Training Log Archive: billh

Day 8 IF: the big weigh-in, hoping for some good progress, given the sacrifices I made . . . eating broth for dinner for a week. though it was really yummy. haha. can't get enough of that ol broth. mmm-mmmm. good. well, it is risky placing so much emphasis on a weigh-in because bad numbers can play a number on the head. and lots of things influence the numbers. such as water weight, state of dehydration. so did the measurement same time of day after the Sunday long run so should be similar level of dehydration, and the numbers were . . . yes, 4.8 lbs down. hopefully, that is pretty much all fat. I think so since I feel a lot less like "jiggly-puff" out there and still feel pretty solid. that number certainly motives another two weeks of IF, or at least the next week, one week at a time, in the mind game of the fine line between deprivation and fat loss, since it means I can get down to a level where I know I have been "competitive" in the past, relatively so. the number is precise to the first decimal.

C • good 2

E run, kept it real easy to recover from race, felt great, actually an enjoyable experience, compared to the searing pain of racing.

Day 7 IF: back to beef broth, yummie . . . not get tired of that stuff yet, uh huh. did a prelim weigh-in before and after race, results were encouraging, final Sunday am weigh-in tomorrow.

billy doesn't run till 12:30pm so had time for the little neighborhood 5K fundraiser for the elementary school, just 5 min jog from my front door, and the price was right. they changed up the course to put about half of it on grass around Blackburn so that was fun. there was not a flat spot on this entire course, all up an down, so I made the most of the downhills, probably the guy I kept passing thought I was a jerk, making him pass me back on the uphill, finally on one uphill in Mile 2, I pressed the pace and left him for good. Then had the unenviable position of passing what must have been a popular teacher running with his 5th grade son because all the spectators were cheering him "Go Coach" . . . "Catch him", . . . eh referring to yours truly. so I was playing the part of the rabbit/ evil interloper. I was not sure I should pass on the last big downhill but really had no choice because the kids stride was so short, I just bombed by them. then took a look back and just gunned it up the last hill, about 200m, really giving it my final sprint. looked back and I had a 30m gap. but I was spent! with about 400m to go to the finish, so just gutted it out, looking back several times and they were not gaining so I had . . . whatever place in the bag, haha. may have gotten top 10 in the adult category. fun racing. and being pushed to and past my limit. but I did not hurl this race, haha. feelin lighter and better every day.

C • sounds like a nice race. 2

jog to race, cooldown after . . .

Day 6 IF: back to chix broth with sriacha . . and some Bai water . . . yum. no, not getting old at all! haha. I can live on this stuff. really, when my brain says "dinner", the spicey salty broth actually feels like dinner. I weighed out the spoonful of bullion paste at 15g, so at 6g=15 Kcal, that is about 38 Kcal for the broth, then whatever for the squirt of sriacha.

morning commute to metro, heavy pack, had to walk a bit.

Day 5 IF: ooooh, yum, back to the beef broth with sriacha sauce and some stevia sweetened Bai. the broth reminds me of the broth in pho bowl at a Thai or Vietnamese restaurant, pretty savory. then chewed some gum. I think I feel lighter. we'll see at weigh in this Sun

C • read nyt article about scie... 7

warmup in the cool sprinkle rain at Moss . . . doesn't get much better. clean air.

JD R workout #2 for the week, something like Week 3 of Phase 2 . . .

6x200m on 2R: 47, 42, 42, 41, 42, 40

10E

4x200m on 2R: 42, 41, 41, 41

legs didn't feel great but not terrible, just concentrated on "smooth and fast" . . . keep them movin.

thinking I will "train through" the stl games 1500 in hopes of peaking for the MO games in June. hopefully by then I will reap the benefits of lighter body weight, feeling lighter already.

Day 4 IF: mixin in up a bit, last night . . . chicken broth with srichacha and a sucralose lemonade . . . yum. really no problems with hunger after that, I think I can hang for 3 weeks, just went to bed early. now just see if this will result in weight loss. energy is good. sleep is messed up though.

jog/ walk to metro. pretty heavy pack today, just have been 20+ lbs so felt I had to walk more than usual.

Day 3 IF: discovered beef broth last night, added a couple teaspoons of the bullion paste to a big soup mug, nuked it for a couple minutes, then added srirracha sauce, then had my red powder drink on the side, actually felt like a dinner but probably < 100 Kcal. I actually felt that was sort of sustainable for 3 weeks. feeling better already, though sleep is disturbed with change in eating pattern, eg. body wakes up at 3am expecting to be fed, haha, nope, gotta wait 3 hours.

nice little jog in the rain to metro, really love running in the rain, we are assured the air is clean!

Day 2 IF: no problem, likely due to the large 2pm meal for Mom's Day, didn't eat any solid food or caloric bevs after that, and not hungry even at bedtime, which probably means I broke even for the day . . . cheesecake at 2pm does that!

did my warmup and drills in the new Apollo vents, sans socks, so weird, felt like bedroom slippers, absolutely no support. they do feel very nice without socks since the sole is seamless and snug, should be a great warm weather track race shoe for 1500m and less. so weird switching to the hokas

JD R workout #1 for the week, still very fatigued from the race Sat, even more so today, absolutely no snap in the legs, barely had to breath hard on the reps because legs just could not go forward fast enough to burn any O2, so not worried about times, did get the cadence going, which is the main purpose of an R workout, I guess . . . 2x200m (2R), 6x400m (4R)

2x200m: 45, 44
6x400m: 1:34, 1:37, 1:36, 1:37, 1:37, 1:36

haha, my fastest rep was the first one, that should tell you something.

home from metro . . .