Run, and then Run some more!

This morning it hit me that in 11 days I will be running my first 5k, The Sacramento Color Run. ELEVEN days.  I am on week 6, day 2 of a 9 week training program..... You do the math.  Granted, when I started this program, it was to prepare for a run in September, and I am right on track for that.  The color run was just a bonus, and it has really snuck up on me!  So, due to that realization this morning, I took my butt to the gym after stadiums, and I ran.  And as soon as I am done with this blog, I will run again.  My goal for this evening in another 20 minute stretch, then I will move on to 23 minutes, or 25.  At some point in the next few days, I need to do 3 miles, and see just how much of it I can run... I am not going to throw away my running shoes and take up knitting if I can't run this whole 5k, as it wasn't my original goal to do it this early, so I won't consider it a failure.  But I sure will consider it a victory if I am able to do it!

Speaking of runs, I found another one that I am going to sign up for! Run your Gourd Off!  It's put on by Fleet Feet, and Bishop's Pumpkin Farm, two places I love dearly!  www.runyourgourdoff.com Check it out, sign up, have fun!

I decided to track my calories today.  I haven't done that in quite awhile, and I was curious to see how many extra I was earning from my workouts, and if I was getting near using them all, or going over even.  Here is what I found, this doesn't have dinner on it, but I did estimate the run I am going to do still this evening.  Also, it doesn't have a "Stadiums" exercise, go figure... so I used stairmaster, and cut the amount of time in half since stadiums isn't stair climbing the whole time.

Daily Report for July 25, 2012

Daily Log
Breakfast		348
Eggs, scrambled	2 Each	204
Lunchmeat, turkey breast, oven roast, svg	½ Each	30
Cheese, Cheddar, Shredded	¼ Cup	114
Lunch		425
Apples, Fresh, Sml, 2 3/4"	1 ¼ Each	97
Peanut Butter, Creamy	2 Tablespoons	188
Peanut Cluster Bar, Atkins	1 Serving	140
No nutrient data for: Fat, Carbs
Snacks		475
Raisins, Seedless	58 Each	90
Popcorn, Microwave, Low Fat	6 Cups	280
Shake, Protein, Chocolate,	¾ Package	105
Exercise		1,172
Elliptical	30 min	298
Stairmaster	20 min	199
Running	30 min	341
Running	30 min	333

  

Summary Budget: 1275
Food Calories	1,248
Exercise Calories	1,172
Net Calories	76
+/- Calories	-1,199

So there is a little summary of my day.  I have used my daily budget, so I think I did ok, I'll go a little over with dinner, but I have enough exercise calories to cover that, and still be in the negative.  Speaking of dinner...

Kate "pinned" Sour Cream and Bacon Crock Pot Chicken as a dinner request, so it is cooking as I type.  Unfortunately I didn't check the carbs on the cream soup until I already had everything else ready to go.... 10 carbs per serving in the soup alone, yikes.  So I will be having some of the chicken, sans sauce, over a salad.  I can't believe that me, the nutrition information reading nazi, let that slip by me!  For those of you that aren't as crazy as I am, and would like to enjoy this dish, here is the recipe :

http://momswithcrockpots.com/2012/01/sour-cream-and-bacon-crockpot-chicken/ 

Enough procrastinating for me... I need to finish preparing dinner, and get out there and run!