Heart Monitor

So I was talking with a friend yesterday about qualification for the Boston marathon and, at my age, it would take me 7:15/mile to qualify.  I was thinking that I would try to not only run the Chicago marathon in Oct 2013, but qualify for the Boston at the same time.  It is going to be trying enough to make Chicago a success, I don't know that even with the most positive outlook I could make the Boston qualification for 2014...but we will see how I am doing come April/May 2013.

I am thinking of get a heart monitor, but am not really sure it will offer much if any value.  Does anyone have any suggestions on a good one and whether or not it is really very useful?

Thanks for stopping by!

Adam

Monday

I lost 3 lbs over Thanksgiving week! I was afraid I would add 1 or 2 as the worst case and break even at best. I guess the Turkey Trot I ran in the morning and the 2 miles I ran after dinner helped keep the number going in the right direction. I did keep my caloric intake to about a 10th of what I would usually eat on T-Day (still took in more than 2,000 calories for the entire day- I'm almost certain). I also ran a lot during the week in anticipation of the big dinner. But whatever the combination of eating and running that allowed me to drop more weight during the week, I'm taking it as a big victory! Time to move to the next week.

How much have you sweat today?

Adam

Turkey trot

About 3,000 turned out and we are about the get started!

After run hair

Maybe I should have told the girl to cut the top a bit shorter the other day. Oh well, I can handle it for two more weeks.

Not so quiet day in the office

I decided to go into the office today despite the fact that most of my colleagues in the office usually take the day off. I assumed that the office gym would be my playground.and to my surprise it was more crowded than usual. I guess everyone that came in also planned to hit the gym one last time before the big dinner.

Anyway, I got a thirty minute workout and now I am going to hop on the train and head out early so I can get a run in before I've to get the house ready for our guests tomorrow. 6:00am wake up for a turkey trot, which is 1hour from my house and one of the guys running with me has thrown out the time challenge. He has been running for years so wish me luck

Turkey Trot

I lost another 6 lbs on my weekly Sunday weigh-in and was surprised to see another big loss.  I am now at 211.4 lbs from 245 in 6 weeks.  I was thinking that I would only lose around 2-3 lbs a week from here on out so it was a great surprise to lose double that. 

I have a turkey trot 5k (my second 5K since late Oct.) to run Thanksgiving morning with a couple of friends so I should not feel too bad about having a bit of food not on my daily menu.  Although I won't vary much from my regular mean plan (because I just don't want to), I will have have to have at least a taste of most things since others are taking the time to make them and bring them to our home.

I finished my first 5k in 30 minutes even, so I am hoping to do much better this time.  This run is on pavement as opposed to a forested area so I imagine that will automatically improve my time (I just wish I knew by how much so I could adjust for it).  I did run it at home the other day in 27:19, perhaps adjusting 2 minutes for better terrain, puts me at ~ 41 seconds better than my first run.

Anyone else running a turkey trot of sorts?

Thanks for stopping by

Adam

Saturday

Last night for dinner I had the Asian Sesame chicken salad at Panera w/o the wonton's, which brings the total calories to ~310 according to their website.  Although a few reviews gave the salad good rating, I thought that it was not very good at all.  For my $8, I could have made a much better salad and would have had it for 2-3 meals.  It was still better than making chicken and corn for dinner again however.

This morning I am going to go for a run, but I've to take it easy because my calves are still stinging and I'm afraid of injuring myself too much running.  They are feeling better this morning so let's see how it goes.  Planning to run 5 miles. Tomorrow it my weekly weigh in, Im hoping for another 5lbs this week.