Over the past few months I have been on a calorie restricted diet. I haven’t been doing anything crazy. I’m not using any fad diet or chemicals to lose weight. I have just been tracking my daily calorie intake using The Daily Plate from Live Strong. It’s been great for losing a few extra pounds here and there, but recently I’ve been wondering if the calorie restriction is negatively impacting my performance.
Charmaine is out of town this week. That usually means I don’t sleep well. I didn’t sleep well last night. When you combine a lack of calories with a lack of sleep, you really shouldn’t expect stellar performance. I certainly didn’t perform anywhere near stellar today.
It’s been extremely cold and wet lately. The weatherman even predicted rain and snow AGAIN today. I put on a long-sleeved shirt and a big hat to go out running. It was still pretty cold, but the factor I hadn’t thought too much about was the wind. It was really strong today. I was running into a headwind almost the whole first mile. That was a bad mile for me. RunKeeper kept telling me I was almost a minute behind pace. I didn’t make up much time on mile 2, and mile 3 was just terrible. But at least I finished. I’m sick of saying that, but I don’t have anything else good to say, so I have to stick with that… for now.
That’s my worst run since March 18th (4 weeks ago). It’s time to take it up a notch.