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Monday's assessment at the Lake County General Health District went well. After hovering around 24% body fat since late March, I dropped more than 2 percentage points to 21.6%. That's a good sign since it is mid-range of what is commonly accepted as "average".
A lot of that stall can be attributed to false readings on the fat measuring device. I had been told that failure to hydrate properly can produce inaccurate readings. All of my life, getting into the habit of drinking water all day has been a problem. Lately, I have made a concerted effort to hydrate better.
Now, I guess I just plug along until the end of the contest and not change a thing. Only a few more goals remain:
1) Finish up my 1,000 miles of roadwork
2) Reach a normal BMI
3) Post a decent time in the Johnnycake Jog
The 1,000 mile roadwork goal is easiest since I only have about 125 miles to go. That is an average of about 3 and 1/2 miles a day and I typically do double that. I expect to reach this goal in just over two weeks, at least two weeks ahead of schedule.
A normal BMI is well within reach. I need to lose about 8 more pounds by the end of the contest. My doctor will be impressed, assuming she even recognizes me anymore.
Posting a decent time in the Johnnycake Jog remains to be seen since I have not entered an organized race in over 30 years.
Based on my training so far, I "expect" to break 45 minutes and "hope" to break 40 minutes, should everything go really well. If the race went "really, really well", I would finish in the top 5 of my age group and in the top 250 overall. Those may be lofty goals for an old, has-been runner that wasn't ever all that good, even in his prime.
Presumably, running an hour straight when I do training workouts has built up more than enough of the endurance I will need. The big unknown here is the potential for brutally-hot race conditions. If necessary, with only about a mile to go, making a quick stop at the Harry Buffalo for a tall, cold one should only add 5 or 10 minutes to my overall time. Burning off those extra few hundred calories should be easy. Finding the finish line may not be so easy.
A lot of that stall can be attributed to false readings on the fat measuring device. I had been told that failure to hydrate properly can produce inaccurate readings. All of my life, getting into the habit of drinking water all day has been a problem. Lately, I have made a concerted effort to hydrate better.
Now, I guess I just plug along until the end of the contest and not change a thing. Only a few more goals remain:
1) Finish up my 1,000 miles of roadwork
2) Reach a normal BMI
3) Post a decent time in the Johnnycake Jog
The 1,000 mile roadwork goal is easiest since I only have about 125 miles to go. That is an average of about 3 and 1/2 miles a day and I typically do double that. I expect to reach this goal in just over two weeks, at least two weeks ahead of schedule.
A normal BMI is well within reach. I need to lose about 8 more pounds by the end of the contest. My doctor will be impressed, assuming she even recognizes me anymore.
Posting a decent time in the Johnnycake Jog remains to be seen since I have not entered an organized race in over 30 years.
Based on my training so far, I "expect" to break 45 minutes and "hope" to break 40 minutes, should everything go really well. If the race went "really, really well", I would finish in the top 5 of my age group and in the top 250 overall. Those may be lofty goals for an old, has-been runner that wasn't ever all that good, even in his prime.
Presumably, running an hour straight when I do training workouts has built up more than enough of the endurance I will need. The big unknown here is the potential for brutally-hot race conditions. If necessary, with only about a mile to go, making a quick stop at the Harry Buffalo for a tall, cold one should only add 5 or 10 minutes to my overall time. Burning off those extra few hundred calories should be easy. Finding the finish line may not be so easy.
posted by Lighten Up in 2013 at
1:04 PM
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