Of Mice and Marathons

PM: 80' fat bike ride @ Bald Mountain South. HR 160.

No one was there so I tried to hit some of the segments hard and work on building some confidence on descents and corners. Still a lot of braking, but I did okay. A little bit of mud in places, but the wide tires really don't hurt the trails unless they are a slop fest. 

Happy 4th of July!

PM: 75' on the trainer (Collins -1). 156W. HR 140.

First weigh in under 200 lbs. Never though I would be this heavy. Even before I started running I don't think I was ever much over 185-190. 

Was going to get a run in, but didn't. Pretty toasty out. Treadmill repair in about a week. I am hoping the new motor will fix the issue so I can closely monitor my effort.

Picked up a dehumidifer for the basement yesterday. It is sometimes around 70-80%. I tried to get the drain hose to work but broke something, so it is either emptying buckets out the window or a garden hose in the floor drain (though I am not really sure what the drain is for for 100% sure).

Lunch: 40' treadmill (3.1 miles), averaged 12:38. HR 134.

Was able to squeeze out 40' from the treadmill before it stopped. HR a bit elevated.

PM: 60' on the trainer (Petit) 159W. HR 138.

Shorter ride than planned. Strange muscle soreness today. All over my legs and it feels weirdly close to the surface.

Day off.

Lots of muscle soreness of unknown origin, which yesterday interfered with my running gait so I didn't do anything.

AM: 2.9 miles treadmill (35'), averaged 11:47.

PM: 90' on the trainer (Tomyhoi). 153W. HR 130.

Took my rear wheel of my fat bike to KLM to see why it wasn't holding air. Seems like the bead was seated, so maybe it has a small puncture. I could have given it the soap test, but I really don't have time.

It thunderstormed off and on today, including when I was going to venture outside for a run. What a terrible summer for weather this year. Everything is very green at least.

Off.

Megan was checking on her parents, so I was with the boys all day. I didn't feel like exercising later. I ended up washing my bike.

PM: 2:45 (47.4 miles) on the gravel bike. 217W. HR 172.

Was pretty anxious so I was hot out of the gate and ended up doing a time trial to test power and HR. I used the turn-by-turn directions function, which on my new headunit displays only the most useless of stats. It actually worked out well as I didn't get my power or HR until after, though I had a pretty good guess as to what they were. Normalized power was 229, so with constant pedal pressure that's what I would have been at. Not bad for several intersections and two short stops for fixing my seat and a bit of heavier traffic.