Of Mice and Marathons

AM/Lunch: 12.1 miles, averaged 7:51. HR 148.

35' @ Half Marathon Effort

6:29 pace @ 166 BPM. A solid workout. Felt decent at the start but after 20' or so my quads started to feel like concrete, most likely still recovering from the long ride on Friday. It made cutting the pace down difficult. I was around 6:30ish for most of the effort and the last mile was I think 6:25, though that was given by the Garmin notification. 

Week 1 Day 2 of 100 Pushup Challenge: 10, 12, 8, 8, 12

AM: 6.5 miles, averaged 10:03. HR 129.

PM: 6.7 miles, averaged 9:45. HR 133.

Solid recovery runs. Decent weather. Sunny and highs in the 50s. My mom is flying in tomorrow. The boys are very excited. I think the first time she has been back since August 2022 when she came with my Dad.

Lunch: 60'+ on the trainer. 234W. HR 137.

Decently hilly route, particularly at the end. The boys were still napping so I was going to go longer, but I decided the idea of a short nap myself was in order. Nice littler 30'er.

Picked Mom up at the airport with the boys. 

PM: 8 miles, averaged 8:06. HR 146.

Decent bit of rain but I was dressed just right and I enjoyed it. Megan got the boys down and we hung out with my Mom for a bit. Megan leaves for a conference in Spokane early tomorrow morning.

Week 1 Day 3 of 100 Pushup Challenge: 11, 15, 9, 9, 13

AM: 7.8 miles, averaged 144.

PM: 7.8 miles, averged 8:18. HR 146.

PM: 7.4 miles, averaged 8:59. 

The boys' friend and her parents came over early for pizza.

Off.

Not sure why I didn't run, but Mom and I went to get Crumbl cookies. She was invited to read at the boys school, which was a pretty cool and the boys were exciting and confused. 

Off.

Took mom to the airport. Did workout as I was exhausted and Megan wasn't getting home until very late. 

Didn't eat too much, put the boys to bed and drank too much. Megan came home around. This day began a period of increasingly worsening mental health. I kind of worked through it somewhat on Sunday, thought I was fine.