Wednesday, March 30, 2011

5 Miles on the Treadmill

Exercise
Today I ran 5 miles on the treadmill at the community center (it was raining outside).  I ran the "hill" program.  I started at 6.3 mph at level 10, but quickly dropped down to level 7 (probably after about 8 minutes).  After about 15 minutes of that I dropped down to level 4 and then dropped to 6 mph.  Basically I was feeling pretty tired and low-energy.  I'm not sure why as I slept pretty well last night (although I woke up early at 4:45) and I ate well too.  At least I think I ate well.  Maybe I need to start thinking about increasing my carb load?

Total on the treadmill... 5 miles, 800 calories burned, 450 feet climbed.  A good workout for Wednesday of Week Two, Intermediate Level 1 in the training program.

Nutrition
Last night I had more of Handan's Chicken, Chick Pea and Veggie dish followed by a bowl of cereal for dessert. This morning I had my usual oatmeal with raisins and walnuts.  At 10 I had an apple snack and at 11 I had a tuna fish on bagel sandwich.  I had a banana for a 1:00 snack and then before I went to the gym I ate a PowerBar.  I'd hoped the PowerBar would give me energy for the workout, but I think I didn't eat it long enough before the exercise to be effective.  Take note Jeremy... don't repeat this mistake.

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