One Third of the Way There

Saturday 12/8/12

The reward that I give myself for completing the long runs, as scheduled, is time at my favorite coffee house.  It's one of my favorite things to do.  Sitting, soaking up some atmosphere and surfing the web or tuning everything out with some music and reading a good novel.  Today, is a big reward for me.  I went out and completed 8.6 miles this morning.  It was awesome,except for the rain.  It was foggy when I started then it began misting and that eventually turned into a steady drizzle.  The rain dripped into my eyes and made my thighs burn from the cold dampness of my pants but I was so comfortable in my pace that I barely noticed it.  Running in the rain is my least favorite activity but today it didn't seem that bad.  I ran strong and steady till the last mile when my glutes began to cramp up on me a little bit.  Nothing too terrible though.  In fact I feel pretty good this afternoon.  After I got back from my run I realized that I ran approximately 1/3 of a marathon today.  I started thinking about that and figured that I will be able to finish a marathon.  The last third of it probably will not look as graceful as the first third but I will cross the finish line, if today was any indication of what I can get do.  Not bad today, considering I haven't run more than 6 miles since October of 2010.  I don't want to get over confident but I really do think that I got this.

This week I have been dealing with an abscessed tooth.  I have to go to a specialist to have a root canal but first the infection has to get cleared up.  To top things off, I have exhausted my dental benefits until January.  Needless to say, it has taken a serious strategy to figure out when to take the meds to ward off the pain and not interfere with my workouts.  I will not let this stop me though.  Only once this week did I get the timing wrong, as evidenced by a few mishaps at the gym in the morning which led to me punching myself in the head a few times (don't ask).  At the beginning of this I said that I would be honest with you about my training, good and bad.  I hope no one was taking a drink of something when they read that.  They would have risked spitting  it out their nose just then.  You remember that old Wide World of Sports jingle...the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.  Sometimes you win some and some times...you just don't. 

8.6miles; 1:31:36; 10:40pace; 816calories

December 5, 2012

Foods	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Cholest	Sodium	Sugars	Fiber
Breakfast
Mangos - Raw, 1 cup, sliced	107	28g	0g	1g	0mg	3mg	24g	3g
Herbalife - Protein Drink Mix - Vanilla Rs, 2 Tablespoons	110	5g	3g	15g	0mg	340mg	1g	0g
Herbalife 24 - Prepare, 2 scoops	60	8g	0g	0g	0mg	100mg	0g	0g
Pineapple - Raw, all varieties, 0.5 cup, diced	37	10g	0g	0g	0mg	1mg	7g	1g
Kraft Foods - Nabisco - Ritz Crackers - Original, 5 Crackers (16g)	80	10g	5g	1g	0mg	105mg	1g	0g
Lunch
Herbalife Healthy Meal Shake Mix - Nutritional Shake Mix 2 Scoop of Protein Powder, 28 g	110	5g	3g	15g	0mg	340mg	1g	0g
Herbalife - Protein Drink Mix - Vanilla Rs, 2 Tablespoons	110	5g	3g	15g	0mg	340mg	1g	0g
Dinner
Herbalife - Butter Pecan Shake, 16 oz	260	18g	4g	24g	0mg	435mg	10g	3g
Snacks
Trader Joe's - Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds, 1/4 cup (15 pieces)	230	19g	16g	4g	0mg	0mg	13g	3g
Medifast - Mini Pretzels, 1.25 ounce	110	13g	2g	11g	0mg	130mg	1g	4g
Generic - Fresh Ground Almond Butter, 1 Tablespoon	90	7g	10g	5g	0mg	4mg	0g	2g
Nickels - 35 Calorie Wheat Bread, 2 Slices	70	17g	1g	4g	0mg	170mg	2g	4g
Kraft - Singles - American Cheese, 2 slice (19g)	120	2g	9g	6g	30mg	460mg	2g	0g
Progresso Light - Italian Style Meatball Soup, 1 Cup	80	13g	2g	3g	5mg	480mg	5g	2g
Kraft Foods - Nabisco - Oreo Cookies , 3 cookies (34g)	160	24g	7g	1g	0mg	140mg	14g	1g
TOTAL:	1,734	184g	65g	105g	35mg	3,048mg	82g	23g

