i just ate a panera sandwich (chicken ceasar) and now i feel sick to my stomach. ooohhhhhhhhhh sick. i have been eating really plain stuff for what seems like forever (save thanksgiving day), so maybe my system overloaded. not a good sandwich though, i have no plans to ever order that one again. i'm sure it was about 600 calories...i usually avoid panera (eg go there once or twice during a summer) but sometimes the craving hits and i think it is ok to work in some high calorie sandwiches a couple times a month as long as you don't go too far over your calorie goal. i know for me personally, sometimes i drop weight after an indulgence or two but i'm not sure why. the metabolism wakes up or something.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my stomach. it doesn't feel right. curse that panera sandwich! ohhhhhhhhhhhh. *clutches stomach* *chugs diet coke* hehe.

today i ran for 1 hour (6.3 miles) over at lake harriet and once around calhoun. yeah!! my first run in the 20F degree temps! i felt out of shape though. it was kind of a tough run. 9:24, 9:05, 9:13, 9:13, 9:31, 9:44, and 10:00 pace for the last 0.372 mile climb up a tough hill. yesterday i had about 600 total calories (not necessarily on purpose) and no water--not exactly optimum training fuel. thats not why i was slow and out of shape but i'm just sayin'.

that brings my weekly mileage up to 12.7 miles; would you believe that is the biggest mileage week for me since 'thon? i know, i suck. i guess it turns out that you cannot maintain your base while running 12 miles a week. shocker! i haven't been able to get into a grove yet. it will happen though. now i have my winter running gear so that is good.