Of Mice and Marathons

AM/Lunch: 10 miles, averaged 7:27. HR 161.

High aerobic run for 8 miles (7:20-6:36) then 2 miles easy.

PM: 4 miles, averaged 9:44. HR 130. Beautiful evening.

Megan's parents came for lunch. We had a nice time.

Day off. About 20 days on, which is far from normal but it's much more consistent than I've been recently. Feeling tired and that sinking depression feeling.

PM: 10 miles, averaged 8:15. HR 155.

I've started posting average paces again since it's nice to look at even though I can find it on Garmin and Strava. I think it's useful for others reading too. Too often people get stuck on easy pace. I run what I run most of the time. That said, I've tried to pick up my pace lately as I've been running a lot from 9-10' pace. At my fittest and lightest most days if I'm doubling I don't think I ever ran consistently faster than 8' average.

Spent most of the day in bed or on the couch. Wanted to get my long run in but was in a funk. I wasn't going to run, but got out late and felt good despite sticky air. I was pleased a planned zero turned to a 10.

PM: 10 miles, averaged 8:16. HR 151.

A little sticky again today. Still very mild or the Midwest and definitely what I ran in in Philadelphia for two years.

AM/Lunch: 9 miles, averaged 8:07. HR 158.

Humid and muggy but breeezy and not too hot. Just not as dry at it has been.

PM/Night: 5 miles in 36:30 on the treadmill after work. A few harder pickups because my chafing was chaffing. #ouchies.

PM: 18 miles, averaged 8:24

Rough run. Bonked good at 15. Ran on the Paint Creek Trail from Rochester to Lake Orion.

PM: 10.4 miles, averaged 9:13. HR 140.

It was a gorgeous run. Dry air is back.

I tried to start several fights on this run. A family kept moving back and forth on the path as I was trying to move around them. Pick a side and give me my two feet or so. After meeting you 4-5 times on a loop I think you should get the pattern. After going back through the neighborhood a guy was talking to his wife over a running lawn mower. He was speaking loud enough for her to hear but the sound carried because I was not also next to the mower. He said "there the guy who runs funny." I let him know I heard him. I circled back around the block because I was prepared to say something less nice, but they had gone inside. All the better. Best to ignore people anyway. But I find it very hard. You're a complete weird if you run in the Midwest. True most places I suppose.