Today I got a good view of where I am at and how far I got to go
I ran a Two Lap in the morning.
Time: 27:04.16
Recall my record is 22:42.44, over 4 minutes needs be trimmed in order for me to match this record.
Weight now is accurate, it is in the morning after my workout before breakfast. Tomorrow will be interesting in that I run a four plus, I will shoot to run a four plus and a one lap, and walk a final lap.
Let’s look at the math, have to do this occaisonally to see what I am up against,
My first race is the 12k Seahawks run. 12k = 7.46 miles, and the FAQ on the registration site says I have to maintain a 20 minute mile… that’s nothing, I think I can maintain that pace today considering 5MPH is a 12 minute mile and that is actually pretty slow to me, so I am absolutely not worried about finishing and maintaining the minimum speed.
Distance is a little more of a challenge, tomorrow I will get a good idea if I can do a long run, if you recall I will be hitting a little more than 5.5 miles tomorrow. I will up that to 6.5 next week and 7.5 the week after.
Weight is key too, less weight to me always translated to better speed, I was about 247-250 before the race, I am shooting for that for the 12k. To make it simple lets say I have to lose 9lbs in exactly three weeks starting Sunday.
That is 3 lbs per week, at the edge of what is safe (maybe a wee bit pushing it). That translates to having a 10500 calorie deficit per week, for three weeks.
To make calculations simple, lets say my BMR is 2250, my burn rate at rest, I am not into heavy dieting so I will maintain an intake of 2000 calories per day, which is realistic. I can push a little more, but let’s just say 2000 for now. That gives me 1750 just by eating normal!!! Not even a starvation diet.
So 8750 more calories. I hit the gym 3 days a week and typically my warm up burns 600 calories, so that minuses 1800 Calories.
That leaves 6950 calories, nearly 1000 non-gym calories per day!!!! A 1 mile run burns about 200 calories for me, so each day I have to run 5 miles. Not gonna happen. Saturday is possible, also I am actually running 5 miles and walking 1 which I would credit about 150 calories. 1150 Calories on Saturday
Need to find another 5800 calories to burn. Tuesday and Friday are my two a days where I run in the morning. I typically run 2 miles those days, that’s 800 calories.
Down to 5000, I have not counted any workout for Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
Sunday can be a 2 lap that’s 400, Monday can be a 2 lap + 1 walk, thats 550 and Thursday has to be a rest day at 1 lap run 1 lap walk making it 350 so those days makes 1300, bringing me to 3700.
I dunno if I can do this… still short. Anyway, can think about it some more tomorrow, since I will do 1150 calories.
Weight: 258.0