
- Surface: Ice, Dirt, Mud, Slush, Rocks, Deep Snow
- Additional: Are you kidding?
- Feelings: Great throughout. Never pushed hardest and always waited for the group.
- Weather: Upper 40s with 80 MPH gusts!
Diet Stats:
- Breakfast: 2 Hard boiled Eggs, Turkey Kielbasa, Black Coffee, Vitamin Water
- Morning Snack: Bacon
- Lunch: Almonds, Clif Shot, Dried Cranberries, Hammer Perpetuem
- Afternoon Snack: Clif Shot Blocks 1/2 Pack, Chips, Mountain Dew, Hammer Perpetuem, Dried Mango
- Dinner: Chipotle Steak Burrito
- Beers: 4 (Mountain Sun Brewery, all Java Porter)
Running Stats: Actually feeling able to run many more, I choose today as a family day. Ran the treadmill at the gym with the wife. With the normal walking warmup and cooldown as prescribed by Dr. Maffetone, the middle 2 miles still went at an 8 minute per mile at the 155 Heart Rate MAF pace that I know so well.
- Miles: 4
- Time: 37:28
- Pace: 9:22
- Gain: 0
- Surface: Rubber
- Additional: NA
- Feelings: Good. A little dehydrated still.
- Weather: Indoors
Diet Stats:
- Breakfast: Mushroom, Asparagus, Basil, and Mozzarella Omelet
- Lunch: Turkey Kielbasa, String Cheese
- Afternoon Snack: Snap Peas, Cashews, Wasabi Peas
- Dinner: Refried bean and cheese dip with chips and hot salsa
- Beers: 2
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