Running Log

Gym (Fat Burner Program)

Time: 32 minutes
Distance: 2.56 miles
Top Speed: 5.0 mph
Top Incline: 5.5%
Vertical Ft: 553
Calories: 430


I twinged my right arm yesterday during the warm-up exercise for yesterday, which makes me feel hella super lame. Ryan thinks I should give lifting a week's rest just to let the muscle heal, so it looks like I'm going to be doing a lot of running in place of heavy lifting.

I thought I would go with something relatively light, but still challenging. After my great 40 minute success, I thought returning to the Fat Burner program that kicked my ass so thoroughly earlier in the year was a great idea. Let's see how I'd do.

Not bad, as it turns out. :) I was able to stick with the program without slowing down once, though the last ten minutes turned out to be pretty damn hard. I'm pretty satisfied with it!

Hopefully I won't be too sore to get in one more run before Bay to Breakers this weekend. If I'm not, that'll be Thursday, followed by the big 7 mile doohickey on Saturday. Hooray!!

Poetry Flood

( What I'd Like to Do: This is one of those poems that have been floating around in my head for an awfully long time, only I didn't write it because I had no idea what I wanted to say with it beyond 'This is my dream.' I'm still not sure I know what I'm saying with it. )

( Why I Sit Down: I thought tangpau might get a kick out of this one. The less I say about it, though, the better. )

( Holiday: Meh. I think this one is a bit of a lost cause. )

( The Bus Stop, Early Tuesday Morning: I really love those Zen poems that just describe the scene around, with only one line or two giving a hint about the poet's personal feelings. I'm not that Zen, though, so this came out. )

( The Enemy: It boggles me that we as a species have gotten to the point where...being fat seems to be our natural state. It's so easy to do all the wrong things. )