Day: 310, Calories: 1700, Rest Day

Log Entry

Daily Note: Getting my beach on in Panama City.

Nutrition

1700 Calories Pancakes and sausage 400 Grapefruit and nuts 200 Salad 500 Beer 100 Taco salad 500

Workout

Rest Day Status: Completed

Workout

Cycling Status: Completed Just cruising around the beach. 5-6 miles.

Day: 309, Calories: 1650, P90X Back & Biceps

Nutrition

1650 Calories Omelet and fruit. 300 Shrimp 300 Newer and marg 1000

Workout

P90X Back & Biceps Status: Completed

Workout

Cycling Status: Completed 15 miles

Day: 308, Calories: 2200, P90X Shoulders & Arms

Log Entry

Daily Note: Woke up on vacation after a long drive in Mississippi. I thought I would be super sore after the 13 mike run yesterday, but I feel good and ready for beach and margaritas. If anyone knows a fun place in Panama City, tell me.

Nutrition

2200 Calories Oatmeal 100 Grapefruit yogurt 100 2 egg whites 50 Apple 100 Gumbo and salad at LULUs in gulf shore. 500 6 beer 550 Pizza 600 Marg 200

Workout

P90X Shoulders & Arms Status: Completed

Day: 307, Calories: 1500, Distance Running

Log Entry

Daily Note: Going in vacation to FL today. I need it. Been burning the candle on both ends.

Nutrition

1500 Calories Brunch 600 Soup salad 400 Nuts 300 Bar 200

Workout

Distance Running Status: Completed 13.1 half marathon. 8:19 pace.

Bring IT! Released Today

Apple approved my fitness app Bring IT! today.  I can't wait until my P90X and Insanity friends get their hands on it and put it through the paces.  The official website is:  BRING IT! Website

You can find it on the iPhone/iTouch app store by searching for "bring it".

Check it out.  I hope it helps you reach your fitness goals.

Day: 306, Calories: 1600, P90X Core Synergistics

Log Entry

Daily Note: I am typing this note on the official Bring It app from the app store. I am so excited to finally be on the store. It has been a long time coming. Now back to bringing it!

Nutrition

1600 Calories Eggs and sausage 300 Almonds and yogurt and cheese 250 Healthy choice 250 Bar 200 Pad Thai 600

Workout

P90X Core Synergistics Status: Completed

Day: 305, Calories: 1900, P90X Chest, Shoulders & Tris

Log Entry

Daily Note: Spent most of the day recovering from an unexpected all nighter.

Nutrition

1900 Calories Cereal 200 Shake 250 Taco salad 350 Snacks pb, go lean 400 Turkey meatloaf, veggies, beans, cantaloup 600 Raisins 100

Workout

P90X Chest, Shoulders & Tris Status: Completed

Day: 304, Calories: 2000, Distance Running

Log Entry

Daily Note: Starting to really dial in the form changes. Also started ChiRunning. Should be interesting.

Nutrition

2000 Calories Shake 250 Apple 100 Spaghetti broccoli 400 Beans 250 Popcorn 100 Bar 200 Pizza 700

Workout

Distance Running Status: Completed 9 mile LSD with La Bruja in old New balance TS2s. Focused on form and mid foot landings.

Day: 303, Calories: 1150, P90X Chest and Back

Log Entry

Daily Note: Day off after 4th.

Nutrition

1150 Calories Chicken pesto sandwich 200 Salad 150 Nuts and raisins 200 Spaghetti broccoli 600

Workout

P90X Chest and Back Status: Completed

Workout

Distance Running Status: Completed 3 mile minimal VFF. Working through aches, pains and blisters.

Update on minimalist running

I did my third run today in my five fingers after P90X chest and back.

I only went three miles and was super sore the first 1.5. The back of my right knee has some pain and I have a couple bad blisters. I guess this is just startup pain. I did go fast up the hill at the end and that felt great.

I may do a longer run in my old shoes tomorrow, but will work on my form and make sure I am not heel striking.

It is amazingly hard rewiring 20 years of bad running form.

Day: 302, Calories: 1850, Distance Running

Log Entry

Daily Note: Happy fourth of July.

Nutrition

1850 Calories Oatmeal 150 BBQ, beans, etc. 1000 Real margaritas with agave silver 700

Workout

Distance Running Status: Completed Second barefoot VFF run. 6 miles today. Kept my pace up. Minor soreness in back and feet, but nothing bad. I am becoming a believer.

Day: 301, Calories: 2050, P90X Shoulders & Arms

Log Entry

Daily Note: First VFF barefoot run today. Went two miles and feel great.

