New shoes, new spring in my step...

I wanted to wake up early in order to give myself enough time for a relaxed breakfast. Since I stopped snacking after 8 pm, I long for my breakfast. It's like my treat. I actually don't eat perfectly before 8 pm, I try to minimize bad eating, but I'll still have some potato chips and such, but I try not to pig out. But after 8 pm, no food, except for fruit or power bars every hour if I'm exercising. I find not eating after 8 pm gives my body more time to recover and get rid of toxins. I find my weight is more manageable when I don't eat past 8 pm. My next step is to try and not eat any fried or simple carbohydrate foods at all. I was thinking about it during my run tonight. My plan is to race this year around 170 lbs and I currently weight about 183 lbs. I was thinking that rather than trying to lose all the weight over a one month period, I should just make some simple adjustments so that I loose about 1 lb a week. I think that if I cut out fried and simple foods and not eat after 8 pm it will happen. The only thing I won't do is cut out the beer, but I will try to limit it.

I had 8 hours of sleep last night, but still woke up pretty tired. I started to feel better and feel sharper as the day wore on. At lunch time I went and bought a new pair of runners. It broke my heart spending $150, but I knew I had to or risk injury. When I got home I was tired. I had something to eat, then a quick nap and then on to training. I did a moderate paced run and bike ride. I made sure I drank a lot of water and I had a really good stretch after the session. I could really tell the difference with the new running shoes. Much more support and I felt like I was running on springs. It was unbelievable. I compared the new ones to the old ones and the old ones were about 3/8" flatter, same model, but compressed from the wear and tear. After the run I did a bike ride, for the first 15 minutes I couldn't push hard and keep a high cadence. Then after about 30 minutes my legs felt super human and I was just powering. It's strange, I can get sore, but if I just keep going, I get stronger, I don't feel the pain. The pain somehow gets masked and then I feel like a machine. Bryan "the Train" Payne.

Mod Run - 50:18 minutes / 6.18 miles / 8:13 pace / 130 - 135 bpm

Mod Bike - 75 minutes / 20.02 miles / 17.62 mph /129 - 133 bpm