Of Mice and Marathons

AM: 6.7 miles, averaged 9:43. HR 124. 

Got in a recovery run as the boys went to their friend's for 2 hours. If they go, they usually go on Wednesdays, so this was a nice way to get in an outdoor run in the morning on a Tuesday, which I haven't done in many months. Legs were tired, but not sore

PM: 7 miles, averaged 9:18. HR 129.

Legs were moving along a bit better than in the morning. Felt good, especially as recovery pace is creeping through the 9's. 

The boys were pretty good most of the day, but just before dinner they went off. Just very challenging lately not listening, throwing stuff, including toys and food, slamming doors, etc. Very stressful.

AM/PM: 5 hours 47' (100.1 miles). 213W. HR 141. 17.3 MPH

Spring R&R 57-Mile Course Recon + Warm Up and Cool Down

I realized there was a gravel race next weekend that is about 20 miles or so north of us and it begins on the Lapeer County section of the Polly Ann about 20 miles out, so I figure why not ride to the course, do the route at a steady effort, and then ride home for about 100 miles as I have been trying to get a hundred miler in for my spring into summer mode. This worked quite well. 

I bought a new hydation pack as my old one just didn't function as I wanted it too. This one worked out much better. Less bulky and more comfortable. Kept the effort pretty steady at 18.1 and 238 watts with a heart rate of only 147, which was quite good. The course is 99% dirt roads and most are in great shape. The Polly Ann should make for a very interesting start and finish.

Toyed with the idea of maybe doing the 35-mile race, but we shall see. They also had a run/ride combo, which was kind of cool, but I am not sure I want to do that though probably should just to wing it. 

I had two 18-20 oz bottles of electrolytes and about 70 oz of water in my hydration pack. I think I took 4 packages of Cliff Bloks. My energy was generally very good throughout and felt like I could have gone longer but my butt hurt and I was a little tired, but I definitely had fuel to burn. 

This felt overly indulgent for a Monday, but the boys were in school and I got back in plenty of time to pick them up. 

AM: 6.3 miles, averaged 10:22. HR 120. 

Good recovery on the Polly Ann for the first part of it. I ran most of it with my HR averaging in the 1teens, which was good to see even if the pace was quite slow. I actually find 10' pace to be perfect for recovery. Legs were tired from the double bike/run session yesterday but I just let them do their thing, which is really all a recovery run should be. 

Week 2 Day 1 of the 100 Pushup Challenge: 14, 14, 10, 10, 16

PM: 6.1 miles, averaged 9:48. HR 123.