day 35: 5am run

so, i'm having a day. but this blog is not about my failures at life. it's about my successes at health. cough.

i have never been as happy to be at work as i am today. ever. and probably never again. holy. jeez.

it's mornings like this morning that remind me of this: i'm not actually an athlete. i'm in decent shape, but that doesn't mean i can run and bike and row all in one day. oops.

new resolution: i'm going to avoid running more than 20 minutes before commuting to work by bike. AND i'm not, not biking tomorrow. it's only going to be two days this week because i need to run intervals tomorrow. and if i say otherwise, i want you to embarrass and harass me publicly.

mama's tired. she may or may not have hit muscle failure on the last hill this morning. owww.

food
blueberry pomegranate juice: 200c, 0p, 0f
strawberry-stuffed french toast: 332c, 12p, 1.5f
double-bean burrito: 411c, 14p, 5f
chips: 140c, 2p, 2f
bean dip: 89c, 4p, 3f
greek yogurt: 140c, 14p, 0f
buffalo chicken sub (grilled chicken): 460c, 27p, 5f
sunchips: 210c, 4p, 3f
1 doubletree cookie: 314c, 4p, 0f

totals: 2296c, 81p, 19.5f

exercise
running, 40 minutes at 6.2mph (4.1 mi), heart rate goal: 160 = 462c
biking to work, the most excruciating ride of my life, 80 min, 142bpm=767c
biking to rowing, 65 min, 126bpm = 511 calories
rowing (under-estimating based on an average)= 340c

total burned: 2080c


net: 216c. which means that i need to eat another 1,300. which i'm choosing to do tomorrow because i'm too tired to stay awake..

thankful 
for my body, which actually woke up and went for a run at 5am. that hardly ever happens in the morning. 
for miranda, who rode at a decent pace this morning so i felt sluggish and awkward if i didn't try to keep up.
for this second cup of coffee.
for rowing on the mississippi at sunset and realizing that i'm smiling for the first time all day.