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run day.



01/10/2017

Bio: Morning

last night's sleep: 8 hours
last night fell asleep: ~3 AM
wakeup = 11 AM
bw = 158 lb.
- 
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = none
aches = none
injuries = abrasions where my shorts sit - from friction (mostly left hip and lowr back)
quad stretches throughout the day = decent
standing desk (when on computer): no
feel = tired
water = alot
mosquito bites: 0



Potential Races

- 02/19/2017: 6 AM: Publix A1A Half Marathon: http://a1amarathon.com/event-details/a1a-half-marathon/
-- http://a1amarathon.com/event-details/results/
- 03/25/2016: 6 AM: Coral Springs Half Marathon: http://www.halfmarathons.net/florida-race-for-womens-wellness-half-marathon-5k/
-- would need to run ~6:30 min/mi to be top 3.


Protocols:

- Kipsang Fartlek: 20 x (1-min on, 1-min off), 20 x (30s on, 30s off)
- half surface: run N miles hard on X surface (asphalt), run N miles light on Y surface (turf/grass)



Food

12 PM

- huge bowl of cereal + 2% milk + honey
- banana
- green tea
- orange juice


Food

4 PM

- pre-made beet juice drink
- banana
- some old watermelon (eeh)
- blueberries



Session: Evening

6 PM

speed (track): 3 mile warmup, 14 x 400m (400m jog rest) (7 mi total), 6 mile cool down on turf
- overall: 16.04 mi in 2h:19m:19s @ 8:41 pace
- every 400 under 6 min/mi .. goal achieved. Eventually this needs to be: every 400 under 5 min/mi 

This turf at FAU's track was really soft/slow compared to the turf I ran on the other day - or my legs were dead from speed, but i doubt it.





happy with it.. legs felt a bit dead tho (considering how good i ran during the 400's with them dead, very happy).. need to stretch more.



Food

8:30 PM

- ensure



Food

9 PM

- cookies and cream milkshake from kilwins
-- OMG AFTER A LONG RUN, THIS IS HEAVEN.



Food

10 PM

- sprite
- gingerale



Food

1 AM

- quinoa + grilled chicken
- propel
- jalapeno chips



Stretching

after run, randomly
- calves a bit tight already



tmw = RDL fest probably.. 

so i went to a bunch of outlet stores today at the sawgrass mills mall, looking for some beast "long distance" running shoes.. unreal, couldn't find anything except for these:



I tried on like 6 different pair of running shoes, they all felt horrible except for these New Balance 790v6 Speed Ride's.

They are decently light (7.9 oz), feel great/comfortable, feel 'hard' not mushy etc.. Ran 17 miles with them tonight, pretty much exactly what I wanted in a long distance training shoe.

FWIW, they felt 100x better than the adios's.. Also I feel better after running in them, other than my calves, but those have been acting up lately. Feet/quads/knees felt great running in them. Obviously not apples to apples (i've got in several long runs since running in the Adidas), but you know a shoe is 'better' immediately, once you put it on.. at least I do anyway.

158, damn that's a lot for you! but if it comes with strenf that you can maintain to an extent while getting back toward 150, worth it.

i am, to be perfectly blunt, worried you're going to hurt yourself with the amount of volume you're doing.

It's interesting how every body is built differently. What you describe as this heavy feeling @ 158lbs sets in for me at 215lbs+ ... there is no way I could get below 170lbs without going on starvation mode. I think I would feel the best for running/jumping at 185-190lbs but for olympic lifting 210-215lbs feels just right. Maybe I'll switch up my training at one point to achieve that 40'' (running) jump... we'll see. It's somewhat reassuring to still jump around 32'' at this bw without any focused jump training.

It's interesting how every body is built differently. What you describe as this heavy feeling @ 158lbs sets in for me at 215lbs+ ... there is no way I could get below 170lbs without going on starvation mode. I think I would feel the best for running/jumping at 185-190lbs but for olympic lifting 210-215lbs feels just right.

at 180+ i feel morbidly obese. the heaviest I got while being a gluttonous sedentary programmer was 207 lb.. could barely move. I imagine if I had been training (running + lifting) i'd have felt somewhat better though. but ya I feel very "unhealthy" when I get over 170; fatigue quicker, breathe harder, move mushier etc.

