Sunday, April 11, 2010
Birthday Run: The Seal Beach 10K
Did not feel particularly strong, right from the start of the race. My left knee and right hip started buggin' me, but I kept with my plan to run/walk to keep my heartrate in the 140s-155 range. But, it seemed like my legs just didn't want to run for much more than a minute or at most 90-sec. Despite feeling like I wasn't running that great, in the end I managed to take about 30sec off my best pace. So afterwards, I felt pretty good. Finished the 10K in 1:30.10. The 10K was encouraging, and a great start to what would end up being a weekend of caloric excess! Right after the 10K.. a birthday brunch at my house, with cake of course. More great food and another CAKE today (I don't even like cake usually!). Oh well.. birthday is over now. Time to get back to sensible eating, and I have to hit the miles this week. I'm also tinkering with Calorie Counter for the Droid, by FatSecret. If I can figure it out, I'll try to post some screenshots of my weekend decadence. Pretty interesting program and interface. Somehow, for "Moderately Active", and "reasonable weight loss", it has calculated by RDI (Rec Daily Intake) at around 3100.. which seems staggeringly huge. Dreading my Monday AM weigh-in tomorrow.. Cake sucks!
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Aw, I'm sorry the run didn't go quite as well as you'd hoped but congratulations on getting out there and doing it! And happy belated birthday!
ReplyDeletei'm realizing that i'm a long way off from the day when I will really LOVE the feeling of running right from the start. It's kind of a dread, then it gets kind of a zone where I feel pretty strong. But afterwards, I always feel great. I'm actually fine with the run, and was VERY pleasantly surprised that my overall pace for this distance improved by 30seconds. I like all the data-crunching and numbers, because I'm inherently a geek. But overall, I am content to just keep running a few times a week. I have another 10K coming up in just 2 months!
ReplyDeleteIt took me awhile to enjoy running, too, so I can understand where you're coming from.
ReplyDeleteI still have days when I don't really feel like hitting the pavement but like you said, you never regret it once you're out there.
I know you will rock the next 10k, Doc!
Congrats on the run! 10Ks are a little tough - just long enough that you can't fake it. You can fake your way through a 5K, but a 10K requires some stamina. Running for an hour plus is not a trival exercise.
ReplyDelete3100 calories doesn't sound too abnormal. For me, 53 yo male, my caloric requirement to *lose* 1 pound a week is 2100 - without exercise. So, depending on what "moderately active" means, 3100 may not be out of line. Like I said in my blog though, experiment with things, and then adjust your intake accordingly. Good luck!