Of Mice and Marathons

AM: 1 hour+ ride. HR 136.

Went back to sleep on the couch after feeding the cats. The boys got up, but then fell back to sleep. And I didn't get them until almost 8. I went back to bed for about an hour as my energy is completely drained. Went out for a easy ride and went back to bed while the boys napped. 

Feeling more tired today and slighly confused, like this might be a head cold. Probably should take a COVID test, but haven't. Anxiety up and down, but nothing all out. Trying to hydrate and get nourishing foods and rest. 

AM: 60' on the trainer. 171W. HR 134.

Issues with the new bike already. Left shifter battery not working properly. I took it in to have that fixed and the power meter installed that was never installed. I think it was probably rushed to get it out to me, but I am worried things were missed. The brake hood cover wasn't quite seated properly either. 

PM: 3.1 miles w/ Megan and the boys, averaged 10:28. HR 142.

Had a very tough day mentally with anxiety. Came in waves, and had some near panic attacks on the run. I went to bed right after the boys did and slept mostly through the night from 8:00 to 7:00 or so the next day. 

AM: 120' on the trainer. 199W. HR 148.

Felt much better toda. Deydrated from travel still and quite tired, but happy to be feeling better than I did yesterday for sure.

PM: 4 miles w/ Megan and the boys. HR 148. 

Pace was off due to a GPS error. Megan and I made a list of daycares for fall. A much better day mentally for sure. Fighting a mild cold, which is both fleeting and lingering on different day. I haven't heard anything on the bike. I need to deep clean my fat bike so that if I want to at least get outside I can, but I hate spending all that time cleaning bikes. Not much choice at this point I suppose. I will likley miss another week of Thursday Night Dirt. Oh well. Try to make most for the rest of the semester.

AM: 120' on the trainer. 210W. HR 154.

Tried to keep it moderate than add some pressure over the second hour. Still feeling sluggish and was probably better to go very easy. 

PM: 4+ hours. 152W. HR 157.

I got a call last night that they fixed the issue with my bike. I picked it up in the morning and decided to do Thursday Night Dirt.

It was pretty warm out. I started with A group and we started hard up Sheldon to grab a segment. That pretty much killed me as things continued to be quite fast. I got dropped before 31 Mile, which is the earliest I have been dropped. I waved off Frank to let him go (he got shelled hard too). I was bummed that I got killed, but knew I was still recovering from being sick and should have done B group. Ended up breaking off and heading north and then west toward home. High effort the whole time. Stopped in Metamora for a selection of drinks to get me home. I was a little ill when I got home, which I think was all the sugar from the Gatorade and the slushy Coke thing I drank.

AM: 2 hours 43 minutes. 142W. HR 132.

Downtown Ortonville loop. A few sprinkles coming down the Polly Ann. Felt generally good today on the ride. Mentally feeling much improved from several days ago.

PM: 10 miles, averaged 10:12. HR 150.

Megan went to stay with a few friends in Detroit last night. I had the boys from 6:30 when I picked them up from their friend's until about 1:30 today. It was actually pretty easy given that when I picked them up they just needed milk and their teeth brushed. I just hung out on the couch last night and watched a little Netflix and ordered some Thai as the gas gave out on the grill.

The run felt awful pretty much the whole time, but I got it in. Fairly certain I can keep this up of building a long run on Saturdays a a few short runs in the afternoon with Megan and the boys.