Tir ra nOg run #25

Good run - felt good and it was a nice night a little cool but not bad - even though we are only a couple of weeks past the shorted day of the year it was not as dark during the first past of my run - nice - I ran well - no pain no problems - there were several house that still had their decorations up it was nice to see them again - I met Susan who rides with MisFits there - I had no idea she was a runner - turned out she had done a dueathlon and finished third in her age group - she was looking very good and it was nice to see her - I also saw Jon, Emily and Meri - did not get to talk to Meri - sorry Meri -

Time:	00:54:05
Distance:	3.15 mi
Elevation Gain:	131 ft
Calories:	603 C
Avg Temperature:	35.2 °F

Tir ra nOg run #25

FItness Profile

This morning before work I went to my Gym - Rex Fitness Center of Rex Healthcare.  I joined the gym at the end of May about the time I started running. I have improved my Fitness profile based on the two different evaluations.  Here is the data:
Description          May 27th 2010  January 3rd 2011
Height                    75.50                 75.5
Weight                   334.0                 316.5
Chest Skinfold        34.0                   27.7 mm
Abdomen Skinfold 19.0                    17.6 mm
Thigh Skinfold        20.00                  13.70 mm
Shoulder Cir.          55.00                  53.50 in
Chest Cir.               56.25                  54.50 in
Abdomen Cir.         57.00                  55.00 in
Hips Cir                  50.00                  49.00 in
Rt Biceps Cir          14.50                  14.50 in
Rt Forearm Cir       13.00                  12.50 in
Rt Thigh Cir            26.50                  25.50 in
Rt Calf Cir              19.50                  19.00 in
Lf Biceps Cir          15.00                  14.50 in
Lf Forearm Cir       13.00                  12.50 in
Lf Thigh Cir            24.50                  25.50 in
Lf Calf Cir              19.00                  19.00 in
Resting Heart Rt      78                       75  bpm  - when I am completely at rest it goes down to 57 bpm
Systolic BP             152                     138
Diastolic BP            80                       64 - I am taking half the blood pressure medicine I was taking in May
B.M.I.                     41.2                   39.0
Biceps Strength       106                     96 -  not sure about this - guess I need to do more lifting
I still have a ways to go but it is progress in the right direction.

Monday Lunch Run

Good run felt real good - no pain no problems - I was real pretty on there cool but bright blue skys - I like running when it is like this outside - I guess I need to start tapering soon - not real sure what to do - I do know I do not want to do a 3 week taper like last time I am thinking about a one week taper this time to see how that goes for me -

Time:	00:18:09
Distance:	1.06 mi
Elevation Gain:	46 ft
Calories:	191 C
Avg Temperature:	32.0 °F

Monday Lunch Run

Monday Morning Dread-mill Run

Good run at least for a Dread-mill run - I did the treadmill run because I was already at the gym to get my fitness profile updated - the profile show I have improved in every area - I will put the details in my blog -

Time:	00:21:22
Distance:	1.29 mi
Calories:	221 C

Monday Morning Dread-mill Run

Charleston Half Marathon training long run

Good run but a little hard - I did not feel bad it was just difficult - this may be the hilliest route I do - none of them are real steep but I am almost always either going up or down - running is mostly in ones mind - my body was very able to run and to do this run but I had to talk myself into doing it then once out there when just the tiniest little bit of drizzle came down I start thinking about cutting it short but I did not - I did get drizzled on several times but it was nothing - I started out in a tech shirt, shorts and a sweatshirt - I had the sweatshirt off in ten minutes and dropped it at the house when I went by - it was not hot but I still sweated and was glad I had my towel - I was not trying to push the pace I never do on long runs and yes eight miles is still along run to me - I still ran a pretty good pace - I was tired at the end but not spent and could have run more - my feet are real sore now but that is normal for anything over 6 to 7 miles - no pain no problems - I really did want to have a run in with the date 1-1-11 - now I have to make sure I run on 1-11-11, 11-1-11 and 11-11-11 just for fun - I talked to my doctor about being off insulin - he said my blood sugar number were OK but he still wants he to do a fasting test and is going to do a full workup on me - I asked him to do a vitamin D test - he said he would but did not think I would have a problem with the amount of time I spend outside - he was pleased about my weight lose and surprised when I told him I had run two half marathons - my weight this morning was 307.0 even though I am not sure about my scale this is likely close so it will be my starting weight for 2011 - my blood sugar was 116 and I slept 7 hours - Happy New Years

Time:	02:25:46
Distance:	8.06 mi
Elevation Gain:	366 ft
Calories:	1,519 C
Avg Temperature:	59.9 °F

Charleston Half Marathon training long run