The last few days...

The last few days have been lousy ones. Up at the hospital a lot - an irregular schedule - cold, windy weather outside - just miserable. The good news is that I had some good mileage over the weekend and through the week - so the guilt factor of no running really hasn't come into play. Tomorrow it's supposed to be 47 with a light breeze - no excuses to not get out and enjoy. After a few days of being up at 5am-ish I acquired dark circles and bags under my eyes - not a good combo on a Monte day. Fortunately Monte had mercy and helped me work through an 80 - 90% day to end up with a more than decent upper body workout.

Tonight was the quarterly NTX Trail Runner meeting. Always a good time to be around other runners - meet some new folks - learn some things - and in tonight's case - encourage and lure some friends into the sport. Peter and Laura joined - it was nice to have them along and expose them to the craziness that we call ultrarunning. They have yet to run trails - but weather not being a factor it looks like this Saturday they're going to get out and give it a go. Oh, if the only knew what they were getting themselves into.

1/19

Breakfast
Scrambled eggs
2 biscuits
1 yogurt
Hashbrowns (not the ones that are deep fried!)

Lunch
Turkey sandwich with pesto
Potato salad
Pretzels

Snack
Iced venti non-fat latte

Supper
Handful of chips
2 corn tortillas
2 chicken enchiladas with rice (didn't eat all of the sauce)

Snack
Fiber One cereal

Exercise
None


1/20

Breakfast
Two egg and potatoe tacos/Taco Cabana

Snack
Grande non-fat latte

Lunch
Handful of chips with taco meat (at the house - lean ground beef)
1/2 cup rice with chicken and veggies

Snack
Fiber One cereal

Supper
1 chicken breast
2 small ears of corn
Green beans
1 roll w/ butter

Snack
Chicken and rice soup

Exercise
Upper body w/ Monte