Of Mice and Marathons

PM: 3+ hours (42.3 miles) of gravel on fatbike. HR 150.

Even the trails at Orion Oaks were sloppy in places so I headed out on the dirt roads. Rough in places, but decent overall. 

Just under 14 hours of total training time for the week. 

Put the new motor in the garbage disposal with only minimal swearing. Happy to save a few bucks there.

AM: 60' on the trainer (Lazy Mountain). 124W. HR 114.

Felt pretty good. Legs were sore and achy after riding yesterday, but they settled out. Nive stretch of weather this week. We will get out with the boys this afternoon. Might be mostly running for a few days as I have a saddle sore creeping in in the usual spot. 

PM: 4 miles w/ Megan and boys, averaged 10:20. HR 137.

AM: 60' on the trainer (Bald Knob -1). 147W. HR 122.

Wore my WHOOP for the first time since our trip to Maine. Not sure it is worth the monthly fee but I am going to give it another try and maybe actually listen to it this time. RHR was 42, which is good. That's about right when I am in shape (I'm not in shape), but I wonder how much it varies once it gets fairly low (in the past I have clocked some upper 30s). For instance, I doubt it would ever get back into the 50s on a regular basis, unlike HR during an activity, which varies greatly based on fitness.

Barry Roubaix is this weekend. A little sad to miss it given how many team members are going to be there and it sounds like it is going to be in phenomenal shape. 

Nice stretch of fall weather this week. Out with Megan and the boys later.

PM: 4 miles w/ Megan and the boys, averaged 10:09. HR 136.

AM/Lunch: 7.5 miles, averaged 9:55. HR 147.

Beautiful fall day. Cool, but very comfortable. Sunny and warming up. Did a progressive pickup mile at mile 6 in 7:35. Started too slow as the last .4 was around 6:40, maybe faster. Ran the Polly Ann and then the dirt roads with a nice subdivision sprinkled in. A good route that goes by the high school. I imagine by the time the boys are ready for high school they will have another one as the town has only one high school and 2300 students.

PM: 4 miles w/ Megan and the boys, averaged 10:24. HR 139.

AM: 80' on the fatbike, mix of trails and dirt roads. HR 151.

Tire pressure a bit too low. Bottom out the rear rim a few times on some of the micro drops at Bald Mountain. Wiped out on a muddy corner as I was going too fast and still don't really know how to corner. Did one hot lap and got a PR for the segement (not that I have completed it that many times). 

PM: 4 miles w/ Megan and the boy, averaged 10:22. HR 139.

Megan wanted to do somethign different than running on the trail, which I have been trying to get her to do. This was the safest route I could do and it worked well.

AM: 9.5 miles, averaged 9:55. HR 143.

Good run. Should have rounded to 10, but I had to cut through the middle school and the back field because Megan had a meeting and I didn't want to worry her. Working on a decent loop. Getting the rhythm. Ran on some of the trails at Orion Oaks for just a piece. Makes for a mutisurface run. Longest one since moving, longest one since I don't know when.

PM: 4.1 miles w/ Megan, averaged 9:56. HR 141.

Dropped the boys off to play with a friend for just about 2 hours. I got the lawn mowed and this run in with Megan and that was pretty much it, but it is good for the boys and their friend.

AM/Lunch: 120' on the fatbike (28 miles). HR 138.

Out on the Polly Ann, dirt roads, and then a short push coming back through Bald Mountain South. Enjoyable ride. Excellent fall weather.

Took the boys to Canterbury Village for some outdoor fall stuff (petting zoo, hay bale climby thing, etc. We had a donut and a slushy cider (very tasty). Megan's Uncle Chaz came by and dropped off a bunch of goodies. Way too many sweets, but oh well. 

Saddle sore went nuts, so it is a few days of running I think. Lot of rain tomorrow, so I am not looking forward to that. Could probbaly use a day off but I don't want to.

PM: Off.