Of Mice and Marathons

Week starting Aug 24, 2025

15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

16:52 Phillies Charities 5k (2016)

35:52 Beach to Beacon 10k (2015)

58:10 Broad Street 10 Mile (2016)

1:16:02 Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon (2015)

2:46:54 Philadelphia Marathon (2015)

Personal:

I live in Michigan with my wife, Megan, and our boys, Charlie and Sawyer. I started running in September 2010.

(Please note that Strava links might contain blog inappropriate langauge)

Favorite Blogs:

Ukraine Can Win With Crowdfunded Drones!

Click to Donate

Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	1306.00
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles:						625.75
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles:						99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles:						21.60
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles:						281.00
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles:						389.55
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						152.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles:						496.50
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles:						287.00
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						5.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles:						356.20
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles:						497.15
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles:						145.10
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						466.90
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles:						165.20
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						246.50
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						31.30
Saucony Kinvara 15 Lifetime Miles:						40.70

Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
25.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	25.10

Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Miles: 14.90	Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Miles: 10.20

Weight: 177.54

Sun, Aug 24, 2025

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

AM/Lunch: 4 hours 17', mostly gravel. 78.1 miles @ 18.2 MPH. 215W. HR 137.

Long Endurance + 3 x 10' After the 3-Hour Mark

I had a really good ride. Weather was ideal for running and cycling and almost cool at the start. Headed toward Fenton and did one of the 4 hour version of that loop with some variations, which helped pick up a few new miles. I decided to do some efforts after 3 hours and kind of settled on effort and what felt right and that worked well. I managed to get about 5 trophies on random segments that lined up with my efforts.

285W (162 BPM), 285 (163 BPM), 294 (167 BPM)

Weight: 179.20

Add Comment

Mon, Aug 25, 2025

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00

AM: 4 miles, averaged 9:29. HR ~123.

Cool and very pleasant. Air quality is about as good as it gets, though it has been good for a while.

PM: 60' on the trainer. 192W. HR 114.

Ophir on TrainerRoad.

Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Miles: 4.00

Weight: 179.20

Add Comment

Tue, Aug 26, 2025

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

AM: 90' on the trainer. 212W. HR 131.

Kwaay on TrainerRoad, which was a mixture of tempo to sweet spot-ish intervals with long recovery. About right for what I was in the mood for in the morning.

First day back at Lawrence Tech, which went fine.

Megan, the boys, and I had a nice dinner with the Shadleys who were in town!

Weight: 177.40

Comments(1)

Wed, Aug 27, 2025

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.90	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.90

AM: 4.9 miles, averaged 8:13. HR 140.

PM: 2 hours 26'. 43.4 miles @ 17.8 MPH. 214W. HR 133.

2 x 30' Tempo + 10' Threshold

Solid workout. Felt quite strong. The strongest I have felt in some time.

235 watts @ 140 BPM, 236 watts @ 137 BPM, 296 watts @ 157 BPM

I figured there was a segment on Perry Lake Road and that it was around 8-10' so I did the threshold interval on that and took 9th with a few-second pause at a road crossing.

Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Miles: 4.90

Weight: 178.10

Add Comment

Thu, Aug 28, 2025

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00

AM: 5 miles, averaged 8:43. HR 134.

Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Miles: 5.00

Weight: 176.10

Add Comment

Fri, Aug 29, 2025

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.30

AM: 5.3 miles, averaged 8:26. HR 138.

AM2: ~15' ride commute to drop off the Subaru for brakes

PM: 2 hours 5'. 40.7 miles @ 19.5 MPH. 203W. HR 137.

Road ride. Went pretty well. Picked up the bike from the shop last night. Linked my electronics into my running watch while I wait on my Garmin mount for my road bike.

Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Miles: 5.30

Weight: 176.30

Add Comment

Sat, Aug 30, 2025

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.90	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.90

AM: 5.9 miles, averaged 8:29. HR 139.

AM/Lunch: 1 hour 47' gravel ride. 30.6 miles @ 17MPH. 198W. HR 135.

Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Miles: 5.90

Weight: 176.50

Add Comment

Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
25.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	25.10

Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Miles: 14.90	Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Miles: 10.20

Weight: 177.54

Debt Reduction Calculator

Featured Announcements

Most Recent Entries:

New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):

Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):