Running Journal, Tuesday, 2006-11-21

Running Journal, Tuesday, 2006-11-21
Resting heart rate: forgot (60 second test)
Weather: overcast, 3 m/s wind
Temp: 15 C (59 F)
Time: 12:50-13:35
Terrain: mostly flat, some hills
Comments: I didn't write-up a running journal for Monday because I felt horrible. I woke up around 09:00 and felt inebriated. I haven't felt so bad in years. I attribute it to not resting properly for two consecutive nights (Sat & Sun) plus the exertion of the long run plus not hydrating myself properly the evening after the run. I gorged myself on Punjabi Indian food, felt fine when I went to bed, but woke up completely physically exhausted. I crashed for three additional hours before I felt better. Dawn and I ended up walking around Ancil C. Hoffman Park late in the afternoon. Today, I felt 100%. Dawn and I started our run from Ambassador Drive on the American River Parkway, running west past the sandstone bluffs toward Rossmoor Drive and Hagan Community Park. We saw two deer today about seven meters away, an eight-point buck and a doe. We sang improvisational songs to each other as we ran. My song rhymed words with Dawn's surname. On the return we stopped and watched a duck diving for food and listened to the gulls calling to each other.
Time: 45 minutes
Goal Time: n/a
Distance: 4.8 km (3.0 mi) http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=553868
Total Distance For Year: stopped counting after first marathon
Weight (after run): 80.6 kg (177.7 lbs), 25% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Left top of foot near ankle a bit sore, left big toe black and blue
Foods eaten today: blueberry bagels with Smart Balance and cinnamon-sugar, banana, cereal