4.1 miles

Shoes: Saucony ProGrid Omni Ultimate
Resting HR: n/a
Time: 50:00 min, plus 5 min warm-up, 8 min cool-down, then 10 min stretching
Pace: 12:12
Training HR: n/a
Miles: 4.1 miles
Miles this week: 19.43 miles
Weather: Partly sunny, low humidity (~20-22%), ~70 F.
X-Training: 40 pushups, 60 crunches, 1:20 plank pose.
Weight: 120 lbs.

I don't get it. How could I possibly have run over 60 miles last month, and I only lost one freakin' pound? Meh. I can't run any more than I already do without hurting myself, so I guess I just have to keep plugging away at the bloody nutrition. Tweak tweak tweak.

That's the problem with running and other endurance activities that people helpfully neglect to tell you. The more you work, the hungrier you are. You need more food to fuel your workout, but there's a balance you have to maintain so that you don't end up gaining weight. I guess I still haven't quite figured out that balance. Sucks, too, because I don't remember it being this hard six years ago, but I guess I was starting from a good foundation back then. I didn't have to lose weight then, whereas now I do need to get back to 110-112. At this point I'd be happy at 115, but even that's becoming elusive. Blech.

Good long run today, though. Weather cooperated, and we actually got out on the road much earlier than usual: 6:30 instead of 7:00 or 8:00, which seems to be standard for us on weekends of late. Way better to do it this way so that you can crank out the miles and be back in time for breakfast while the sun's still up. Plus we missed most of the radiant heat of the sun that I get at 7:45. Weird what a difference a half hour makes in the morning.

Breakfast: 1 scrambled egg w/ red pepper flakes (~100 calories), Nature Valley granola bar (180 calories), 1 glass chocolate milk (200 calories). Total: 480 calories.

Friday:
Lunch: pasta w/ leftover canned tuna sauce.
Snack: half slice of whole wheat bread w/ peanut butter and preserves; cup of rice w/ melted cheese and tabasco sauce. 2 1/2"-sized samples of pretzel at Borders and 1 1"-size sample of apple pie. Unsweetened iced tea. 1 small peach.
Dinner: Small slice spinach quiche, 1 cup rice.