As a dude,I know I am not supposed to discuss weight and it's physical, psychological and emotional impact on performance. But I am also not supposed to go to costume parties which I am doing tonight.
Great marathon runners are all ridiculously skinny - 5'9ish, 140 pounds and 4% body fat. I'm 6', 177 and if you believe my FitBit scale, which I don't, about 7% body fat. So I am basically carrying around 25 unneeded pounds on my back, which can't be helping my blazing 7.45/mile pace.
Of course I have other weighty considerations beyond my run pace. Principally vanity. Actually only vanity. I am trying to balance feeling sufficiently large in the context of a 2013 male and light enough that I can approach 3.30 marathon. The emotional issue is that I have no idea how I am weighing that balance.
The scale can pretty much pop out any number and I am unhappy. 173 and I am an emaciated geriatric and 179 and I am a bloated hippo. This is why alternating lifting and running every day works for me on an emotional level - I am different people depending on what the scale tells me so I need to treat them with different endorphin drugs.
Another 60 minute MAF (bite me Mike, I can go science too) Lifecycle ride - 821 calories this time or 10 more than Wednesday while holding heart rate to 137 peak. I might try and run tomorrow which means I will be a nervous wreck all day.
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