Keeping Pace

Keeping Pace

Archives for September 11, 2006

All the “Goings On”

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There is a lot to keep up with. Somehow, I managed to keep the pace, and get updated on the entire “goings on.” With a pile of clean, unfolded clothes beside me, I decided to ignore the laundry. Sorry, dear. Instead I got caught up on the blogs. It took me a while to catch up on my favorites, and I even discovered a few that I haven’t visited before. There’s a lot going on. Here is just a sample of the many great “goings on.”

Cindy is making headway on her training for the Silicon Valley Marathon. She had an awesome 16 mile run over the weekend with her running pals.
Jeff, the amazing hip, his many obstacles on the way to his marathon. He managed to stay somewhat relaxed, got one last training run in, and did an awesome job in his marathon.
Dori is now doing her “run-running” in California. She is training for the Big Sur Half Marathon and has been enjoying some coastal running in the Monterey area.
21st Century Mom continues doing her tri-training. She has recently discovered that double workouts are fun and has enjoyed a day off following each of her double-days. She even had a triple workout day last week. Go Mom of the 21st Century!
Jeff, continues to make “time to run.” Looking at his stats, he has really picked up the pace. Great job to one of the newer runners.
YaYa continues to enjoy being a 3rd grader. He has a new job helping out at lunch in the cafeteria. He is also playing on a soccer team this fall.
Wes offered a few thoughts on 9-11.
And speaking of September 11th, let’s not forget to recognize the happier things of this day. My nephew, Scrabble Dude, celebrated another Birthday. He is now 8 years old. Happy 8th Birthday, Dude!

That’s the update from marathons and beyond. Enjoy life and stay active.

The inequality of salads

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I spent a lot of time on Friday creating a diet plan for my upcoming week. My weight loss has halted, although it goes up and down a pound or two from morning to morning – it is essentially the same. With my training moving into the serious stage, I am concerned about getting enough calories in the upcoming weeks. I researched the amount of calories burned for 4, 7, and 14 mile runs as well as for 60 minutes of cycling. I input the information into the spreadsheet, added the baseline JC foods, and then began supplementing until I reached a reasonable caloric deficit. Then I brought my spreadsheet to my JC appointment. This week’s order was pretty small since I have somehow gathered a stock of JC foods in my freezer.

I only ordered:
7 Strawberry Bars
2 boxes of (vitamin fortified) Peanut Butter Bars
7 Toffee Bites
1 Double Chocolate Cake
1 Lemon Cake
7 Balsamic Dressing Packets

Patti, my usual JC girl, was off this week. I was looking forward to seeing someone else. Patti pretty much lets me dictate what I want; I am sure that she realizes that she doesn’t have the nutritional information level that I need. I have become more and more resistant to seeing her because she says, “AW” entirely too much. I feel like she is belittling me as she says it when I explain that the weight measurement at 1:45 pm is not accurate. If I’ve just run for 2-3 hours, then it is likely to be too light due to sweat loss. It takes a while for me to drink up the lost fluids. But as my appointments have been later in the day, the weight is then too heavy due to my drinking. She can write down any number that she wants, I just want her to quit saying, “aw.” But, I could never *tell* her to stop, so who am I to complain. Instead, I am just changing centers – which is what I discussed with Patti’s substitute consultant.

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