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Subby · 12-11-2009, 01:21 PM

Day Three, 99 Days to Go

This morning I weighed in at 197.2. Almost 7 pounds lost in three days is pretty funny. I feel like one of the contestants on the Biggest Loser. Of course it will level off here pretty soon, but it is always encouraging to get off to a turbo start like that.

Yesterday I ended up eating about 1600 calories. I am not going to get too hung up on a +/- of 100, as that seems like a reasonable deviance. As long as I am burning 900 calories a day through marathon training and exercise, I should be in good shape.

Today's workout called for 5 miles at marathon pace. Interesting, because I didn't know exactly what pace I would actually need to run in order to hit 3:15.

I found a solid marathon pace calculator that let you add "fade" - basically, what type of splits you would need to run before and after you start fading. With no fade, my pace needs to be 7:27. With a 10 second fade starting at mile 20, I need 7:24 for the first 20 miles and 7:34 thereafter.

That seems fast to me, but I decided that I would do my best today and hopefully improve each week for the next 13 weeks. I ran a warmup mile then took off, stopping only after about 1.5 miles to tie my shoe. Two thirds of the way from the finish I realized that my Garmin 305 GPS running watch had not re-started. I must have not pressed the button hard enough or something after tying my shoe. Fortunately I was running a route I am really familiar with, so I new when I would hit five miles. I started my watch again so I could at least get a sampling of the pace, and when I hit the end, I had 3 miles worth of data at a 7:06 pace.

I felt like I ran the whole thing pretty consistently, and I guess I will know more next week when I do it again. One thing is for sure, it was hard as hell and there is no way I could sustain that pace for 26.2 miles. Which is why I am training, right? Right.

So, good news is I could maintain a pace beyond what I need for 3:15. Bad news was that there is no way I would have lasted much longer.

Anyway, tomorrow is an off day. I am going to ref three basketball games, but that is about it for physical activity. I am going to throw in a session of weight lifting and see about integrating it into my easy days.

The Daily Ticker:

Days: 3
Weight Lost: 6.9
Miles Run: 16
Number of Cardio Sessions: 0

12-11-2009, 01:21 PM	#20
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	Day Three, 99 Days to Go This morning I weighed in at 197.2. Almost 7 pounds lost in three days is pretty funny. I feel like one of the contestants on the Biggest Loser. Of course it will level off here pretty soon, but it is always encouraging to get off to a turbo start like that. Yesterday I ended up eating about 1600 calories. I am not going to get too hung up on a +/- of 100, as that seems like a reasonable deviance. As long as I am burning 900 calories a day through marathon training and exercise, I should be in good shape. Today's workout called for 5 miles at marathon pace. Interesting, because I didn't know exactly what pace I would actually need to run in order to hit 3:15. I found a solid marathon pace calculator that let you add "fade" - basically, what type of splits you would need to run before and after you start fading. With no fade, my pace needs to be 7:27. With a 10 second fade starting at mile 20, I need 7:24 for the first 20 miles and 7:34 thereafter. That seems fast to me, but I decided that I would do my best today and hopefully improve each week for the next 13 weeks. I ran a warmup mile then took off, stopping only after about 1.5 miles to tie my shoe. Two thirds of the way from the finish I realized that my Garmin 305 GPS running watch had not re-started. I must have not pressed the button hard enough or something after tying my shoe. Fortunately I was running a route I am really familiar with, so I new when I would hit five miles. I started my watch again so I could at least get a sampling of the pace, and when I hit the end, I had 3 miles worth of data at a 7:06 pace. I felt like I ran the whole thing pretty consistently, and I guess I will know more next week when I do it again. One thing is for sure, it was hard as hell and there is no way I could sustain that pace for 26.2 miles. Which is why I am training, right? Right. So, good news is I could maintain a pace beyond what I need for 3:15. Bad news was that there is no way I would have lasted much longer. Anyway, tomorrow is an off day. I am going to ref three basketball games, but that is about it for physical activity. I am going to throw in a session of weight lifting and see about integrating it into my easy days. The Daily Ticker: Days: 3 Weight Lost: 6.9 Miles Run: 16 Number of Cardio Sessions: 0 __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com Last edited by Subby : 12-11-2009 at 01:25 PM.