Training Log 01.29.08
Last night I had a rather lackluster lifting and stretching night at the gym. I wasn’t feeling good, a little run down. I whipped through the chest and bi routine with all the enthusiasm of a man folding laundry.
Today over lunch Eric and I hit the streets for a 3 miler. A load of fun as always. A great way to celebrate our 1 year of running.
Some Stats:
Distance: 3.05 Miles
Time: 28:27 (pace: 9:19)
Average Heart Rate: 145 bpm
Calories Burned: 441
Congrats on the full year of running! But only 441 calories burned in a 3-mile run? Damn, humans are just too efficient. Maybe you need to put viscous ooze on the soles of your running shoes, since you’re clearly taking advantage of existing forward momentum when running.
Thanks Bob!
Yeah, people tend to overestimate just how many calories one burns during exercise. That 441 is an estimate, but not a terrible one I don’t think.
By the way, did you see that if you zoom in on the Motionbased Google Maps view, the path renders badly and goes away if you pan the map?
I had noticed that in the past but had forgotten about it. Just now I tried it on XP in Firefox and it didn’t do the weird rendering, but at a certain zoom level it disappeared.
Creepy.
I’m having a hard time staying motivated in the dark days of winter too. I once heard Lance Armstrong describing the difference between sweet pain and sour pain. Climbing for him was a sweet pain. Once he got into a good rhythm he could just bang out the miles and crush his competitors. Time trialing for him was a sour pain. No matter how much he did it, it always felt like he was in agony every second and couldn’t wait until it was over. I think we’re all a little different that way. It’s really hard to motivate yourself through exercises that are “sour”. I imagine running for you is “sweet”. For me I need a partner or someone who can help push me a little more through boring painful stuff like lifting. It would be nice to have someone to push me to do one more set or go to the next higher weight. I saw on your schedule that Mondays are stretch/lift days. I was wondering if you wanted to get together some Monday after work and lift/stretch. You have my email if you want. No pressure.