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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: 32.70 Month: 57.70 Year: 1986.65
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles: 613.75
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: 253.80
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles: 357.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles: 145.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles: 465.10
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles: 287.00
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles: 5.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles: 304.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles: 310.95
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles: 23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles: 64.50
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles: 23.40
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles: 12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles: 4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles: 13.10
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Off. 

Don't recall what we did this day, but I think it might have been the day that my sister lost her dog. They also had a friend die of COVID on Christmas, so I think this was the day the kids went sleding and the kids of the guy who died came over. 

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Took the boys outside sleding. Mandy, my parents' dog, got hit by a car but was thankfully okay. This was the day I really started to feel rough mentally. Mostly just emotionally exhausted with dad. Did manage to keep therapy session #2 on even with crappy internet. That went well.

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Off.

Travel day. Rough goodbye. Dad didn't want us to leave and wants us to move to Maine (which will never happen). I slept a good deal in the car and Megan graciously drove. I was overly exhausted. Stopped in Rome/Utica, New York.

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Travel day. Got home to Michigan around 8 or so. Exhausted.

 

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PM: 60' on the trainer (Zwift). 147W. HR 136.

Felt good to get some exercise. Rough day mentally, but much better second half of the day.

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PM: 90' on the trainer (Zwift). 164W. HR 141.

Was going to do a TrainerRoad session, but my ipad was dead. Could have probably just done it on my laptop. 

I am hoping for snow for perhaps the first time since I was a kid so I can do some fatbiking. The dirt roads are too crappy and in between. Very much enjoying the new trainer though. 

2021 was a strange year. More difficult than 2020 in many ways, but many reasons to feel fortunate for sure. 

I did about 300 hours of riding and very little running. 500 or 600 miles, maybe. Last year was just under 1000. My lifetime total since starting in September 2010 is just shy of 30,000 miles, so most years have been solidly over 3000.

I'd like to run more but I am not really interested in training for running races, so I will just run when I feel like it, but my plan is to try to run twice a week and keep dropping weight and gaining fitness through cycling and see where it goes.

Happy New Year!

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PM: 90' on the trainer (Phoenix -3). 190W. HR 143.

Felt pretty good. HR-to-power ratio was decent. We had a pretty good day at home with the boys. We got some snow.

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