I ran a 1+1 but I have to note that I did hike up some bridge called Capilano Suspension Bridge. Was 30.00 Canadian to enter. kind of Pricey.
Anyway, this has been a real disruptive trip. I don’t know what my weight will be. We’ll see tomorrow.
I did a dumb thing today
So I am still in Canada, this time I ran the same route as yesterday but added another 4 miles.
You can say I ran a 1+5.
So I went 6 miles. The dumb thing is that I did not hydrate before my run. Pretty dumb thing .
Anyway no weight today… but hopefully I am losing.
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Canadian Miles are Longer than US Miles
So my last post was about 35 hours ago. Yesterday was a sharp contrast to today.
Yesterday I went to bed at 3:30AM and got up at 7AM. I ran a 1+3, then had some cereal for breakfast.
During the day I skipped lunch and had yogurt instead. In the after noon I worked out at the gym for an hour.
I still had some fair energy when I got home. But after a light dinner I was really beat. I knew also that we had to drive 3 hours from Seattle to Vancouver. Mercifully my wife drove the first 2 hours and I was spared.
So you can see Friday was pretty brutal. What the opposite Sat, I slept in, we did go to Elizabeth Park so the kids could get wet, but when I got home, I slept some more.
- Route I run when in Vancouver BC
I did do a pretty decent route. Twice in fact. Which was nearly 5 miles.
I treated it like a 1+3 where I just ran the first mile.
But the interesting with that first mile is that a lot of it is on gravel. I could not run fast, also I felt like I was running on wet pavement where my traction was not great. Kind of like running the opposite direction on an escalator.
So it did feel like the route was longer than it should have been.
Finally, based on my mp3 player I was running longer time wise.
Not sure my route tomorrow.
Also no weigh in today… I am so curious what it will be on Tuesday when I will be able to do an official weigh in.
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Holding Steady Under 280
I did a 1+3 today and holding steady under 280.
I am going to Canada this weekend and although I am confident I can find a good route to run, I am not sure if I will bring my scale. If I do then I will do an official weigh in. Unfortunately I recall the scale at the place I am staying at only goes up to 250. Maybe next summer or even during the winter holidays that scale will work for me.
Weight: 279.0
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Not Tired… Exhausted
I’ve hinted that I have had server problems the past few days. The critical phase is over… I know most VM’s will come up, the RAID array these were running on is OK.
But I did spend quite a few hours on this stuff. You know I still ran my 1+3 yesterday. But last night it all came crashing down. I mean I was exhausted. My body really wanted a break.
When I got home from work I ran a quick errand to the store for her but I then took a nap. I wanted to walk an additional 2 miles yesterday but all I got up for was to eat dinner and back to bed I went. No TV, no music, no computer. Just deep sleep…. right next to the air conditioner.
I had about 10 hours of sleep. A lot for a person that normally needs between 6 and 7.5 hours. This morning I was feeling better but still tired. I recall that its not the night before a day that matters, its the night 2 days ago. So I will feel the benefit of my sleep on Friday.
Still feeling good that I’m under 280, but I know a lot of it is still fluids. I will continue to rehydrate today and see what I am tomorrow.
Weight: 278.8
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Wow…
Hard to say much. Also kind of late for work so need to make this short.
Anyway, I am late because I thought I could fit in a 1+3 before I go in. At first, I thought it was a mistake, my run was slower than usual, my legs could not go, also other than hot weather, conditions were good. I was breathing OK, maybe I did not get a good sleep. I don’t know. The were was not spectacular.
Then I got home.
Wow… weighed in and it is below as usual. But I took off my sweat soaked shirt for an unofficial weight… 276.2
Yeah the official is higher, also I’m pretty sure a lot of it is water. Need to consider that a gallon of water weighs slightly more than 8 pounds.
But here it is…
Weight: 277.6
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My Feet
OK finally get to post this. I have been wrestling with two failed VMware Servers. Most of the critical VM’s are up, just got 1 VM I need to get up.
Anyway, as you know a major exercise I have been doign is running and walking. It puts a lot of strain on your feet. One day I was talking to my buddies at work Nate and Andrew and they said I should go see a store that will get me fitted for shoes.
If you guys know me, you know I came from a blue collar background. Yes I do work in a white color field but I am used to going to Walmart or Costco and putting shoes on and if it fits… its good.
So when I went to this shoe store called Fleet Feet Sports in Bonney Lake, I was not sure what to expect.
But a gal named Linda really made me feel comfortable. She made me run on a treadmill and recorded my gait. She also measured my foot both sitting and standing. I tried several shoes first, and settled on a pair of New Balance Shoes.
She let me run with the shoes on to see how it felt. She then got me a pair of inserts that fit the way I walk. She trimmed them to size and put them in my shoes for me. Then had me pick out a pair of socks that will wick out the sweat.
I learned quite a bit there, how much my feet sweat, how to relieve that first step pain in the morning, how often to change shoes and how to tell when they are worn.
Overall she gave me an hour of her time to make sure I left there with the right shoes. I don’t think Walmart or even Sports Authority would give me that kind of attention.
I would recommend people check them out.
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Humidity is really high lately
I just got done with my morning run and I am drenched. The humidity is so high, I just checked Weather Underground and the humidity is at 81%. These conditions are probably skewing my results.
Another cool thing is I was able to run a mile and a 1/2. I been usually running only a mile. It will be a good day when my morning run consists entirely of a running with the only cool down coming from the walk to and from the starting and end points.
You can tell that I may be hinting at a huge weight loss. So let me tell you the conditions I weigh myself, I usually consider the weight I am in the morning after my workout (if there is one), after I use the bathroom, wearing my three pieces of clothing, shirt, shorts, and underwear. The clothes are the same ones I worked out in. It is also important that you know the scale can be flaky, but right now it is a digital weight watchers scale that I am using. I hope to get one of those balance scales you see at the doctors office.
Anyway before my workout I did weigh myself and I was 283.6, which doesn’t meet the conditions I like to weigh myself. Also after my workout, I removed my sweat drenched shirt and weighed myself. This was awesome but still not official 280.6. But alas, here is the official weight, oh oh so close to cracking my nemesis, still happy. But remember a lot of it is probably water and I will be drinking at least a gallon of water throughout the day. It is a 3 workout day.
Weight: 282.0
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Getting Faster
I still don’t time my runs and I should, but this morning I noticed that a got back from my morning run and walk a lot quicker than usual.
This gave me more time to get ready for work.
I think this is gonna be a good week.
Weight: 283.0
Had a busy day
This is a pretty late post. I kind of wanted to get it in before calling it a day.
It was a busy day though, went to church, got new shoes, and celebrated a birthday with a friend.
I would like to elaborate on the shoes though. I went to this special shoe store that helped me get right fitting shoes.
Watch tomorrows post.
My run today was interesting because it was at covington. I was waiting for my wife to buy herself some stuff so I decided to mark a mile off with our minivan and ran that route.
Oh yeah as for today’s weight, this was already late in the day, no workout and no morning bathroom yet.
Weight: 287.8
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