Pheidippides’s BodyBlog

Julofthenile has some last man standing (man?) challenge going.  I don’t exactly understand it, how long it lasts, how you win, etc.  But details seem unimportant, so I’m in.  My initial goal is to get weight down to 165 by Labor Day for three reasons:  1) to shrink my waist, 2) to reduce bodyfat percentage, and 3) to improve my running potential by getting lighter.  I’m somewhere around 172 or so, sort of, although currently am probably somewhat bloated beyond that because of a weekend wine tasting and indulging with friends.  Friday I was 172.2 in the a.m.  I’ll weigh myself tomorrow morning.

Ran yesterday a.m. around 7:15 — 10 miles in 81 minutes 21 seconds.  Felt good — much, much better than my run mid-day Thursday, which was in 90 plus degree weather, no clouds, awful air, and in the midst of mild asthma symptoms brought on by a cold.  My wife thought I was an idiot to be running, of course.  But I said, "If I feel awful anyway I may as well feel awful running."  And I did.  My pace was slower than 10 minute/mile — somewhere around 6 slow painful miles in 1 hour 2 minutes.

Back tomorrow morning!

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