Nutrition

2050 Calories Go lean 350 Fruit rice beans burger pattie 600 Fajitas 700 Beer 200 Nuts 200

Workout

P90X Shoulders & Arms Status: Completed Fun with Blake.

Workout

P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed

Workout

Distance Running Status: Completed 2 mile barefoot in VFF. First barefoot run. Amazing!

First Barefoot Run

Reading Born to Run has inspired me to try barefoot (well, near barefoot) running.  I went out and dropped $85 on a pair of Vibrim Five-Fingers today and went running as soon as I got home.

Here is what they look like:

Everyone says to start slow, so I didn't even put on running shorts.  I just headed out, planning on going about 1/4 mile.  Once there, I was just starting to get my pace and decided to go further.  At a mile I was starting to feel good, so I committed to the stone table loop and knocked out two miles.  I sprinted at top speed up the hill at the end.  I ran about 1/2 on pavement and 1/2 on grass/dirt.

I can sum up the experience in one word - WOW!

I woke up today with very sore achilles tendons.  They have been sore for weeks and I have just been running through it.  I have not been able to do jump squats and even heel lifts have been painful.  After the little run today, the pain was gone - GONE!!!

I am not kidding.  I have absolutely no pain fo the first time in months.  I have no clue why, but this is what everyone said would happen.  I am soooooo excited!  What if I am about to unlock my running by eliminating the pain from my bad gait?  This could change everything!  Stay tuned.

BTW - check out this cool video on the Vibrims from Wired:

Day: 300, Calories: 2050, Yoga - Hot/Bikram

Log Entry

Daily Note: Gearing up for 4th of July. Three days off!!!!!

Nutrition

2050 Calories Oatmeal and turkey bacon 500 Beans and rice. 250 Celery and pb 200 Go lean 200 Popcorn 100 Trail mix 500. Stupid Crab cake veggies fruit 300

Workout

Yoga - Hot/Bikram Status: Completed Very rickety.

Born to Run

I am reading Born to Run.

Most people think it is about barefoot running. I guess that is a side note, but not the main point. The point is, to be truly great at running, you have to love it.  Really love it.  The kind of love that makes you get excited and look forward to your next run.  You can't be a success in running to loose weight, win a medal, earn money, or anything else.  The only thing that will lead to sustained success in running is to love it for what it is. 

I have three favorite quotes so far from the book:

1. The only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it.

2. Beyond the very extreme of fatigue and distress, we may find amounts of ease and power we never dreamed ourselves to own; sources of strength never taxed at all because we never push through the obstruction.

3. There are two godesses in your heart...  The goddess of wisdom and the goddess of wealth.  Everyone thinks they need to get wealth first and wisdom will come.  So they concern themselves with chasing money.  But they have it backwards.  You have to give your heart to the goddess of wisdom, give her all your love and attention, and the goddess of wealth will become jealous, and follow you.

Ask nothing from running, in other words, and you will get more than you ever imagined.

Reading this book while ramping up my mileage is amazing.  It is making me want to bust through the aches and pains and find out what I am capable of.  There is a cycle where I incrementally see running as the way to unlock my barriers and then every time I do I see another barrier to chase.  As I cross each of these, I grow more and more fond and dependent on running.

I am now running more miles per week than any previous point in my life.  I can see that increasing to 50, 60, 70 miles a week if my body lets me.  Can I do it?  Can I find the path.  We will see what the godess of wisdom has in store.

Stay tuned!

Day: 299, Calories: 2100, Distance Running

Log Entry

Daily Note: Back home and looking forward to the 4th. I am really ramping up my miles. I really want to get to a solid 13 mile run at a 7:30 pace.

Nutrition

1200 Calories Shake 250 Grapefruit 50 Papasitos seafood, Guac, sausage 900 Italian 600 Popcorn 100 Beer 200

Workout

Distance Running Status: Completed 11.5 miles from white rock station to west end. Rode the train back. I really like the Katy Trail and going all the way downtown. We are doing this one again. I accidentally turned off my watch for two miles so it only says 9.5. Google says 11.5.

Day: 297, Calories: 2050, Rest Day

Log Entry

Daily Note: Got up at 4:30 for work. No workout. Long run tomorrow morning.

Nutrition

2050 Calories Nuts 100 Salad 650 Popcorn 200 Bar 350 Pizza 400 Beans 200 Nuts 150

Workout

Rest Day Status: Not Complete

Day: 296, Calories: 1650, P90X Shoulders & Arms

Log Entry

Daily Note: In Indy.

Nutrition

1650 Calories Egg sausage fruit yogurt toast 450 Subway oats apple 600 Salmon, veggies, hummus 600

Workout

P90X Shoulders & Arms Status: Completed

Workout

P90X Ab Ripper Status: Completed