Sometimes Ya Just Gotta Get Up and Do It

Today was another day of things not going as I had planned. My car stayed in the shop until 4pm, at which time I was told it could not be fixed, let alone the problem even diagnosed, and I had to take it to the dealership... across town... quickly before they closed. Lovely. But, it all worked out and my car is now in a shop that ought to be able to both diagnose and fix the problem and I have a rental car.

The training I had scheduled today was a 2 mile bridge run. I understand it's good to add in different types of running, speed work, sprints, long runs, and inclines/hills. Well, there are not a lot of hills in Florida but there are quite a few bridges around here and lots of people run the bridges. Unfortunately, I didn't get home from all the car-fun until around 6pm (dark outside and I'm not running alone at night) and I hadn't really eaten a proper lunch today so I was starving. First things first. Food first.

What I wanted to do was heat up my leftover salmon and pasta and hit the couch for the night.

My conscience got the better of me though and what I did was heat up my food, give it a little time to settle, and head to the gym. What's the point of having a rental car, I asked myself, if I just let it sit in my driveway? I got it to get myself around, so around I should go.

Training: 2 miles on the treadmill, 4.5 mph, incline 3-4.
Time: 30:42
Calories burned: 225

Running at an incline (more than the 1.0 I usually do on the treadmill) was hard; but the run overall was easy. I found my breathing a little hard when I pushed the incline up from 3 to 4 but it wasn't impossible and I didn't have to play mental games with myself to keep running. It truly amazes me that I can run 2 miles and qualify it as "an easy run." Wow. 2 miles. Easy. It felt good. I felt good. I'm pretty happy with this.

I didn't intend to skip lunch but a very gracious friend let me use their car this morning for some errands that I had to get done. I did snack; but I've still got some eating to do today so I'll post my nutrition totals later!

Calories: 1,584 (in range)

Carbs: 197 (under)
Protein: 90 (over)
Fat: 33 (under)
Sat Fat: 7 (in range)
Sodium: 1,154 (too low)
Cholesterol: 11 (under)