Running Journal, Monday, 2010-09-13

Running Journal, Monday, 2010-09-13
Resting heart rate: 54 bpm (60 second test, around 11:00 p.m.)
Body Mass Index (BMI): ? (kilograms/(meters^2))
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): ? calories
Weather: sunny, pleasant
Temp: 27 C (80 F)
Time: to/from light rail
Terrain: gentle inclines
Comments: Stayed up late this evening after hearing a kitten's cries from our backyard. Dawn and I each went out to investigate, only to find the kitten vanish. Dawn returned to her studies, and I decided to give it a go, again. At regular intervals, I attempted to mimic its cry. We played call and response for several minutes; then it's cries became more distinct as it rounded our garage. It eventually made its way up to the top of our backyard porch step, its head and back just cresting the deck. My initial mistake was to put the food dish only several feet from myself. In my attempt to move it closer, the cat scampered away. Leaving the dish at the steps which she had reached, I returned to my original position and waited. Crickets chirped rhythmically in the trees and grasses. A few stars shone valiantly through the sodium light pollution of the surrounding city. The dark canopies of the Chinese Elm, the Catalpa, and the Pear trees were still. I continued attempts to mimic the kitten's cries at regular intervals. The kitten responded and we played call and response for a short while. She eventually approached to the edge of the light cast from within the house. We sat like this for another ten minutes or more. I continued to mimic her cries, taking breaks to rest my voice. After experimenting with increasing the volume and the frequency, she got up, slowly but surely made her way to the deck, and disappeared out of sight. Then the kitten bounded back to the safety of the darker portions of the yard. I continued. The kitten walked through the light cast from the house. The kitten walked to our garden's edge. Then it came back and began eating. Mosquitos silently had been biting me in the dark; they are not like giant midwest mosquitos. After the kitten finished eating, it meowed several times. I was not sure how to respond, so I mimicked its cries again. It spent some time grooming itself. Then it slinked a few feet away; I blinked, and lost sight of it.
Goal Time: n/a
Distance (running): ~3.0 miles (11.0 mi)
Weight: ? kg (? lbs), ?% body fat
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: A bit fatigued today, but overall well
Foods eaten today: oatmeal + raisins + banana, grapefruit, Siggi's grapefruit yogurt, egg-salad sandwich, almonds, walnuts, chocolate meal-replacement shake, whole wheat pita + hummus, spinach salad + cilantro dressing + pine nuts + feta cheese + cherry tomatoes + croutons + shredded carrots + microgreens