Maybe I'll switch up my training at one point to achieve that 40'' (running) jump... we'll see. It's somewhat reassuring to still jump around 32'' at this bw without any focused jump training.

nice! i imagine if you keep making so many gains that would be hard though, going down to ~185

+1 bodies are fascinating. i've literally never felt heavy in the way y'all are describing. my adult weight has stayed within a range of 15 pounds at the most extreme (as low as 165 when i've been sick or adjusted to a completely new living environment and routine, and as high as 180 when i was doing starting strength), and generally within five pounds/2kg (171-176 or so).

ya the biggest symptom of getting heavier is losing my 'bounce/snappyness'. When I no longer feel that, I feel sluggish etc. Also my breathing feels different when I run, and I feel 'warmer' during the day. I prefer when i'm shivering like a chiuaua, I feel like my body doesn't overheat as easy.

alot of stuff can be mental too but .. usually all of my performance numbers seem to click once I get really light.

edit: I was leaner and lighter towards the end/peak of my dunking.. my body actually felt better then too. Same with when I boxed, I was lighter/leaner than dunking (less muscle), felt amazing. I'm also older now too, so that could explain things.. but, I feel worse at 157 now than I did at 147 a few weeks ago. Maybe when i'm heavier I obviously eat more, and eating more usually makes me feel more tired/sluggish/"oily"/bloated etc.. So there's several things going on.

pc!

run day.



01/14/2017

Bio: Morning

last night's sleep: 8 hours
last night fell asleep: ~3:30 AM
wakeup = 11:30 AM
bw = 158 lb.
- 
morning resting heart rate = didn't measure
soreness = calves slightly
aches = toes on left foot achy
injuries = abrasions where my shorts sit - from friction (mostly left hip and lower back)
quad stretches throughout the day = decent
standing desk (when on computer): no
feel = decent
water = alot
mosquito bites: 0



Potential Races

- 02/19/2017: 6 AM: Publix A1A Half Marathon: http://a1amarathon.com/event-details/a1a-half-marathon/
-- http://a1amarathon.com/event-details/results/
- 03/25/2016: 6 AM: Coral Springs Half Marathon: http://www.halfmarathons.net/florida-race-for-womens-wellness-half-marathon-5k/
-- would need to run ~6:30 min/mi to be top 3.


Protocols:

- Kipsang Fartlek: 20 x (1-min on, 1-min off), 20 x (30s on, 30s off)
- half surface: run N miles hard on X surface (asphalt), run N miles light on Y surface (turf/grass)



Food

11:30 AM

- big bowl of cereal + 2% milk
- green tea



Food

3 PM

- watermelon + blueberries



Food

4 PM

- 2 x pizza
- some pesto + bread
- smoothie + whey protein
- cookie



Session: Evening

7 PM

long run: 13.12 mi in 1h:42m:32s @ 7:48 min/mi pace
- last 1.5 miles on turf/grass
- first mile was good, but apparently too fast.. legs/body felt dead shortly after
- the rest of the run sucked
- got in some decent 'intervals' towards the end .. crazy how fast they felt but they were barely under 6 min/mi or over 6 min/mi ... when i'm fatigued, what 'feels fast' is really alot slower



- my legs, calves, and feet felt pretty wrecked after... i should be feeling 'better' now, not worse.. odd.. looking at lifting as the possible culprit and/or those heavier shoes... and/or losing flexibility. I feel tighter, stiffer, etc..



Food

9 PM

- ensure
- gingerale



Stretching

tons of stretching after the run, when i got home



Food

10 PM

- 2% milk
- cookie



Food

12:30 AM

- grilled chicken
- almond milk
- propel



Stretching

going to stretch before bed



might barely lift tomorow.. might actually do some light limb 'strength' movements and a ton of stretching.. dno

also i need to make sure not to wreck myself with stretching.

I actually feel a little weird (icky/unhealthy) lately.. I think I might be eating too much............. heh. dno.



also measured my RHR today a few times in the morning, was ~49.. so it's definitely dropped a bit.

I prefer when i'm shivering like a chiuaua, I feel like my body doesn't overheat as easy.

spot on comparison for those shivers lool

do you think you'd still like staying sub 150 if you lived in a colder region though? shivering gets old