Nobody here knows me, but I feel like I should say something coming back to this after several years off of this site. I have been running off and on in that time, sometimes seriously, more often not. Last time I was on this site I think I weighed 164lb or so. My minimum weight and weight of my fastest half marathon -- 1:18:45 (6min pace) I weighed 152-154lb. Right now I weigh 184... And at one point in the past 2 years I have weighed somewhere in teh 200-205 range... So that is a problem.
I made myself a promise as I crossed the finish line in that half marathon 7 years ago. I said "this is not the fittest I will be in my life." So far that was the fittest I have ever been. But I am 31 years old so I still have some time. But not TOOO much time either. So I must act. On top of that I now finally have a life plan that should allow me to keep my promise. I plan on hiking the pacific crest trail in in 2017 from april through august and possibly a bit of september. That is 2650miles in 5 months. Many people start out in only decent shape and let the trail get them into top shape. That is not how I operate. I hope to be in awesome shape to start the trail and even better shape when I finish. So for about a month now I have been doubling again.
Currently I am focused on getting in the miles and am not doing much in the way of speed work. And I am not focusing on my weight at this point and will see what a few months of 80mile weeks does for me. When I reach a point that 80 mile weeks are not a struggle, I might try to impose a bit more of a calorie deficite to speed up that process. But right now I am thinking that if I can start the trail at 165-170lb then the trail will take off another 20ish pounds. And 14-19lbs lost is not a ton to do over a 6 month training period given my starting point.
Okay. Now on to the training log.
6 miles in the am. Felt much better after taking a half day off yesterday.
7 miles in the pm with brendan. Ran along a beautiful resovior with some serious rock formations. We went a mile longer than planned just by accident. Definitely went faster than planned as well. I think brendan and I both are used to running about a shoulder ahead of the other person and so we each think that the other person is pushing the pace when the reality is that we are both just trying to "keep up" with the other one lol. Can't do this too often without it coming back to bite me, but now that brendan lives 45minutes away I doubt we will be running together more than once a week or so.
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