Archive for January 15th, 2009

Yesterday was one of those weirdly fast yet comfortable runs I’ve been reveling in lately.  I started with an 8:31 mile, then 8:26 and it went down from there, with a few 8:05s – final tally; 8 miles, avg. 8:18.

Then today (day 10 of my mini-streak), I did 7 miles w/8 strides.  Again, another excellent, faster-than-usual time out there, average 8:26.

The interesting thing to note is that these faster easy runs started happening before the weight loss kicked in, so I think my fitness was already changing, but the weight loss is solidifying the fitness improvement.

Speaking of, here’s another reason to try Daily Plate or at least start investigating what you eat.  I usually buy Thomas’ whole wheat mini-bagels but I ran out the other day, so instead of driving to the closest huge-ass supermarket, I walked down to my local Whole Foods and bought some multi-grain sandwich bread, thinking, “this must be much better for me than that Thomas’ crap”.  Joke’s on me!  Turns out the mini bagel has more protein, more fiber and less sodium.  They do have more sugar, but I’d rather have the protein and fiber than worry about the sugar, frankly.

But enough diet talk, I’m sure it’s a bore for a majority of readers out there.  Sorry, I’ll be done with it soon.