ckworksalot's Journal, 31 July 2015

Went for a 2 mile walk/run with my 17 year old daughter earliercthis week. She is 12 inches shorter than me so I had to slow my pace a shorten my stride a bit so we could stay together. Turns out I stayed below my anerobic threshold this way and never got winded as I had in rehab trying to run at 6.5 mph. So I tried an experiment Wednesday at rehab, reducing my speed to 5.3 mph. Result: I ran 20 minutes non stop after a 5 minute walk warm up. Wanted to try on the road, so I came home that night and jogged a 12.5 min mile and finished with a 15 minute walk/run milefor the return trip. Repeated the 20 minute continuous run again in todays rehab, and did a 34 min, 2 mile walk/run with my daughter tonight, immediately followed by a 1 mile run with my 19 year old son in 11min 50 sec... almost 45 seconds faster than Wednesdays pace. Maintained heart rate at 140 for most of the run, and pushed to 150 for the last tenth of a mile. Feeling pretty good!

Diet Calendar Entries for 31 July 2015:
2458 kcal Fat: 86.84g | Prot: 165.61g | Carb: 281.62g.   Breakfast: Optimum Nutrition Performance Whey 100% Isolate, Wholesome Sweeteners Raw Cane Sugar, Nature's Path Organic Pumpkin Flax Plus Granola, Coffee, Waymouth Farms Golden Flaxseed, Cinnamon, Sun-Maid Natural California Raisins. Lunch: Clif Bar Builder's Bar - Cookies 'n Cream, Earthbound Farm Organic Spring Mix, Tyson Foods Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, Sweet Onions, Cucumber (Peeled), Oil and Vinegar Salad Dressing (Home Recipe), Tomatoes. Dinner: Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, Innkeeper's Healthful 8 Grain Bread, Kirkland Signature Clover Honey, Goya Black Beans. Snacks/Other: Kirkland Signature Frozen Whole Strawberries, Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, Banana, Optimum Nutrition Performance Whey 100% Isolate. more...
2856 kcal Activities & Exercise: Running (jogging) - 5/mph - 26 minutes, Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 13 minutes, Treadmill - 25 minutes, Resting - 17 hours and 11 minutes, Sleeping - 5 hours and 45 minutes. more...

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I'm slowly trying to rebuild a regular jogging routine -- but it is pretty remarkable how slowing your pace just a smidge allows you to exponentially increase your distance and stamina! And how nice that you discovered that by sharing a run with (and making accommodations for) your daughter. I'm only going about 3x/week (at a local track at night when it's not so hot), but I've shaved a few seconds off my time with each attempt and am logging a 12-min. mile followed by a 13-min. one. 
01 Aug 15 by member: losinit1655
It's great that you can share your runs with your family. It makes that time extra special. Good luck on your rehab. 
01 Aug 15 by member: CatHerder
Nice! Great things happen when you initiate change! Great to that you are getting some quality time in with your kids. 
01 Aug 15 by member: Pterath
Making up for all those years I was too overweight to do any physical activity with the kids! 
01 Aug 15 by member: ckworksalot
Excellent! Nice to be able to do that with your daughter and also see such improvement in your stamina. 
01 Aug 15 by member: jmb3450
Good for you - so happy to hear you are doing well! 
01 Aug 15 by member: HCB

     
 

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