Monday, July 29: Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – I had a chance to get in early and run seven this morning but I slacked and took my sweet time getting moving in the morning. Not happy about that, but I still got in a solid five this morning.
Meals
Pre run: Half an English muffin w/ maple almond butter & tea
Post run: Honey nut cheerios with vanilla almond milk and a banana
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with spinach, cucumbers and honey mustard, a vanilla greek yogurt, and a pack of bunnies.
Snack: Cheddar bunnies
Dinner: Baked pasta (one of Amanda’s specialties)
Tuesday, July 30: Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles - I snuck out a couple minutes early to get in seven this morning, which was really nice. The weather was amazing. High 60s with low humidity, it was absolutely awesome…except for the fact that I was running the Flowery Branch roads loop and not some sweet trail.
Meals
Pre run: Chocolate honey stinger waffle & tea
Post run: Smart start with vanilla almond milk
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with spinach, cucumbers, and honey mustard. Carrot sticks and a greek yogurt.
Snack: Cheddar bunnies
Dinner: Leftover baked shells and a piece of Amanda’s Swedish tea ring
Wednesday, July 31 – Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – I wanted to go seven but I was dragging ass this morning. I also stopped and talked to Brian for 20 minutes about the softball game that I skipped last night. I was hoping to either ride into work today or get a mountain bike ride in after, but it’s looking like a full day for us. Maybe Amanda will want to go for a spin later. I tweeted at Red Bull this morning and they were awesome and swung by the office to drop of some Red Bull for us. They gave us Red, Blue and Silver editions. I’m super pumped about that. Phase 2 of my master plan to someday get sponsored by Red Bull is underway. It would be way easier if I was just faster though.
Meals:
Pre run: Chocolate honey stinger waffle & tea
Post run: Smart start with vanilla almond milk & an apple
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with spinach, bacon, and sweet baby rays. Bunny grahams
Dinner: Chicken (w/ cashew crust from Fresh Market) and Rice. Pirate Booty
Thursday, August 1 – Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – This is starting to get familiar. I was hoping to make it to trivia tonight, but I only made it for the last question. I need a beer.
Meals
Pre run: Chocolate honey stinger waffle (last one NO!) & tea w/ honey
Post run: Smart Start w/ vanilla almond milk
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with spinach, cucumbers and honey mustard. Carrots & a greek yogurt.
Snack: Cheddar bunnies
Dinner: Small piece of pork w/ a ton of rice and corn. Strawberry greek yogurt
Friday, August 2 – Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles – Got my a$$ in gear this morning to fit in seven. Felt okay to start but I’m tired from training camp. My whole body is just gassed. Today was the toughest run to get through that I’ve had in a while. It’s probably a cumulative fatigue thing. Hopefully tomorrow I can get in a bike ride before or after work. Maybe that will help. I’m definitely dipping into the Red Bull stash before Friday Night Lights tonight.
Meals
Pre run: Half (err…3/4) of a PowerBar harvest bar and tea with honey
Post run: Honey nut cheerios with vanilla almond milk and a banana
Snack: A few handfuls of PB&J trail mix (I was freaking starving at 11)
Lunch: Three soft tacos (two chicken, rice, spinach & cheese and one just rice & cheese), greek yogurt
Snack: PB&J Trail mix & red bull
Dinner: two 100 calorie greek yogurts w/ granola & a bag of pirate booty at 11 p.m.
Friday Night Lights…woof
Saturday, August 3 – Chicopee Woods – 8 miles – Mountain Bike Ride – After work I headed up to Chicopee Woods to roll on the mountain bike for a bit. I am not a good mountain biker. I fell a couple times and being tired it was a little bit rough, but I just tried to enjoy being outside and doing something different. I did beast Granny’s climb, for me anyway, and I actually caught a guy that started at least 3 second before me, so that was positive.
Here is my Strava data from the ride - see I'm not good at this stuff.
Meals
Breakfast: I caved a little and hit Dunkin Donuts for a corn muffin and tea
Lunch: Almond butter and strawberry jelly sandwich with chips
Snack: Greek yogurt
Dinner: Homemade pizza with homemade organic dough.
Sunday, August 4 – Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles – Got moving early today, so I could get in seven before work. Good choice, but I was starving all day long, not really good for my camp “diet” My legs are definitely feeling some cumulative fatigue. I am eyeing Thursday as a possible day to sleep in and I’m really excited about that.
Meals
Pre run: Vanilla honey stinger w/ green tea
Post run: Smart start w/ vanilla almond milk & a little bit of scrambled eggs
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with cucumbers, spinach and honey mustard. Carrots. Snack size (small) peanut M&Ms
Snack: PB&J trail mix
Dinner: Small cup of chili and a greek yogurt. Amanda made burritos but I didn’t get out of work until after 9 so good thing I ate something at 7.
It was a super long day and it’s not going to get any better the next few, but at least it started off well with a seven mile run. If I can do that and get through camp I’ll be in good shape.
Weekly Total: 36 miles on six runs with one hour-plus mountain bike ride. Another training camp week in the books. Woof. I am tired, but I'm managing to keep running. It's going to be difficult to keep this up with how long our days are. I think I need to find a way to take a day off that is a real day off, not just a day that I didn't run.
p.s. - Big congratulations to @WildFerenc for placing 15th at worlds.
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