4.09 miles

Shoes: Saucony ProGrid Omni Ultimate
Resting HR: n/a
Time: 45:00 min, plus 8 min warm-up, 10 min cool-down, then 15 min stretching
Pace: 11:01
Training HR: n/a
Miles: 4.09 miles
Miles this week: 12.02 miles
Weather: Mostly sunny, low humidity (~30%), ~68 F.
X-Training: 45 pushups, 70 crunches, 1:30 plank pose.
Weight: 120.5 lbs.

I think I'm coming down with something. I just feel it, you know? I don't have any overt symptoms yet, but there's something about my sinuses and my head that isn't right. Anyway, I'm upping my Vitamin C intake just to make sure and will try to get more sleep tonight. I haven't done too badly on the latter of late, but it's still mostly under 8 hours. Considering how much I've been running lately, that really needs to be more like 9 hours a night, but it's a work in progress. It's hard to go to bed at 8:30, but as I have to wake up at 5:30, I need to in order to get the full 9 hours in.

Still, I almost broke 11:00 today! Woo hoo! It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I honestly think I could've run that pace for another mile or so, maybe longer. No pickups today, but there wasn't any need to, since the pace was faster than I've done in a while. With that kind of pace, I should be able to break 30:00 in a 5K easily.

Food-wise, I think I'm doing better, but I need to increase my veggies/greens intake. That's another challenge I should focus more on. Protein-wise, though, I'm on target, especially since I've been eating more chicken and beans for dinner. I'm finding that I'm not as empty when I wake up in the morning as I was before, and I'm even more in good shape now that I've introduced pre-run snacks an hour before I head out.

Pre-run snack: 1 large banana.
Breakfast: 1 brown-sugar-and-cinnamon Pop-Tart, 1 half-glass chocolate milk.
Snack: 1 medium, skim cafe au lait.
Lunch: 1 cup rice, 3 Parmesan Chicken pieces.

Wednesday:
Breakfast: Yogurt, wheat germ, diced small peach, 1 tsp agave nectar; 1 small glass OJ.
Snack: 1 small, skim cafe au lait.
Lunch: 1 cup pasta with marinara sauce, baked with cheddar cheese topping.
Snack: 1 bag Bugles; 1 Nature Valley Oats 'n' Honey granola bar.
Dinner: 1 cup rice, 1/2 sauteed large red pepper w/ olive oil, garlic and vinegar, 4 Parmesan Chicken pieces. 2 small dark chocolate squares.