a new beginning February 2010 Week 1

I keep meaning to return to my blogging but procrastination usually overtakes me. Anyway, I was discussing my unusual dietary preferences with a friend and thought it might be interesting to use my blog to keep a sort of food/workout journal to give both myself and you dear reader more insight into my training and racing. Ideally I hope to use this to spur myself to eat healthier fare. I don't know if blogging about my food choices will help modify my behavior, but it is worth a shot.

2/01/10 Monday morning: no workout; took the morning off.

Breakfast: Special K cereal with pecans.

Lunch: McDonald's double burger plain plus fries and 4 cokes. Dessert was 1 caramel sundae and 2 cherry pies.

Monday evening: Big River group run: I ran the loop backwards early but cut in at Gravois to Hampton and back to the store. I then ran the loop forward with the group but again turned back at Gravois to Hampton and back to the store. I figure the entire run for me was about 12 miles. I felt pretty good considering I ran 18 miles the day before on Sunday. Immediately after the run went over to the catch the 7 p.m. crossfit class. Sarah installed new fluorescent lights on the ceiling which made the place look like the lighting from the Twilight movie.

Dinner: roast beef with carrots and water.


2/02/10 Tuesday morning: Crossfit class then to the gym for 10 x 100 of donkey calf raises (90 lbs), leg presses (20 lbs) and leg curls (40 lbs). 5 x 100 on the inner and outer thigh machine (60 lbs each) plus 1000 sit ups on the ab machine; then 30 minute spin class and 15 minute abs class. I also swam 1000 meters. First time back in the pool in what seems like forever. I felt much slower and 50 meters seemed like a long way--out of swimming shape for sure.

Lunch: Mexican restaurant special #1 which was a single taco, beef burrito, and refried beans plus a basket of chips and salsa. I drank water but stopped by McDonald's for dessert--two caramel sundaes--yummy stuff.

Tuesday evening: 24 Lift class plus abs class then worked on pull ups---gravitron machine starting at 90 lbs and gradually working downward to 40 lbs doing as many pull ups as I could at each weight until failure. Tough stuff. My pull ups are a big weakness with the crossfit qualifer coming up in less than 2 weeks. I also did 100 reverse sit ups with the knees on the ground and pulling the thick rope around my neck and reaching toward the floor with 40 lbs of weight on the machine. I definitely felt my abs contracting on that one.

Dinner: Large pepperoni pizza and 3 pepsi cans.

2/03/10 Wednesday morning: Athletic Training class (harder than normal with using the arms to push myself across the length of the room while sliding on paper plates beneath my shoes among many different exercises) then 10 x 100 on the inner and outer thigh machine at 60 lbs. Good times there. Also, another 1000 sit ups on the ab machine plus 100 more on the incline sit up machine at 20 lbs. I also added in 5 x 40 lbs of shoulder presses twice. Also 100 side raises with 35 lbs on each arm.

Lunch: McDonald's double burger plain plus fries and 4 cokes. Dessert was 2 caramel sundaes.

Wednesday evening: 8 x 800 meters on the track solo starting with 3:32, 3:29, 3:27, 3:25, 3:25, 3:22, 3:18, and 3:08 for the final one. I took a 2 minute walk recovery between each one plus ran 2 miles cool down on the track in 16:02. A good hard effort--very happy they (the intervals) were progressively faster and surprised myself by how fast I ran the final one. Then off to the gym for 5 x 100 on the inner and outer thigh machine (60 lbs each) plus 1000 sit ups on the ab machine; then 1 hour spin class and 15 minute abs class. I also did 5 narrow grip pull ups unassisted. Also did 90, 80 and 70 lbs on the gravitron machine for pull ups to failure. Also 100 side raises with 35 lbs on each arm.

Dinner: Salad with ranch dressing and 18 ounce steak with mashed potatoes and 6 pieces of wheat honey bread and butter. I did drink water at dinner though.

2/04/10 Thursday morning: met with triathlon group and ran 2 loops of Forest Park totaling 12.5 miles. First loop with the group was run in about 57 minutes and the second loop was slower in about 62 minutes. Then off to the gym for 30 minute spin class, abs class, lift class and hip abduction both inner and outer thigh movements did 2 sets of 5 x 100 of each movement at 50 lbs for a total of 1000 reps of each.

Lunch: McDonald's double burger plain plus fries and 4 cokes. Dessert was 1 caramel sundae and 2 cherry pies.

Thursday evening: 24 lift class

Dinner: CiCi's pizza; ate approximately 1 pizza, salad and 2 pieces of dessert pizza and 5 cinnamon rolls and water to drink. Also had 8 chocolate chip cookies later at home with a pepsi.

2/05/10 Friday morning: 10 x 100 of donkey calf raises (90 lbs for the first 500 then 105 for the second 500 reps), leg presses (20 lbs first 500 then 30 lbs for the final 500) and leg curls (40 lbs first 500 reps then 50 lbs for final 500 reps)

Lunch: McDonald's double burger plain plus fries and 4 cokes. Dessert was 1 caramel sundae and 2 cherry pies.

Friday evening: off

Friday dinner: Chinese takeout: Lemon chicken and an order of potstickers with white rice and 2 pepsi's.

2/06/10 Saturday morning: 15k race Frostbite series. I ran 111:59 or 7:44 pace for the 9.3 miles.

Lunch: Del Taco special #4 which was 2 soft tacos, small fry and 3 sprites.

Dinner: McDonald's double burger plain plus fries and 4 cokes. Dessert was 2 caramel sundaes.

2/07/10: Sunday morning: 23 mile run at Forest Park with Big River Running Marathon Training Group. Ran first 17.25 (one loop of the park then headed downtown) with Jim and Dale in 2:35 and did one more loop of the park on my own in 1 hour and 1 minute. Longest run since San Antonio marathon. The last loop of the park was tough plus I had to work hard to keep up with Jim and Dale earlier. Good overall effort.

Lunch: Taco Bell 4 tacos and 32 ounce soda with 2 refills.

Dinner: Large sausage pizza from Little Caesar's and two 12 ounce pepsi's.