Resting heart rate: 68 bpm (60 second test about three hours after exercise)
Body Mass Index (BMI): 23.55
Weather: overcast, humid, warm wind
Temp: 24 C (75.2 F)
Time: 7:15-8:15 p.m.
Distance: 3-4 miles
Terrain: flat
Comments: Fast-pitch amateur baseball at American River College's Beaver Field and also amateur soccer tonight. I am a complete loss to tell how old the players were; high-school, maybe? Overcast day so did not want to drive 15-20 minutes to the American River Parkway and have it get dark too soon. Ran around the perimeter of the grass soccer field for 45 minutes. The perimeter is about 0.5 miles (thank you Google Maps Distance Measurement Tool). Unusually humid this evening, it feels sort of like mild, pre-storm weather which never breaks. There is a rainstorm cutting through NW California tonight; perhaps we got the very edge. Caught myself getting bored with the easy pace several times. It is hard to restrain myself from breaking out into a faster run. The only thing which holds me back is knowing I have 20-25 minutes left. That sobers me up fairly reliably. And sure enough, my out-of-shape self at minute 40 was feeling burning calves and heavier breathing than my out-of-shape self at minute 20. Every time I ran past the wall of the Beaver Field outfield, I felt edgy, anticipating getting beaned by a home-run. The wall is opaque, about five-six feet tall, and so I cannot see pitches or the ball until I hear the clink of the metal bat and see the trajectory. Very small crowd in the bleachers but the concession stand was open. On my last lap I noticed the game had ended. A golf cart meandered its way around the outfield wall to the scoreboard display. I heard the driver throw a breaker to turn it off. Ka-chunk. It was a very fast operation. On the last lap I navigated the monkey bars. Finally figured out how to time my advance to keep a steady pendulum-like rhythm across the bars. The grass was nice and soft this evening, easy on my joints and legs after the short hike up to the east peak of Mount Tamalpais and walking around San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf and Fort Mason areas on Wednesday. Time to give my legs a rest. Also, discovered the other night having my digital bathroom scale zero itself on top of the bath mat gives a lower weight than when on the solid bathroom floor. So have been thinking I am a number of pounds lighter than I am.
Weight (after exercise): 81.8 kg (180.34 lb)Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Sore calves; knees a bit sore
Foods eaten today: oatmeal + raisins + banana, multi-vitamin, cherry tomatoes, meal replacement shake, green tea, raisins, spinach salad with pear vinaigrette dressing + shredded carrots + cherry tomatoes + cheesy-garlic croutons + sprouts, orange juice, Greek Gods honey yogurt, strawberry smoothie
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