Long, Hilly Run

After my run, I sat down on the couch with my breakfast and watched last night's primetime Olympics. Fantastic!! From the 38-year old Tomescu-Dita winning the women's marathon to the swimming medals to Phelps' 8 golds to Torres at 41 getting a silver to Dix's bronze. Bolt is something else entirely. I wonder what he could do in the 100m if he didn't coast the last 15 yards.

On the flip side, serious bummer about Deena Kastor's broken foot and Paula Radcliffe's stress fracture in her femur of all places. The femur?! Good grief!

Workout

August 17
7:04 a.m. CT
Warm up: .45 mile walk
Distance: 10.62 miles
Duration: 2:13:39

Run/walk pyramid starting with 3/1 up to 11/1 and back down.
1:06:18 going out [12:29 average pace]
1:07:21  coming back [12:41 average pace]
Pace ave: 12:35
HR ave 149, max 174
Cool down: .45 mile walk
@start: 56, 94%, fair, calm
@end: 73, 59%, sunny, ESE@2

Man oh man, what a tough route.  I haven't driven out that way in a long time & couldn't quite remember what the hills were like. Lots of 'em. On the return, the 7-minute segment was chopped up since that segment was almost entirely uphill: 1/1, 1/1, 2/1, 1/1, 2/1. The 6 -minute was chopped at the start with a steep uphill on dead legs: :44/1, 5/1. Due to the extra walking, I didn't have a 4-minute segment on the way back.

Anyway, at the end I was really hot, thirsty [took water with me], tired and ravenous. All in all, the goal was to keep the pace slow and cover the distance, so I was pretty pleased with the outing, especially since I tend to want to run each day faster than the last.

Food

Pre-Run: banana

Breakfast: 9:30 a.m. blueberries, banana, green grapes, black plum, protein shake (water, whey powder, cinnamon, Splenda).

Morning Snack: n/a

Lunch: 12:30 p.m. whole wheat pita, hummus, diced onion & bell pepper, celery, carrots, crenshaw melon, cherries.

Afternoon Snack: 1/2 oz almonds

Supper: 6:00 p.m. @Jillian's with family: 3 Stellas, BBQ ribs, fries, carrots, bell peppers, broccoli, caramel cheesecake; @parents' house: 6 Dibs.

Evening Snack: n/a

Morning Stats

weight: 146.2
bf: 29%
bp: n/a
pulse: n/a
bg: n/a