Of Mice and Marathons

PM: 1+ hour of gravel. 153W. HR 154.

Grumpy, but feeling a bit better with getting back into some exercise. Still having a rough time.

PM2: 4 miles w/ Megan and the boys, averaged 10:11. HR 163.

One stroller stride of 31" @ 5:20 pace. Good run.

AM: 3.3 miles, averaged 9:06. HR 163.

Day 2 of intermittent fasting. Not sure if it will work and it's not for the long term, but I need to cut weight. I generally go pretty close to 16 hours anyway. Got a little hot under the collar and mile 2 was too fast for current fitness.

Started doing a little course prep. Hard to find motivation when I am down a class and don't get paid until the end of September.

PM: 4 miles treadmill, averaged 9:50. HR 161.

Took a nap and couldn't get up and didn't feel like doing anything else. Megan and I were going to take the boys out, but it looked like rain. I was going to warm up for weights, but the treadmill seemed to function just fine at 2-2.5%, so I let the boys bounce for a while and then did some hip work. 

Got an email that I have my fourth class, so I skate by for another semester. We would be fine, but it just stresses me out. This should give me some breathing room to find something. I have applied to high schools in the past, but I don't think they will hire me without a teaching certification, which I would be more than happy to work toward. 

PM: 4 miles w/ Megan and the boys, averaged 10:40. HR 158.

Humid.

PM: 4.5 miles on the treadmill, averaged 9:07. HR 158.

Up and down throughout the day. Not bad, just a lot to do and can't seem to get organized. Took the boys down to play and ended up doing a mini workout, which I will bold here in the hopes that it catches on to something bigger. I'm just not a perpetual basebuilder. I like workouts. They don't have to be intense or long, just a little something. Treadmill seemed fine at 2%. The issue is clearly not related to heat buildup because I've tried something like this before and shut it down in 18 minutes.

3 miles of alternating quarters 8.0 MPH/6.0 MPH 

1 mile wu @ 6.0 MPH and a half mile cd @ 5.5 MPH

8.0 MPH felt comfortably hard. Half miles would have been a bit tough. I'll extend it out to 4 miles next week to test fitness and the treadmill.

AM: 2.1 miles on the treadmill, averaged 11:52. HR 139.

PM: 4 miles w/ Megan and boys, averaged 12:17. HR 149.

Decently hot and muggy. Not terrible, but we have had such a mild summer we just aren't used to a slight increase in warmer weather. I tried to keep it slow. I showed Megan it was possible to jog as slow as she walked. 

Off.

Can't remember my excuse. Put a few days in a row together, which was good.

Off.

Drove to Toledo. Megan had a baby shower and I stayed at her parents' with the boys. Her parents have moved out, so it was all very weird. We stayed the night. The boys weren't going to sleep in their Pack-n-Plays, so they slept in their car seats. You can only do so much some times. They slept until 9:45 after eating at their normal time, so that was awesome. We went to see her parents as her mom hasn't met the boys yet.