Of Mice and Marathons

AM: 60' on the trainer. 131W. HR 105.

I have an interview tomorrow to teach a few classes at another university. It seems promising.

AM: 60' on the trainer. 168W. HR 123.

Got the offer to adjunct at Lawrence Technological University. They don't pay as well as Oakland, but it is much better than other places. Adjunct pay actually recently went up and they are trying to expand enrollment. I might end up teaching 5 classes total if I end up with a third class at Oakland, but I am taking whatever I can get. 

AM/Lunch: 90' on the trainer. 241W. HR 153.

Strong effort. 20' @ 283W toward the end.

AM: 8.2 miles, averaged 9:05. HR 153.

Very comfortable running weather, so I went for it. Actually did feel like running. Did 5 x 1' on/off after the hour. Smashed my quads up a bit. That happens when you run little and inconsistently and try to run fast. Hopefully I didn't hurt them too much for the group ride tomorrow.

PM: 60' on the trainer. 127W. HR 108.

PM: 3:38 on the fat bike. HR 149.

We got a pretty soaking rain as we headed north and we got blasted. Muddy and gritty. Nothing like riding next to a few guys with $12,500 bikes and running gravel through their drivetrains!

HRM a little glitchy, but I figured out that the battery is low, which I guess I had forgot since it was relatively new somewhat recently, but I have a few hundred hours already this year.

AM: 90' on the trainer. 145W. HR 108.

Megan went to Toledo to watch our youngest nephew. The boys and I had a long, but very good day together.

AM: 14.3 miles, averaged 9:25. HR 153.

Just felt like running. I was enjoying myself and the weather was highly favorable, so I decided to test my endurance. My aerobic system can go for a while, but my muscular skeletal system definitely needs to rehardening (to be expected). Ran the Polly Ann for a while, which is more than I have run on, then the safety paths, and then some of the dirt roads in Oxford. Legs started to not want to move around 2:05 or so. Capped it at 2:15 and walked through the back field into the subdivision. 

Definitely my longest run since we bought the house. I would need to go back through my training to see when I went over 12 miles, which I think was the longest I did last fall.

Toying with doing a half marathon this fall to keep things interesting. I imagine I will only do two runs per week (something with some quality and then a long run with some quality at times).