Of Mice and Marathons

April 05, 2025

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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

16:52 Phillies Charities 5k (2016)

35:52 Beach to Beacon 10k (2015)

58:10 Broad Street 10 Mile (2016)

1:16:02 Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon (2015)

2:46:54 Philadelphia Marathon (2015)

Personal:

I live in Michigan with my wife, Megan, and our boys, Charlie and Sawyer. I started running in September 2010.

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Miles:	This week:	22.30	Month:	8.00	Year:	353.10
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles:						621.75
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles:						99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles:						21.60
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles:						277.00
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles:						381.55
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						145.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles:						469.10
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles:						287.00
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						5.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles:						352.20
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles:						396.45
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						142.80
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles:						29.90
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						78.20
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						31.30

Sat, Jan 18, 2025

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

AM/Lunch: 3 hours 31' on the trainer. 232W. HR 157.

Did the Mega Pretzel in Watopia on Zwift. I had about a 4-hour ride planned, but with the TSS around 225-250, so I figured that wouldn't get quite at 4 hours given that I had some efforts. I ended up doing a long sweet spot effort and a shorter one, though I guess technically they are both long. The first one ended up being an hour because I was using a hill segment, but got confused as it didn't record or the route changed from what was planned. Anyway, ended up doing a full hour @ 275 watts (166 BPM) and another 32' @ 278 watts (168 BPM).

Mental health has been a bit rough the last few days, today in particular. Megan took the boys to see her parents to give me some time to myself, which was welcomed. The boys have just been spectacularly awful. Couple that with one of them throwing fits at the start of school and one who had to partially be put under to have some fillings done, it has been a bit of a week.

I am trying to catch up on my blogging. Starting to fall behind again.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 18:53:56 from 67.177.52.121

Hey. I've always been a big believer in alone time and, fortunately, my wife has always supported that. Actually, I find that I crave it. Without time to myself to reflect about everything my life quickly gets off center.

From Jason D on Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 07:36:36 from 73.161.42.48

Same here, Rob. Part of the issue is that I need to get outside. I know that you have said when you lived in Minnesota, the happiest people were those who got outside.

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