Running, Cycling and Pushups in the Mid South

We've gone for a couple of runs now at the Naval Support Activity Mid-South, Millington, TN (just north of Memphis).

We ran for an hour and 10 minutes Sunday morning, then bicycled yesterday at the Meemen-Shelby State Park.  It had lots of hills so we had a bit of a workout there.

I've started back with the pushups again, doing sets of 10 or 12 or less.

We'd tried hiking at the Meemen-Shelby State park a couple days before the bicycling but the mosquitoes were overwhelming.

I'm still itching at the bites.

But yesterday, with the bicycling, I guess it was windy enough, and with the moving air of cycling, they weren't bad at all.  I'd worn clothing covering me neck to toe though, just in case.  I'm trainable.  

Sighted: Fat Asses at NSA Mid-South

So we got our fat asses out for a run this morning at NSA Mid-South, Millington, TN.  I felt pretty good but Dave was lagging, initially.

I wonder if he lags more when I come out strong. I wonder because he's lagged the last couple of times when I've come out strong. I know that when he comes out strong, I hate the feeling of trying to keep up.  I know many people thrive on that and say it makes them a better runner to run with someone better. I don't like it though.

I like running in my zen zone.

It was in the upper 50's, low 60's today, with a light breeze.

The Naval Support Base had a little nature trail.  Lovely.

Running and Hiking, Maybe Cycling

We wanted to ride the bike loop around Sioux Falls today but it has been rainy and really blustery and (whine, whimper and blather) I have a cold. I never get sick, but there you have it.  We did hike yesterday and ran the day before - and my middle toe on my right foot, that I broke a week ago is better.  We looked up marathon training plans and will initiate that this week.

Gotta Getter Going. We have a marathon to run in September.  And I might have a 35 or 40 mile run to do next month.  Sound crazy?  Yes, I'm am sort of crazy that way. 

Avoid Floating on the Bread Bloat

While out forking off, I avoid bread as a rule of thumb.

We just ate at a diner in Independence, MO.  While ordering, we asked that the waitress hold the toast.  She commented that she'd been holding the toast, and avoiding all bread going on 14 years and 225 pounds ago.

I can relate.  Not to the 225 pound weight loss, but I know my body bloats with bread.  It was hard initially to stop eating it.  So much of the American food experience is based on sandwiches or bread baskets as appetizers.  It was awkward and sometimes messy to try to eat a sandwich with out the delivery system of bread or bun.  But as we started avoiding fast food places as we got healthier, it became easier.  When in most restaurants, you can find entrees that don't need the bread in order to eat it.  Or you can just use your fork and knife and eat the meat or whatever is the goodie inside.

Regardless, it became more important to me to avoid bread than to acquiesce to the American sandwich fixation.

My usual exceptions to the no bread rule are when I need to eat it to be polite, or just to experience what looks like a great taste, or for pizza!!!  If it is cruddy pizza I will often scrape the goodie stuff off and leave the ugly mess of icky sticky doughy yuck-muck despite disapproving looks. If you don't want to do that, cover it up in extra napkins.

If it is good pizza, you bet your bloated ass (or mine) that I am going after that dough as well as the toppings.