less sushi, more beach

12.44 mile solo bike ride:

My schedule called for 45 minutes of riding, so I left the neighborhood and headed out to Eagle Rock and back. 

This was a great ride out and a tough ride back. Tons of wind in my face on the return. I still really enjoyed it; the weather was beautiful.

Stats:

Laps:

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60 minute yoga class: Another tough, fantastic practice. Lots and lots of long holds.

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I also rode to and from yoga on my bike. There is something so liberating about using the bike for transportation.

To class.

From class.

153.6 lbs.

Dinner at Tobacco Road: Black-eyed pea cakes!

3 mile neighborhood run:

Today was the first run since the Shamrock Marathon. It was a really nice run! The air was cool, but the sun was bright. My legs felt fantastic (although my arches were a bit sore at the end) and I was able to run mile 3 pretty quickly. It was fun to let my legs go free and fast at the end! I think I am really going to enjoy duathlon training and the ability to switch sports.

Stats:

Laps:

I didn’t get my pushups or my #plankaday in, but I may be able to do the pushups tomorrow.

153.8 lbs.

Much better than yesterday, but I don’t think I’ll meet my goal weight for this month. Just too much diet change with the carb loading and post-marathon indulgences.

60 minute Power Flow Vinyasa yoga class

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Crunches: 337 (over 5 sets)

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#plankaday: 2 x 90 seconds

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Pullups: 

1 dead hang (15 seconds)

5 jump and holds

1 pullup attempt

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I also mowed the yard and took a 20 minute walk with Brian and Gatsby.

I’ve decided to make a few changes to this space. I’m no longer going to record my food, but I will keep listing my weight each morning. I think it’s a good motivator.

I’m recording my food still on MyFitnessPal and it was becoming a bit too cumbersome to also record it here. The MyFitnessPal app is so user friendly and easy and it’s a bit silly to list everything twice.

If I have a cool meal or something, then I’ll post a photo. I’m also going to keep recording my exercises here because I enjoy doing that and it helps me analyze everything. I’m also going to use this for more analysis, thoughts, opinions, etc.

It will probably make it far more interesting to my 2 readers. :-)

3/20: 154.8 lbs.

3/21: 155 lbs.

3/22: 154.8 lbs.

3/23: 155.8 lbs.

3/25: 154.8 lbs.

3/26: 156.8 lbs.

At Neo-Asia with Brian:

Hot and sour soup with a few fried wontons

Chicken pad thai (a little more than 1/2 the serving)

And now post-marathon gorging is complete! (After all, I am in training for a duathlon and a century!)

Fiber One Oats and Chocolate granola bar

Vitamin Water Zero

At Chick-Fil-A in Rocky Mount with Maggie:

1 spicy chargrilled chicken salad with fat free honey mustard dressing

Unsweet tea

At IHOP in Virginia Beach with Maggie:

Simple and Fit veggie omelet with American cheese

Fruit cup

1 Harvest grain and nut pancake with syrup

Coffee

Water

At the Tap Room in Virginia Beach with mom, dad, Callie, and Clay:

She-Crab soup

16 oz. of Magic Hat No. 9

At Baker’s Crust with Virginia Beach with Brian, Maggie, and Adam:

1/4 of fried mozzarella appetizer

Turkey sandwich: multi-grain bread, turkey, sprouts, tomatoes, cucumbers, and cucumber sauce

Sweet potato fries with ranch dressing

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At Skinny Dip:

16 oz. frozen yogurt (yes!) with banana, strawberries, Reese’s peanut butter cups and pieces, oreo pieces, gummy worms, peanut butter syrup, white chocolate chips, and walnuts

It was about $7 worth of ice cream and topping (guilt-free!)

Pre-race:

Whole wheat bagel smeared with peanut butter

Banana

Water and Gatorade

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Race:

Zone Strawberry Yogurt bar

3 Gu energy gels

Gatorade

Water

1/4 banana