I just got off the treadmill after running 13 miles. I didn’t just decide to run that distance. I am following a marathon training schedule, and today I was scheduled to run 13 miles. I used a Polar brand heart rate monitor. According to the heart rate monitor, there were 1900 calories burned over the course of my run.
My goal was to run long slow distance (LSD), and keep my heart rate under 150 BPM. I wanted to stay in the aerobic zone. So the majority of those 1900 calories were probably fat calories.
Following my run, I was starving, so I ate a small tub of fat free cottage cheese with pineapple. 10 grams of protein, and 17 grams of carbs per serving. And the tub contained 4 servings. I ate the whole thing, for 440 calories! Now I have a boneless skinless chicken breast on the grill, and will make a couple chicken sandwiches with lettuce and tomatoe, and just a light spreading of mayonaise. Yum!
And I still have a karate class this afternoon.
Next Sunday I get to run 14 miles! Such fun!

Posted by Rob in Exercise on February 18th, 2007 |