Daily Stats - 4/26/05

Calories eaten: 2039
Breakdown(c/p/f): 31/29/38
Water: 3L

Workout: 2.5-mile run (+warmup/cooldown)
Workout time: 54:16
Distance: 3.5 miles
Average speed: 3.98 mph run, 3.87 mph workout
In target HR zone (125-164): 0:18:06
Average HR: 161 bpm
Calories burned: 576(173)

I think the run numbers would have been much better if I hadn't had a 2-lb burrito sitting like a rock in my stomach the whole time. I was seriously pissed at myself by the time the workout was over...I had to stop twice for water (temps mid-70s), and I walked part of the last lap because my HR would. not. come. down. As soon as I even thought about jogging again, HR would shoot into the high 170s. While it probably wasn't completely the fault of the burrito (it had an assist from the weather, and also the increased distance), it was the ringleader.

I was bitching and moaning to Rob last night about the run and the burrito, and after a while he got this bemused look on his face.

"And how far did you go?"
"3 1/2 miles."
"In how much time?"
"about 54 minutes."
"And you ran how much of it?"
"2 1/2 miles."

He paused, then said, "My, how far we've come."

Then there was some stuff about Toby Ziegler and the glass being half-empty or half-full. (Referencing the "Commencement" episode of West Wing where Toby buys the house and Zoey gets kidnapped. When Toby buys the house and his ex-wife won't marry him or whatever, there's a scene where she says she's a glass-half-full person and he's glass-half-empty. Then he says, "Can we at least agree it's not full yet?" Point being, I'm Toby in this scenario.)

He's absolutely right, of course. I do have a tendency to forget how far I've come, and I am maybe a little harsh with myself when I don't see continual improvement. The run I did yesterday would have been flat-out impossible for me a month ago, but now I'm beating myself up over having to reduce my speed. The glass may be half-full, but it never fills fast enough to suit me.

All that aside, though...today? I'm running before lunch.