Pheidippides’s BodyBlog

I weighed myself this morning, but I can honestly say I have no idea what I weigh.  That’s because my digital scale told me at the first weighing that I weigh 182 pounds, and at the second weighing told me I weigh over 177 pounds.  This is after it told me yesterday morning I weigh 169 pounds even.  Now, I can put away a fair amount of food in a day, but I did not gain 8 pounds in 24 hours, let alone 13.  The analog scale, which is hard to read and not very accurate, indicated I weighed around 167.  That’s probably a little low but closer.  This was after having a small breakfast and then running for an hour, so the weight would not be entirely accurate compared to my usual measurements.

I’ll try again tomorrow a.m.

Resting heartrate in bed this a.m. was 46 bpm, about the lowest I’ve ever measured it, so the running seems to be having a very good cardiovascular impact.

Ran intervals this morning.  7 miles overall, something over an hour.  8 x quarter mile intervals.  First interval at a tempo pace — about 7 m/m.  From there on I set my Garmin for 6:20 pace.  The second interval I missed it because of fiddling with the Garmin, but I hit the next six by a good margin, keeping my pace for each quarter mile around 5:58 to 6:05.  Definitely faster than comfortable pace, and at that speed it’s hard to maintain a steady form.  The good thing is that’s a lot faster than I need to run to hit the 20 minute mark in the 5K this Labor Day.  I only need to maintain 6:26 m/m pace.  19:59 minutes or better is the goal.
After my 5K I will have exactly 14 weeks to prepare for the CIM marathon on Dec. 7.  I will use an online running calculator to set my  training paces, as well as coming up with an approximate goal time for the marathon.  I expect (and hope) to revise the goal somewhat as my training (presumably) progresses.  My weekly mileage is at about 30 miles right now, and I will try to get it up around 45 or so, but probably not much higher because of the risk of injury.  My achilles tendon definitely is not 100% yet, and I have to be very careful.

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