Calling It Experimental

Saturday, February 16, 2013

I was much later than usual getting out this morning.  I was not successful in my plan to go to bed early last night, so I dozed on the couch for a bit.  I finally went out the door at 6:30 and decided to call it an experiment in going out later.  Although it was kind of nice to have it not be quite so dark, I'm going to say that I still much prefer going shortly after 5:00 - the biggest thing is that there is much, much, much less traffic.    I'm not a big fan of dodging cars and it was a street day since we got a couple inches of snow overnight.

Also not terribly thrilled how its the middle of the day and I haven't accomplished anything yet.  Need to give myself a swift kick in the backside as soon as I'm done with this.

On another subject, I had my semi-annual checkup yesterday.  Got an official weight, which was a couple pounds higher than my home scale but nothing significant.  All other numbers were good, so it was a very short appointment.

Breakfast:  Omelet with the works, bacon, ham, sausage, mushroom, onion, tomato, sour cream, cheese; diced redskin potatoes, sourdough toast, coffee.

Decided to go out on Saturday instead of Sunday this weekend - my failure to do the dishes and prepare stuff last night is the reason.  I really need some focus.

Snack:  Cleaned up some chips and onion dip.  Will be done with those today and hopefully good for a while.  Had a lot.

Lunch: 3 Taco Bell chicken burritos

Dinner:  About half of a homemade pizza, salad with ranch

Exercise:  C25K, Week 7, Day 2.  25 minute jog.  I did the usual loop, pedometer said 3.6 miles in 57 minutes.  I figure it's about 3/4 of a mile walking, then I jog about 1 3/4 in my 25 minutes, then a little over a half mile home for a total of ~ 3 miles in the real world.

The first ten minutes or so was quite easy.  No aches or pains which was a nice change.  Quickly got into sync with nice short steps and a higher cadence.  Slowed a bit after that and then hit the hill which is a killer.  Recovered on the downhill, eased up the last incline and was OK to the finish.  Overall I'd say it was pretty good - I was definitely stronger than Wednesday.  The walk home was very slow and I was definitely a little tired, which is the sign of a good workout I guess.  If I can maintain the pace and feel I had for the first ten minutes - I don't track these things but it felt good enough to maybe be in the 12 min/mile range - for longer then I will reach my goal.

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