4.33 miles in 51:04 @ 11:46 pace and 170/185 bpm for 643 calories
4.22 miles in 46:11 @ 10:54 pace and 170/185 bpm for 646 calories
1,400 yards (35 laps) in 30:00 for 294 calories
5 miles in 60:00 @ 12:00 pace for 755 calories (treadmill @ 1% incline)
2,350 yards (47 laps) in 50:00 for 490 calories
20.45 miles in 1:18:13 @ 15.7 mph and 143/175 bpm for 1,094 calories
4.15 miles in 50:00 @ 12:00 pace for 629 calories (treadmill @ 1% incline)
After my little disease vector Emma brought home a particularly nasty rhinovirus, I took two weeks off from training. Since then, I’ve been on the road a lot—Chicago, Seattle, and Minneapolis just this month—and barely squeezing in time to exercise. But I have managed to stay on track, even if I’ve been skipping blogging about my workouts until tonight. Here’s a quick recap of some highlights:
- I’m back to running in my Brooks shoes, the ones that gave me blisters during the Houston Half-Marathon. I searched dozens of different running Web sites for a cure that would keep me running in them, and I finally found it: duct tape! That’s right, I loosely wrap the arch of my foot in duct tape before each run. I sweat enough that it doesn’t stick to my foot, and I’ve completely eliminated my blister problems.
- I swam in the hotel pool in Seattle on my first morning there. My local pool is a saltwater pool, and this was my first time in chlorine in a while. It was nice to be able to swim on the road.
- I ran on treadmills in Seattle and Minneapolis, 1% incline for about an hour each time. I read that 1% incline makes a treadmill run roughly equivalent to running outdoors. It was a lot more boring but it felt good to squeeze in early morning workouts before my meetings.
- My first real bike ride in a while went nicely, although I had to cut it short to make it to church on time.
I had a great dinner with Debbie and Tim while I was in Minneapolis. They took me out to Craftsman and I had an incredible meal—perfect Midwestern with a bit of a twist: an incredible cheese plate with a really good local guyere, a spicy lamb sausage with kale and chickpeas, a couple glasses of Rose, and 2.5 hours of catching up with my sister and her fiancé.
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