Of Mice and Marathons

PM: 7 miles, averaged 10:37. HR 121.

Cool out. Rained for most of the early part of the day.

Late: AIS, PT, and light core

PM: 14 miles, averaged 8:22. HR monitor off.

Stridlek Workout: 3 (6 x 40") w/ Equal Jog Back and 5' Jog Between Sets + 2' @ 5k Effort

4 up/3.2 down

Same workout as the last few weeks with the added 2'@ ~5k effort. Felt pretty solid overall. About as fast or a touch faster than last week. The 2' interval was 5:23 pace, which was more than 5k effort and certainly more than current 5k pace, but I just went out and hung on. Strides were 5:25-4:50, mostly being around 5:05-5:18.

New HRM was way off after 6 miles. I am going to do a hard restart on my Garmin just to make sure it isn't that.

Did the midweek workout today rather than tomorrow as we have a meeting with a financial advisor tomorrow in the morning and trying to get this in before 10 was not something I am willing to do given that I haven't been getting up before 11.

PM: 56.7-mile ride. HR 141-145ish

Megan and I had a meeting with a financial advisor provided free from the university so that we could get some stuff in order. I didn't get up to run early and knew I wouldn't. We had a good meeting and we went to an Indian buffet for lunch (one reason I moved my workout to yesterday). We drove around a bit before that to look at the area north of the university.

I decided that I was going to ride rather than run given the good weather and 0 for the week last week. The weather was warm, but not hot, and comfortable. I enjoyed the ride. My Wahoo computer died around 45 miles, but I just switched on Strava on my phone (thus the range on the HR as estimate).

Noon: 10 miles, averaged 8:46.

HR monitor dropped a few times again.

PM: 4.4 miles, averaged 10:10. HR 132.

Night: weights.

Bench: incline curls 3 x 15 @ 12#; incline bench press 3 x 15 @ 17.5#; flat bench press 3 x 15 @ 17.5#; flat flys 3 x 15 @ 12#; hammer curls 25 each @ 12#; 

Machines: Tricep press 3 x 15 @ 50#; shoulder press 3 x 15 @ 30#

AM/lunch: 9.4 miles.

7 x 8" Hill Blasts

I changed the warmup a bit this week and did a 5-6 mile progression. I ended up with 5.6 miles starting at 9:00 pace and the last kilometer was 6:23, which is probably the faster I have run 2+ miles (around 6:50 pace) in a few months. Did my drills and stides and got into the blasts. Cooled down 4 miles. It was cool and lightly rainy.

We are scheduled to do the Solstice Ride later tonight. I imagine it will be a bit wet and sloppy, but as long as it isn't pouring I would rather do that than laps at Stony Creek. Supposed to be around 61 miles if we end up doing the planned route.

Night: 45.4-mile ride. HR 132 (but suspect).

Rain stopped but roads were sloppy so we hit the tarred loop at Stony Creek. We made a pit stop at 8:30 for a couple beers and cookies, which was fun. It was a great time. Not the planned mileage but it’s fun to ride in a group on pavement as it’s rythmic and fast. Probably should have upped the PSI, but it worked okay.

Noontime: 8.3 miles, averaged 10:03. HR 133.

Happy Fifth Anniversary to Megan!

PM: 4 miles w/ Megan, averaged 10:09. HR 123.

Beautiful out. We had a nice dinner at a Mediterranean restaurant in Birmingham. Excellent food.

PM: 16.2 miles, averaged 8:43. HR off.

Waited until later to do my long run as I just didn't have much energy or desire to do much. I ended up getting it in and did over 1000ft of climbing, which doesn't sound like much but this area is so flat that I ran up and down my third mile hill 16 times and it was just over 1000 feet. You really have to repeat hills because there isn't enough gain on a loop.