Exercises	Calories	Minutes	Sets	Reps	Weight
Cardiovascular
Circuit training, general	400	52
Hot yoga	516	120
TOTALS:	916	172	0	0	0

December 6, 2012

Foods	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Cholest	Sodium	Sugars	Fiber
Breakfast
Herbalife - Protein Drink Mix - Vanilla Rs, 2 Tablespoons	110	5g	3g	15g	0mg	340mg	1g	0g
Herbalife Healthy Meal Shake Mix - Nutritional Shake Mix 2 Scoop of Protein Powder, 28 g	110	5g	3g	15g	0mg	340mg	1g	0g
Blueberries - Raw, 0.5 cup	41	11g	0g	1g	0mg	1mg	7g	2g
Pineapple - Raw, all varieties, 0.5 cup, diced	37	10g	0g	0g	0mg	1mg	7g	1g
It Works Global - Greens, 2 scoops	10	1g	1g	0g	0mg	10mg	0g	0g
Lunch
Herbalife Shake - White Chocolate Reese's Shake, 16 oz.	241	29g	2g	24g	0mg	0mg	0g	4g
Dinner
Olga's Kitchen - Peasant Soup, 2 cups	230	19g	10g	15g	45mg	1,180mg	0g	3g
Olgas - 1/2 Original Olga, 1 sandwich	350	32g	16g	14g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Olga's Kitchen - Olga's Snackers, 10 pieces with cheese	470	53g	24g	6g	155mg	290mg	0g	2g
Snacks
Pretzels - Snyder's Snaps, 12 minis	60	13g	1g	2g	0mg	195mg	0g	0g
Coffeemate - French Vanilla-Liquid, 1 tbsp	35	5g	2g	0g	0mg	30mg	5g	0g
Generic - Fresh Ground Almond Butter, 1 Tablespoon	90	7g	10g	5g	0mg	4mg	0g	2g
TOTAL:	1,784	190g	72g	97g	200mg	2,391mg	21g	14g

Exercises	Calories	Minutes	Sets	Reps	Weight
Cardiovascular
Circuit training, general	300	52
Running (jogging), 6 mph (10 min mile)	289	29
TOTALS:	589	81	0	0	0

December 7, 2012

Foods	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Cholest	Sodium	Sugars	Fiber
Breakfast
Herbalife - Turtle Cheesecake Shake, 16 oz	280	17g	0g	24g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Lunch
Herbalife - ** Chocolate Strawberry Shake**, 1 Shake	230	24g	4g	24g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Dinner
Marco's Pizza - Pepperoni Pizza, 2.5 slice	725	80g	28g	38g	63mg	1,525mg	8g	5g
Snacks
Generic - Fresh Ground Almond Butter, 1 Tablespoon	90	7g	10g	5g	0mg	4mg	0g	2g
Pretzels - Snyder's Snaps, 12 minis	60	13g	1g	2g	0mg	195mg	0g	0g
Snacks - Popcorn, oil-popped, 1 cup	55	6g	3g	1g	0mg	97mg	0g	1g
M&M's - Chocolate Candies, 40 g (about 1/4 cup)	200	29g	8g	2g	5mg	25mg	27g	1g
Cheez-It - Baked Snack Crackers 13.7 oz Box, 30 grams	150	17g	8g	3g	0mg	31mg	0g	1g
TOTAL:	1,790	193g	62g	99g	68mg	1,877mg	35g	10g

Exercises	Calories	Minutes	Sets	Reps	Weight
Cardiovascular
Circuit training, general	470	61
TOTALS:	470	61	0	0	0