{"id":341,"date":"2011-04-20T12:52:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T19:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/swim\/?p=341"},"modified":"2011-04-20T12:54:55","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T19:54:55","slug":"underfueling-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/swim\/underfueling-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Underfueling performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

31:31<\/a><\/p>\n

That’s my worst run since March 18th (4 weeks ago). It’s time to take it up a notch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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