March 27, 2008, Thursday

Shoes: New Balance W855BW
Resting HR: n/a
Time: 45 min, plus 8 min warm-up, 11 min-cool down
Pace: 11:39
Training HR: n/a
Miles: 3.86
Miles this week: 11.16
Weather: Mostly sunny, ~44 F.

Yeah, that's 30 seconds/mile faster than yesterday. I knew I was going in fast when I started, but I was way confident. Towards the end, around 39:00 or so, I had to walk for about 30-45 seconds because of stomach issues (damn colitis!), but obviously I more than made up for it. Able to do a final, nice kick at the end, which surprised me because my legs didn't feel as fresh as yesterday. But still finished strong! Woo hoo!

Am I being overconfident? Maybe. Tomorrow B. will run with me, and we'll only do a nice 30-min run, at a nice clip of maybe 11:30 or even 11:00. He hasn't run all week, so he'll need to ease into it. On Saturday, he'll join me for another long 45-min run, but it'll be at a slower pace.

Slept about 6 hours last night, which is still better than before but need to improve. Diet is more restricted now, courtesy of my naturopath, so I've eliminated dairy, eggs, almonds, bananas, wheat and all forms of gluten, and all beans from my diet for the next 3 months. Argh. I miss my chocolate bar already!

30 pushups, crunches, bicycle, half-leg crunches. Need to do weights tonight or tomorrow.