Snow Day

Got to the gym MUCH later then I would have liked/planned and this definitely impacted my workout.  Trying to lose weight and train is a difficult balance of reducing caloric intake and at the same time eating enough to fuel your body for performance.  I didn't get that balance right today.

I ate my usual pre-run breakfast of Costco waffles with peanut-butter and Nutella at 10AM thinking I'd be at the gym by 12PM.  At noon I drank a protein shake thinking I'd be at the gym by 1PM.  I got to the gym at 3:30.

Physically, I felt fine--energized even, but soon after I started running, my energy waned.  I still ran for an hour, but sweated off three (3) pounds (this while drinking over 20oz of water and eating a small energy bar) and covered 6.3 miles.



Ann continued to run (a total of 8.5 miles in 90 minutes--a new record for her) and I went to the pool to swim laps.  I covered maybe 750 yards and felt good.  What didn't feel good was looking at myself in the mirror back in the locker room.  I wish effort/output would equal visual self-perception.