Day 15 (Sept. 11)

On the Saturday before long-run Sunday, I went to the University of South Florida-Ball State football game. I didn’t think making it to run Sunday morning would be a problem. I was wrong. After some beverages and going out after the game, I wasn’t feeling my best at 7:30 a.m. So, yeah. I didn’t make it to run with the group.

View from the $7 seats

Instead, I slept in. But, I did run my scheduled 5 miles later that day. I made the mistake of running in an area with a bunch of strollers and tourists and ended up getting frustrated. I ran super fast to get away from them, and as often happens when starting out running too fast, I tired sooner than normal. So, I didn’t run the entire 5 miles. But, I got the mileage in, and I figure that’s the important thing.  

A day of eating

Since I already write down what I eat, I figured I’d share that here. This is what I ate on Tuesday (a day I had a training run in the evening). I am by no means implying that I’m eating right. I’m trying to. I’m not sure that I am — especially in terms of fueling myself properly for a run. Our coach said we’d talk about nutrition in our group, so I’m looking forward to that. I think it will be interesting to see how his changes throughout the course of the training program.

Breakfast

Protein bar

Banana

Morning snacks

Plum

Pear

String cheese

Lunch

Generic version of Lean Pocket

Green pepper

Carmel rice cakes (2)

Pre-run snack (eaten about 2 hours before running)

Oatmeal (1/2 cup) with almonds (15)

Post-run snack

Small strawberry-banana smoothie (one of the perks of my training group — a free smoothie after each weekday run)

Dinner

Omelet (eggs, Chinese vegetable of some sort, curry powder) (Note: I’m not exactly sure how much I ate … bites of omelet but not an entire omelet. I’m also not even what the Chinese vegetable was. My boyfriend made it, so I was very happy to eat whatever he made)

Grilled zucchini (with olive oil and sea salt)

Baked tomatoes (with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic and Splenda)

Carrots (raw, with vinegar and spices)

Watermelon

Tropical fruit bar (for a delicious end to the day)

Beverages

Coffee (two cups in the morning – each with two espresso shots, each with one packet of Sweet N Low and 1 T (?) of non-dairy creamer (I add this in a dumping motion, so I’m not exactly sure how much I use))

Water (four large bottles of ice water throughout the day)

Diet Coke (as an afternoon treat)

Iced tea (with dinner)

You can "oink" at me now if you'd like ... I feel like I deserve it.