Day Eight:

I think the diet caught up with me bit today. I ran with G at 7:30--our usual 5.5 route--and then came home for a breakfast of an egg white, Swiss cheese, onion and jalapeno omelet with some grits, cottage cheese and half a grapefruit. Lunch was a bowl of leftover pinto bean soup, a piece of corn bread with cheddar, and a popcicle. I ran into the office for a couple hours to finish some research and answer a few emails that had been lingering and then ran a series or small errands (recycling, bank, Et al.). I got home by around 4:00 and was totally wiped. I fought it for about forty-five minutes, but gave in a little before 5:00 and took what I was thinking would be a one hour nap before I hit the pool. I was drooling and disoriented when I woke up at 7:30 and, of course, missed my swim. Dinner was quinoa with sauteed vegetables, basil and garlic. All told I must be around 2100 kcal for today. Since I missed my swim I also missed weigh in. I'll try to swing by the gym tomorrow to do the walk of shame so I can report the actual numbers.

I'm running with G again tomorrow morning and hoping to get in on my first group ride in a long time at 4:30 pm so I'll have to watch intakes more carefully to see if I'm shorting myself.

Inspiring photo of the day comes from the Velonews website:

One of the things that I love about the European peleton is that it's manly enough that they sometimes get into fights, but not so much that they hesitate to race their hearts out for a pink shirt.