Of Mice and Marathons

PM: 9 miles recovery pace. HR 130.

PM: 10 miles easy. HR 141.

PM: 10.3 miles easy to moderate then with Megan for a few at the end. HR 145.

Around 80 degrees, dry, and breezy. Perfect fall running weather.

PM: 10 miles w/ 5-mile cutdown, averaged 7:41. HR 154 but slightly off I think.

2.3 up, said why not a tempo? Got moving from ~9:15 pace to 6:40 fairly quickly. Went with feedback from auto split, thinking 6 miles around 6:40-6:25 would be a brief but satisfying workout. I hit right on to start and kept cranking it down as I felt good.

6:41, 6:33, 6:23, 6:07, 5:54 (6:20 average)

Last mile finished a bit hard, but I cut down a little too quickly the last two. Feel in decent shape for running rather training.

Cooled down to 10.

PM: 8 miles recovery. HR 132.

The Canadian geese are being jerks. They move to one side of the path, then have to move back every time I come around the 1-mile loop. One of them was hiding behind a trash can and jumped the crap out of me by fluttering its wings just after I had passed. They hiss, I swear at them. I much prefer the ducks. Pretty sure I saw a swan swimming in the pond too. I apparently just missed Megan. She's been running outside as out complex treadmills are children's toys.

I got my forklift certification yesterday. I still have to make some corrections, but I am getting it. We shall see how I handle a double load of pressure treated lumber when it's 20 feet off the floor.

PM: Impromptu Long Run - 17 miles easy to moderate, averaged 7:35. HR 163??

Picked up the pace at the 2-hour mark to LT for 9 minutes. Did 8-10 pull-ups after every five laps of the lake.

Decided to do my long run today. 3 hours of tutoring and 8.5 hours at work tomorrow. Lighter on Sunday but I'd like to long some extra tutoring hours.

Off. Long day of work. Barely noticed I didn't run.