Of Mice and Marathons

AM: 60' on the trainer. 207W. HR 128.

Got up early to get ahead of the boys. Long day with them but an overall good one. Tried to work a bit without completely ignoring them. We went to the mall, which is always an adventure.

PM: 7.6 miles, averaged 8:35. HR 136.

The clouds cleared as I headed north. Felt pretty decent and like I might have some pace in the second half but my legs were content to run aroun 8:20-8:40 pace. I felt a crap coming on the last two miles, so I slowed considerably. That kind of ruined my run along with the multidirectional headwind, but glad to get this in late.

Grading is coming along, but it is going to be challenging as we are headed to Toledo early in the day Saturday and won't be back until Sunday late afternoon. Megan has a race on Sunday. The race is usally the previous weekend. 

AM: 7.3 miles, averaged 8:49. HR 140.

100 Push Up Challenge Week 1 Day 2: 10, 12, 8, 8, 12

PM: 60' on the trainer. 218W. HR 133.

Got some of the rest of the year planned out for running races, which has me excited. I might jump into a 5k or 10k or two this summer (just winging it to test the fitness) with the aim to run a halfway decent half time (I really need to get back under 80') in September and to run a 50k at the end of November. The same race I pulled out of in 2019. I have been trying to do an ultra since I moved to Michigan and I think I have been signed up for at least two since early 2017. Let's see if this sticks. It has me motivated. I have been motivated, but I need something a little more than just getting fitness back and trying to bring my half marathon times back down. 

I think I should update my running calandar on the blog, which I don't think I have done in years.

AM/Lunch: 1:45 on the trainer. 243W. HR 145.

Wave Tempo (SS/Tempo)

Tried to get up at a decent hour to get a longer ride in so I had some time to work in the morning, but it didn't happen. My body said "sleep!" so I did as Megan was up with the boys. Decided to do something a bit steadier as it has been a bit. This one always works well. I will try to extend this back out to 2 hours or more of the workout portion as I think I am racing a 66-mile gravel race in 7 weeks and I want a good showing after the crap show at that race last year. The boys played in the basement with Megan while I was grinding it out. Felt quite solid.

282W (156 BPM)/247W (151 BPM)

285W (161)/248W (152 BPM)

PM: 4.7 miles, averaged 9:40. HR 131.

Good afternoon with the boys. We played outside and helped me to replace some downspout extensions. Sawyer was uncharacteristically helpful.