Rollin' THUNDER

12 miles, no watch. Nothing eventful.

18 miles on a a bike. Yesterday after my run and even this morning I felt like I had a pulled muscle on my right thigh. Every once in a while I would feel a sharp, isolated pain. I decided to ride a bike today to try and let it heal.

Avg HR for 1 hour 139

Max HR 169

18 miles on bike in 1 hour. I dont want to rush anything and pull the muscle again. I think I will do one more day of biking tomorrow (hopefully a long bike ride) and then I will get back to running.

 Avg HR 141

Max HR 170

18 miles on bike at 5:00 am. Went to bed at 12:30 and woke up at 3:45, kids are great. Luckily I am not feeling too tired yet.

Hopefully this was my last bike ride and I can get back to running tomorrow.

8 miles on treadmill at 5:40 pm. I started running and decided I should just do this run faster than normal. So I did. I avg a little faster than 6:40 miles.

Total time 53:10

Avg HR 161

Max HR 171

Even though I ran this at about 1/2 marathon pace, I felt really good. I am positive I could have kept going much longer at this pace. I need to start training at a faster pace, so I can start racing faster.

8 miles at 8:00 am. I had a really hard time convincing myself to get out the door. I did this run a lot like yesterdays, a lot faster than normal (only this was outside and not on a treadmill). 

I felt good the whole run, and I finally got a dog with pepper spray. I went past a house that 2 dogs always come out and follow me down the road barking. Today there were the 2 regular big dogs, and like 6 little kick dogs. I got one of the big dogs right when he got to the road, and he backed off. All of the kick dogs followed him. The other big dog stayed about 10 feet off the road, and barked while it was running parallel to me. Maybe next time I do this route I can get him. I am hoping they will stop coming out to the road.

Total time 54:18

Avg pace 6:47

Max HR 177 (while I was by the dogs)

Avg HR 162