Day 15 - Note to Self, you cannot run off a Hangover.

This weekend was great, and it was also a little rough. Friday's runs were no problem, we discovered that Red wine is actually a performance enhancing drug (well kinda) and I got to bed early. Saturday I had a banner workout early in the morning consisting of a 1 hour trainer ride followed immediately by a 35 min run. For all those unfamiliar with the lingo this is called a 'Brick' workout, mostly because that is usually how your legs feel when you get off the bike. Well, I was not setting any records for transition time but starting my run my legs felt great and a knocked out the 35 min on the treadmill without a problem, and I even finished with a 5 min build increasing the incline and speed every 30 sec. I felt great, and after cooking a little breakfast (leftover potatoes from the salmon night, eggs, cheese and tomatoes) it was time to start thinking about the big game.

Anybody that knows me knows that I am a Notre Dame fan, but the game that I was interested in this day was the Ohio State University of Michigan game. Not only was I looking forward to the #1 vs. #2 match up, but a certain nutrition company had posted a giveaway of $100 of their stuff if you picked the winner and total score. That company is InfinIT Nutrition, and I have been using their product to train and race with for the last year. I cannot say enough good things about their stuff or their company, so needless to say I was really hoping for a final score of OSU 45 U of M 37. Well I was close, and in fact was close enough to win the big prize!!!!! So I would like to thank Mike at InfiinIT for unintentionally becoming my non-official Nutritional Sponsor for IMFL 2007 'catchy phrase TBD'.

Now, while I was very well behaved for the game, and pretty good at the dinner that followed, the Red Wings needed to go into overtime and then a shootout which pushed my evening into the wee hours of the night, and also meant that alcohol to water intake shifted into the Hangover zone. Now while I knew that this was happening as I sat and helped my buddy Joe make sure his high quality Scotch's had not gone bad, it seemed totally worth it. It was worth it right up until I had to muster a run on Sunday. I know from experience that you cannot run off a hang over, but I was determined to try. I figured I might be able to sweat it out, but the body was weak, and after running for 25 min, and wanting to vomit the whole time, I threw in the towel.
I'd say lesson learned and that it will not happen again, but I know that when Joe's Scotch needs to be checked for consumablity I will be first in line.

We have not cooked since Thursday night which means that I'm probably not doing too well in the no weight gain holiday challenge, but there is always this week to improve. I'm hoping that I will soon start to see the benefits of all this running (almost 40 mi last week), but I think that I will have to do a better job with my portion control, and alcohol units.

I need to thank Ferrone for cooking a great meal for us on Saturday night. She made this egg white quiche that was out of this world and I will have to poach the recipe for it. I also need to thank Val (and Mark) for putting on such a fabulous spread last night. I'm not real sure how the pork was prepared, but it was great. Also the little onion deals were super tasty, but you went way over the top with the homemade Swan marrange white chocolate moose dessert, and I'm blaming this weeks extra poundage on the box of homemade chocolate truffles you sent home with us. Thanks so much, that whole evening was terrific.