Exercise Log: June 16 - 21

This week I walked, biked and ran 21.34 miles, burned 1879.7 calories and weigh 148 pounds. I took several days off work and did not go to the gym as much this past week. I still managed to meet my calories burned goal on SparkPeople.com.

Monday: walked .77 miles in 14:07
Tuesday: ran 3.24 miles in 35:00; biked .63 miles in 10:35
Wednesday: walked 1.53 miles in 29:15
Thursday: ran 3.38 miles in 35:00
Friday: biked 5.88 miles in 26:38
Saturday: ran 5.91 miles in 65:00

I had a bit of a scary moment during the Saturday run - I felt really chilly with 9 minutes left on the treadmill. I slowed down a bit and drank out of my water bottle more often. I did not feel dizzy or sick, just cold. It may have been a blast of the gym AC but I've never felt cold during exercise in the summer, even indoors. I stretched and went out to my car, I felt a bit of a chill but that was not unusual. That was just the breeze on wet skin. I took a cool shower when I came home, ate some yogurt and took a nap. I'm drinking more water - Ozarka Sport Vitamin Enhanced.

Next week's plan:
Monday - strength training and 10 minute row
Tuesday - 30 minute run
Wednesday - strength training and cycling 3 miles
Thursday - 30 minute run
Friday - strength training and 15 minute row
Saturday - 60 minute run

I need to check the date for the Harbor Half in Corpus Christi so that I can start training for it. This will be the first half marathon that I train for rather than relying on left over conditioning from marathon training.

My Spark Page for anyone interested in a more detailed look at my exercise, diet and other goals: http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp?id=TOONHEAD

Exercise Log: May 26 - 31

This week I ran, rowed and biked 17.65 miles, burned 1337.2 calories and weigh 151.9 pounds.

Monday: bike 3.87 miles in 20:57
Tuesday: ran 3.27 miles in 35:00
Wednesday: row 1.27 miles in 10:00
Friday: bike 3.90 miles in 19:07
Saturday: ran 5.34 miles in 65:00

Next week:
Monday - strength training and row
Tuesday - 30 minute run
Wednesday - strength training and bike
Thursday - 30 minute run
Friday - strength training and row
Saturday - 1 hour run

I've added a calorie burning goal to my Sparkpeople.com tracker. I've set it to 2,000 calories a week. This includes all my activities (calisthenics, walks to and from car, walks during lunch) rather than just the stuff I list here. I burned 2,444 calories last week. I may alter the calories to burn per week if I keep going over by a significant amount. This alters my nutrition plan automatically if I do that.

Meditating while wearing a hawaiian shirt

I have meditated while wearing a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses but never with headphones. I've never worn shorts because I generally don't wear shorts outside of exercise. Brother Dave has the right idea - he's wearing the sandals, why not complete the ensemble?

Discovered that I've made over 1,300 posts. Maybe I need to get a life.

Added a Spark People logo to the right side bar. I don't follow the diet plan but I use the fitness and food trackers. The food tracker has been quite illuminating. I've become more mindful about my portions and what I choose to eat. I started tracking sodium because I've noticed a lot of my food has quite a bit of sodium in it or at least I think the sodium content seems rather high. I've avoided purchasing certain foods because of the sodium content. I don't have blood pressure problems (104/51) but I want to keep an eye on things in case I really am taking in too much sodium.