I had to figure that out the hard way. Texas summers are very hot and I was thinking it would be better to train right after work. At say, 6 p.m. Some people may be able to get away with running in that heat. But since I'm ramping up my mileage after an injury (high ankle sprain that took a long time to heal), I realized it would be best to avoid the heat.
Today I waited until 7 p.m. to venture out. I'm working on making the shift from evening to morning runs. I think it will help out with my diet, but for this week, I'm sticking to the familiar.
So I timed a three-mile trek at 29:30, give or take a few seconds. Certainly not my fastest but I'm running in my neighborhood which has a lot of hills. I'm happy with the time and want to push my short runs up to 5-milers. As I said yesterday, and I'm sure to repeat this during the next nine weeks, I want to set a solid cardio baseline. Whatever problems I have with swimming or cycling technique on race day, I want to have lots of gas in the tank.
On the nutrition side, I had some eggs, toast, and cereal this morning. I cheated and had some coffee - not too much - and drank plenty of water. Lunch came a bit late and it consisted of chicken and pasta. Because I front-loaded my calories throughout the day, I kept dinner light. A protein shake, 2 hard boiled eggs, an apple and a glass of orange juice.
This post is a bit late, 10:32 p.m., and I need to get to bed. Challenge 2 (Challenge 1 is diet) is sleep. I tend to stay up later than I should. Can't do that if I'm training.
Tomorrow - weight training, high reps, focusing on increasing heart rate. Focusing on leg strength.
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