The Oracle of Apollo
Snippets from the life of Apollo Lee

I intended to go out yesterday and try another two miles on the track. After I got home from my temporary gig yesterday, though, I was famished, so I munched a bowl of Pad Thai (yum). Unfortunately, that was about an hour before sunset. At the half hour mark, I still felt bloaty.

Today, I set a goal of knocking a 90 seconds off my time, while maintaining a heart rate down somewhere under my theoretical maximum heart rate. Sunday’s run had me walking in laps 5, 6, and 7, so I really wanted to run the whole thing without walking at all today.

Test Run Bravo

• Distance: 2.00 miles (3.22 km)
• Time: 21:28 (10:43 / mile - 5.59 mph avg)
• Heart Rate Max: 205 bpm (111% target zone)
• Heart Rate Avg: 191 bpm (104% target zone)
• APFT Score for run: 26 (required to pass: 60 - 17:42)
• Goal for August: 50 - 18:48 (2:40 faster)

I ran the full two miles non-stop, except for six seconds on lap two to retie my shoe. I gave a little push toward the end, because I was dying of thirst and wanted some of my water bottle. I still had exactly the same ridiculously high heart rate this time around, but I felt better after I finished. Sooner or later, this two mile trudge will get easier. It’ll come as the weight falls off.

Apollo’s Statistics

Height: 70 inches (1.778 m)

Weight: 193.5 lb (87.77 kg) [-2.5 lb]

BMI: 27.76 (-0.36) [Overweight]

Goal Weight: 165 lb (74.84 kg) [23.67 BMI]

More than the weight loss thing, I’m shooting for a vastly improved fitness level. But, we have to start fat and slow before we become lean and mean, right?