October 30 - 13 days to go

There is a change for lunch today. I just messed up what I thought I was supposed to have with tomorrow's plan, and had a tuna sub. That was my fault -- I just looked at the wrong day is all. I don't believe it will have a bad impact on the overall numbers for the day.

Current weight is 172. It was 171.6 when I got home from the workout, but after dinner, it bumped up. I am hopeful that it will be down by morning. I've been stuck at 174 for too long. I'm really happy about getting over that plateau.

Stef will fill you in on the details of the workout, but total workout time was 36 minutes, 413 calories, and I did a mile after the workout at 6:20. I'm still cautiously optimistic about being able to break the 6 minute wall, but when we do it for keeps, I'll be a lot fresher than I was this afternoon. The third 440 is just ridiculously hard, but I imagine that it always has been and always will be. The first two 440s go by really quickly, the third is a death march, and then the last one moves by fast because of the kick to the finish. It's the third one where I could really use some strong pacing. You hear that, don't you, James?

I'm worried about my own discipline for tomorrow night. I'll be surrounded by Snickers, Butterfingers, Smarties, and all sorts of stuff that is bad for me, and I really want to be able to look back and say that I did the whole time without diving into the candy. I expect it will be tougher than keeping it going through my birthday. There are only 13 days to go, however, and I don't want to mess anything up.