Of Mice and Marathons

PM: 2:15 on the trainer. 215W. HR 154. 

Burned off some of the anxiety. Feeling pretty good. HR still up a bit but improving.

PM: 6 miles on the treadmill. HR 150.

Pretty humid in the gym. Not sure I gained much running on the treadmill. Wanted to do weights after but I had to get to the grocery store and the hardware store.

PM: 180' on the trainer. 220W. HR 151.

Felt very good. HR looks pretty good. Probably recalibrated for zones at this point. We had a fairly uneventful 4th, but it was a good day, so no complaints. 

AM: 8 miles on the treadmill. HR 149.

20' + 15' Steady w/ 5' Recovery 

I think this was the workout I blew on May 31, and just finally getting reset from then with the downturn around the time of my bike race and being slightly sick, travel, and other stuff. I feel like I get about 6-8 weeks of consistency and fall apart. 

20' up/20' down.

Paces were very slow but I knew they would be, so I didn't force it. Warmed up starting at 5 MPH and increased only slightly until the last 5', which I did as a progression. I started the first interval at 6.5 and that had my HR in the low-150s, which was quite conservative, but fine. Increased by .2 for every 5' and then a little bit more than that for the last 5'. HR didn't get much more than low to mid 160s. HR 158 AVG, so really moderate rather than steady, but all fine. 5' slow jog, then 15' @ HR 165 AVG, which I think I started around 7.0 and increased .2 from there every 5. 7.4 MPH had me peaking around 169 BPM. Marking all this here so I can remember for the coming weeks as I feel much slower inside than outside, but the effort feels more controllable, if that makes any sense. 

I will continue to march foward. This puts me about on schedule for workouts where I was from the end of February, so I am trying not to be too frustrated, but I it is hard. On the trainer tomorow or maybe outside for 3 hours.

PM: 180' on the trainer. 216W. HR 145.

Steady zone 2. Felt quite good. Mentally very good. The boys were outside for a little while and peaked in the window and said hello a few times.

AM: 11.1 miles, averaged 8:59. HR 153.

1:40 w/ 40' Steady

Excellent conditions, so I couldn't justify going to the gym. Pace was really slow, but effort was right. Felt a little flat on the warm up, but pretty solid throughout the faster portions. 

7:52 pace @ 167 BPM. This was quite a bit slower than the 30' steady I did at the end of May, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Next week it looks like I will finally advance the workouts beyond where I was at the end of February, so that feels good. But it has been a tough year trying to rebuild. I imagine with some consistency I will be approximately at a decent starting point by the end of the year and maybe taking another 6-12 months to get in decent shape. 

AM: 6 miles, averaged 11:01. HR 129.

Recovery. Did what I could to keep it under 130. Listen to some music while running for the first time since I cannot recall. I generally only use it on the treadmill, but some Isbell and a very easy recovery plod on the neighborhood loop seemed like the way to go. It was. Favorable weather conditions for July. Hoping to get some servicable weather for the midweek workout next week.

My summer course started on Wednesday. Very fortunate to have that and brings a little balance and schedule to the summer.