Daily Marathon training Log - Day7

While babes slept, I pushed out 2 miles on the sidewalk back and forth, back and forth. Thankfully the blanket of pre-dawn hushed any redundancy…making sure each sidewalk volcano and crater were fresh for the falling with each pass, oh and that spicy little iPod.

Then on with the day of course, kids to school and myself to work. On any normal day I would have chosen to work late, but I had another 4 miles to go and I wasn’t about to let me flake.

Again, I gorged on a high-calorie lunch, as its power the day before proved worthy. What I should not have done was reward myself with a triple soy white chocolate latte for running 7 days straight. I totally felt it during my latter-day run.

Speaking of, at 6pm I was out the door running, from the office to the neighborhood park, one crowded with post work activity. While it was a push, 4 miles later…well worth the effort.

Run: 6 miles – 9’54”per mi.

Pre-run: 100 crunches, basic stretches

Weights: arms/back 20 min.

Foods:

2 cup black coffee – 4 cal
1 10oz fruit smoothie – 12 cal
1 Cliff Bar – 240cal (45fat)
1 snack bag pretzels – 160 cal
1 kabob plate Daphnes Greek Café – 351 cal (94fat)
1 triple soy white chocolate latte – 200 cal (40fat)
1 cheddar cheese slice – 241 cal (197fat)
1egg – 367 cal (242fat)
Side fresh spinach – 7 cal (1fat)
2 slices Ezekiel bread – 160 cal (10fat)
80oz H2o

Total calories = 1522
Total calories burned = 450 (ish)
 

*OOOHHH! I forgot to tell you. On day three of training, my old knee injury was saying, no no no more...and I freaked. Good thing I had my chiropractic appointment the next day. I explained to her how it felt like I was unable to fully extend my leg and thereby compensating. She gave the knee some love and apunch with this spring load doo-hickey...then the same with both feet. Five run days later, I haven't heard one complaint from that old injury. Guys, I really didn't think I would make it this far without knee drama.

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