Tough 5 Miler

I noticed yesterday morning that I had mini maple trees growing in my gutters, so today I hauled out my neighbor's extension ladder and cleaned them out. It was a nice day for it, and the crud in the gutters was only a little moist so it wasn't such a gross undertaking. Going up the ladder a zillon times and trying to maneuver the thing while moving it around provided a bit of a strength workout, too.

Workout

May 20, Wednesday
9:04 a.m. CT
Warm up: .5 mile walk
Distance: 5.0 miles
Duration: 54:24.4
Pace ave: 10:52
HR ave 168, max 185
Cool down: .5 mile walk
@start: 66, 51%, sunny, SSE@4
@end: 72, 40%, sunny, S@5
Shoes: Pegasus 25

I hadn't been for a run since Saturday, so I figured I'd not go try to do 8 miles or anything radical like that today. Instead, I did the route with the big-ass hill which kicked my butt on the way back (it's steeper on that side). I ran up it and then was having so much trouble getting air in that I stopped bent over and sucked air like it was going out of style. For the first time ever on that route, I saw another runner ... who happened to be coming up the hill while I was sucking air. Doh. She commented that it's a pretty tough hill. Indeed. My legs felt okay on the way out, tired on the way back in. At the end, I really felt pretty wiped out. I guess erratic training, crap diet, and no hills at all (Florida) will do that to you. Seemed to be working too hard for the 10:52 pace.

Food

My Food Diary on CalorieKing.com

Morning Stats

weight: 150.6, post run 149.0
bf: 30%
pulse: n/a
bp: n/a
bg: n/a