The Training Week That Was...5/18-24

Contrary to my mistaken perception, gardening doesn't really burn quite as many calories as I had hoped!
While I had an excellent week in terms of my running (mileage), I continue to ride something of a roller coaster relative to weight loss/gain. I suspect it has something to do with energy in-energy out; the more I run or exercise during the course of a week, the less likely I am to drop pounds, especially if I don't starve myself. My thinking is that if I am expending "x" number of calories through exercise, then I shoudl be able to balance that expenditure with an increase in what I am eating.

This past weekend, I ran almost thirty miles in two days and worked in the garden Sunday--it seemed to me that I had "worked out" more than enough to offset any overeating... not so much, I guess. What is important, though, is that I did manage to stick (roughly) to the spirit of my training plan. Here is just what went down this week:

Monday: Rest
Tuesday: 4.4 miles
Wednesday: Rest
Thursday: 7.6 miles
Friday: 6.3 miles
Saturday: 21.3 miles
Sunday: 8 miles

TOTAL MILEAGE: R 47.6 miles (+12.6 miles from the previous week)
Weigh-In*: 192 lbs. (+2.5 lbs.) [* @ 5:00 a.m. on 5/25/09]

It is also likely probable that I have been eating more empty calories of late, a habit I continue to attempt to break myself of. I am hoping that a more "mindful" approach to eating will help resolve some of this inconsistency when it come to my weight.

Breathe in, breathe out… YOU AND I ARE ALIVE!