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Weekend (food) recap.

Sunday, 07 March 2010 | 07:52 pm

The weekend isn’t over and I feel like– nay, am compelled to share my fall from nutritional grace once more >_< It’s the third week in a row and I just really can’t help myself sometimes. Ack. So here we go — it’s actually getting better (sorta) but definitely still needs a LOT of discipline to kick the unhealthy eating habit.

Friday
Brekkers: tea
Lunch: “Takumi” meal from Sushi Boy
Snack: Whole wheat bread (yay!) with Nutella (aw…)
Supper: Minestrone soup, garden salad and half a serving of Vince’s Spaghetti (first time @ Vince’s of Torrance and it was pretty good!)

Saturday
Brekkers: 2 packets of oatmeal with brown sugar and dehydrated strawberries (which reminds me, I need to buy more strawberries), cup of black coffee (Dunkin’ Donuts Hazelnut — deeelish!)
Lunch: Mushroom burger (that’s mushrooms onnatopp of a burger!) with FRIES (AHHHH! See below)
Supper: The remaining portion of my spaghetti, this time, with meatballs

Sunday
Brekkers: Honey Nut Cheerios (YAY!) and a cup of tea
Snack: BBQ chicken quesadilla (home made!) and salsa (store-bought)
Snack 2: Popcorn with movie theatre “butter”
Snack 3: Nachos >_<
Snack 4: Chicken tenders and fries + some rootbeer (ahhhh!)
Supper: TBD (most likely Cheerios again) The remaining portion of my mushroom burger and fries

I can’t seem to shake off the deep fried food craving >_< It’s funny though, cos I didn’t realise I eat this much fried food (during the weekend, anyway) until starting these food recaps! LOL. Anyway, I’m hoping to really stick to a relatively nutritious diet this week and next weekend.

Long Run Training: 20 miles

Sunday, 07 March 2010 | 12:02 pm

Talk about jumping right back into training. I took two weeks off to rehabilitate my left knee (which was acting up) and although the swimming (and water jogging) did very well to get me back into fitness, running on concrete/asphalt is totally different.

That being said, I took my time during this training run and was careful not to over-exert myself. That meant running two  minutes slower than my normal pace to get back into the swing of things.  I also walked the last two miles, rather than do my 6/1 intervals until the end.

I felt some pain earlier on my right knee but managed to shake it off — I think I was just getting excited over running again. I didn’t really feel anything else (which is good!) until towards the tail end of my run. Essentially, my quads were really getting tight and my shoulders were stiffening up. I attempted to loosen them up with some high knee and “bum kicks” during my walk breaks and that seemed to make it better.

Overall, I think I had a good training run: my knees feel fine and though my quads are super sore right now, I’m going to stretch later today. :)

For recording purposes, I used both Garmins — the Forerunner 50 (to track my distance, Heart Rate) and then the Forerunner 201 (to track my distance, pace and keep track of the intervals). I also posted this on Daily Mile. :)

 

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