Thursday, January 8, 2009

fueling up

my healthy taper diet

not only did i put away this single-serving sized 21 oz bag of m&m's in three days, but also a "small" sized-bag as well. they were both part of my belated-christmas present from jess. i think she was purposely giving them to me to slow me down for this weekend as she will be running the goofy too. technically i polished them off in less than three days because i was able to restrain myself from bringing the bag to work where i would have been forced to mindlessly consume them non-stop until they were gone. i have no self control when it comes to m&m's (and jess is well aware of that). i do not eat the blue m&m's though, those are gross, so j eats those.

the good news is my enlarged ba-donk-a-donk is good for me.

got in my last two slow, easy 'n short runs before the weekend races and festivities begin. wednesday i ran without checking either my nike+ or hrm the whole time. just took it easy, ran by feel, and ran right in my easy hr target zone. thursday was boring and hardly felt like a run at all. 2 miles is hardly long enough to even break a sweat. nonetheless, they were both right on target for my hr and i can't argue with that.

wednesday (1/7) pm run: 3.4 miles, 30:52 (9:04 avg pace), avg/max hr (146/168)
thursday (1/8) am run: 2 miles, 19:12 (9:36 avg pace), avg/max hr (148/160)

9 comments:

  1. MarleneJanuary 8, 2009 at 1:03 PM

    LOL @ the ba-donk-a-donk! Sounds good to me. :)

    Good job sticking to the easy miles for the last couple runs of your taper.

    Now go rock Goofy!!!

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  2. Mel-2nd ChancesJanuary 8, 2009 at 1:30 PM

    Good luck this weekend!! Looking forward to hear all about it!

    You can actually tell the difference between different colored m&m's? LOL

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  3. ChrisJanuary 8, 2009 at 3:09 PM

    I LOVE M&M's. They are probably my biggest weakness. My Mom gave me 2 big bags for Christmas. One is gone. I am working on the second. Lord save me!

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  4. AronJanuary 8, 2009 at 3:25 PM

    m&ms are definitely my favorite candy :)

    yayyyy good luck this weekend!!!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2009 at 4:55 PM

    It's nice to know big butts are a good thing, and not just the tag line of a song...

    I like M&Ms too, they are part of the major food group of chocolate.

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  6. Mel-2nd ChancesJanuary 8, 2009 at 8:42 PM

    A huge thank you for the HR info... I'm soaking it all in now :) Thanks! Now go kick some as-phalt.

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  7. joyRuNJanuary 9, 2009 at 1:21 AM

    Happy taper & good luck this weekend :)

    Don't the blue M&Ms taste just like the rest of them?

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  8. LindsayJanuary 9, 2009 at 7:42 AM

    of course the blue m&m's are yucky! you can't taste the difference? :)

    no, i suppose if i were to be truthful i would say there isn't a difference... i just have a thing against the color blue (in general). plus i voted for purple back in the day.

    i also ate a pile of harvest cheddar sun chips last night for 'dinner'. i really need a nutritionist...

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  9. Glenn JonesJanuary 9, 2009 at 8:40 AM

    Good luck this weekend! Race report is mandatory!

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