Of Mice and Marathons

Lunch: 10.4 miles, averaged 8:31. HR 156.

Light rain passing here and there. Around 60s. Nice actually. Decided to do some sort of workout if there weren't many people and if I could be patient with people. Worked out nicely. I was kind of undecided, but did what I used to do when we first moved here, which is to do a progression run by feel and stop whenever I felt it was necessary to cut it.

The run ended up being a cut down as I got too aggressive, but I felt quite strong.

9:34, 9:09, 8:29, 7:50, 7:09, 6:51, 6:20

Cooled down 3.4 miles.

Came home and had a left over piece and a half of Detroit-style pizza to which I added some smashed avocado and some blue cheese crumbles. It was amazing.

Looks like a good bit of rain the next few days, so I will likey run until the roads are dry again, which is fine with me.

Feeling much better mentally. Exercise is helping.

Evening: PT routine and light core.

PM: 10.4 miles, averaged 11:02. HR 135.

Got a gap in the rain, which still kept park traffic light. Ran about as slow as I could go. Got a little rain on me here and there, but like yesterday it only last for 20-30 seconds. It's been pouring in the evenings (as it is doing now). I will likely ride tomorrow, but it will be tarmac at Stony Creek Metro Park.

PM: 44-mile ride. HR 146.

Headed toward Stony Creek but the River Bends path as flooded (should have realized), so I did an out and back using portions of the Clinton River Trail. It worked out okay. My legs were smoked from doing my first workout in months and running for almost two hours the next day even at a really easy pace.

PM: 14-mile ride. HR 112.

3.4-mile walk with Megan. HR 82.

Beautiful sunny day out.

PM: 32.3-mile ride. HR 171.

Second Thursday Night Dirt of the season. The email went out with a limit of ten people. Weather was perfect. Ride was fun and fast for current fitness (note the average heart rate). I got a good workout in as I helped to bridge some stragglers back to the main group.

This was much needed. Pretty saddle sore.

Lunch: 10.4 miles, averaged 10:01. HR 146.

In the 60s with just the smallest evidence of rain here and there. Pleasant weather for running as it was warm enough that a little moisture felt good.

PM: 3-mile walk to the park. HR 92.

I took a little time in the middle to build a fort in the woods. I got the idea while running around the lake yesterday. Kids will probably wreck it before I get back there and work on it some more, but that's okay. I had fun building it.

PM2: 3.3-mile walk w/ Megan @ Bald Mountain

Quite a nice park. The trail was quite muddy in places, but there were lovely flowers and tons of little frogs. It had some slight ups and downs, which was good. I think I will try running the north trails sometime soon. It's taken me weeks to figure out that it would be a great time to do some trail running. I haven't done more than 3-4 trail runs here.