Week 35: Day 1 - 31 August 2020

• easy, recovery ride on rollers = 10 miles; time = 44:02; average speed @ 13.6mph
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

Maybe a little too fast for an easy recovery ride? Feeling a little sore, but felt good riding on rollers.

Week 34: Day 7 - 30 August 2020

•  morning ride = 46.67 miles; time = 3:30:14; average speed @ 13.3mph
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

Running: 

Total Weekly Mileage: 4.54

Total Monthly Mileage: 67.96

Total Shoe (Saucony) Mileage: 312.44

Total Shoe (Asics) Mileage: 86.2

Total Yearly Mileage: 543.45

Cycling: 

Total Weekly Mileage: 46.67

Total Monthly Mileage: 266.73

Total Yearly Mileage: 2023.98

Total Bike Mileage: 1588.57

Running solo is no big deal for me. I have been doing this for many, many years. I had been riding solo since quarantine started in March and I finally got to ride with someone today after five (almost six) months! While I do miss doing group rides and I'm awfully bored riding solo, I'm still reluctant to do group rides. Some people are disappointed with me because I haven't been doing group rides with them (I see pictures and there are 20 people riding together) until COVID is leveled out. I don't want to take the chance of doing group rides with that many people (I'll do rides with 1-2 other people once in awhile).

Week 34: Day 6 - 29 August 2020

•  morning run = 4.54 miles; time = 1:10:35; average pace @ 15:34
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

I've finally caught up on sleep and can now go back to my regularly scheduled exercise program. Okay, it was more of out laziness. I walked my dogs on Monday and yesterday (Friday). Took my dogs out for a potty for the other weekdays, but didn't walk them. Didn't do any other exercise during the week. Today was the first actual exercise since last Sunday. Now to find the motivation and get back to yoga during the week. Doing yoga on the weekend is doable, but during the week is a different challenge. We'll see what kind of motivation I can find during the week.

Week 34: Day 7 - 23 August

•  morning run = 5.04 miles;  time = 1:23:48; average pace @ 16:39
• warm up on rollers = 2 miles; time = 10:40; average speed @ 11.3mph
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

Running: 

Total Weekly Mileage: 18.2

Total Monthly Mileage: 63.42

Total Shoe (Saucony) Mileage: 307.9

Total Shoe (Acics) Mileage: 86.2

Total Yearly Mileage: 538.91

Cycling: 

Total Weekly Mileage: 101.05

Total Monthly Mileage: 220.06

Total Yearly Mileage: 1976.41
Total Bike Mileage: 1541.9

So sore from yesterday's ride. I did a warm up ride on rollers before my run. I couldn't hold my own balance and used the wall for assistance during the whole warm up. I was determined to do a warm up before my run. I'm already slow at running, but I was slower this morning from being sore.

Week 34: Day 6 - 22 August 2020

•  morning ride = 72.05 miles; time = 4:32:24; average speed @ 15.9mph
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

Two miles of the ride was on a bike trainer when I was at my follow-up appointment with my bike fit guy. I had breakfast during the first half of my ride, but didn't eat anything during the second half so I started dying in the last five miles of the ride. 

I got a new car two weeks ago. At that time, I figured out that the back seat could fold down. The trunk looked big, so I knew that my bike could fit inside. I drove to the Yorba Linda Regional Park with my bike in the trunk today for the first time. Taking my bike out was the easy part. After a few tries, I will figure out how to put my bike in without struggling. Someone suggested that I took off the front bike tire, but I don't really like that idea. I tried this before with a different bike and a different car. It was too much work and time-consuming - like taking the tire off...put the bike in the car. Drive to destination/location to start bike ride. Take bike out of car and put tire back on bike. Repeat after the ride is over. It may be easier to put my bike in the car, but it's just too much work for me to take off the tire and then put it back on when I get to the ride starting location and then repeat after the ride is over. Anyway..now I don't have to worry about someone stealing my bike off of my bike rack or losing it on the freeway from not securing it properly to my bike rack (as long as someone doesn't steal my car to take to a chop shop and then take my bike to a pawn shop).

Week 34: Day 5 - 21 August 2020

•  morning run = 3.53 miles; time = 53:45; average pace @ 15:15
• warm up = 2 miles; time = 9:31; average speed @ 12.6mph
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

Felt a little sore this morning. Don't feel so sore after my run anymore though.

Week 34: Day 4 - 20 August 2020

• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total
• indoor ride - roller training = 6 miles; time = 20:17; average speed @ 17.7mph
• warm up = 3 miles; time = 11:59; average speed @ 15mph

Eventually, I want to do speedwork with my bike on rollers. So I tried to ride in a harder gear and get used to it. 80 rpm (cadence) is supposed to be easy/warm-up/cool-down, but 80 rpm is hard for me to maintain at a harder gear. So I have to get used to 80rpm in all the hard gears first before I do any speed work.

Week 34: Day 3 - 19 August 2020

•  morning run = 4.75 miles; time = 1:13:11; average pace @ 15:25
• warm up on rollers = 3 miles; time = 12:23; average speed @ 14.5mph
• walked dogs = 2.5 miles total

Week 34: Day 2 - 16 August 2020

•  morning run = 4.88 miles; time = 1:12:08; average pace @ 14:47
• warm up on rollers = 3 miles; time = 14:08; average speed @ 12.7mph
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

I haven't done any rides or warm up on rollers in three weeks and yesterday was the first time since. It's nice to finally ride on rollers.

Week 34: Day 1 - 17 August 2020

•  indoor ride - roller training = 10 miles; time = 40:00; average speed @ 15mph
• walked dogs = 2.7 miles total

I haven't been updating very much......been lazy (not with the exercise) and I have to stop this laziness.

Week 32: Day 6 - 08 August 2020

• morning run = 6.04 miles; time =  1:32:28; average pace @ 15:19
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

Week 32: Day 5 - 07 August 2020

• morning run = 4:55 miles; time = 1:19:09; average pace @ 15:15
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total
• bike commute to work/home
• work = 2.9 miles; time = 13:32; average speed @ 12.9mph
•  home = 2.9 miles; time = 12:19; average speed @ 14.1mph

Week 32: Day 3 - of August 2020

• morning run = 5.08 miles; time = 1:15:13; average pace @ 14:49
• warm up ride on rollers = 2 miles; time = 12:22; average pace @ 9.7mph
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total
• commute to work/home
• ride to work = 2.95 miles; time = 13:55: average speed @ 12.7mph
• ride home = 2.94 miles; time = 13:25; average speed @ 13.1mph

I forgot to inflate my bike tires. My legs felt sore and the resistance felt hard riding on rollers. This usually happens when I don't inflate my tires (inflating to the proper PSI seems to help riding on rollers so much easier). I used the wall to hold my balance the whole time because I was too lazy to inflate my tires and hold my balance. But I wanted to get in some kind of work out.

Week 32: Day 1 - 03 August 2020

• morning run = 3.06 miles; time = 46:54; average pace @ 15:18
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

I got an email today that the Long Beach event (half/full marathons, 5k and bike tour) had been canceled. Anyone who registered/paid can do the virtual run (not interested), transfer the funs to another event (not interested) or defer for next year. I chose to defer for next year. I'm relieved by this on so many levels. Since I didn't want to ride with a group of my friends, it was harder for me to want to run a half marathon surrounded by a bunch of strangers. I can take a break and stop training until next year.

Week 31: Day 7 - 02 August 2020

• morning solo ride = 46.5 miles; time = 3:43:46; average speed @ 12.5mph
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

Running: 

Total Weekly Mileage: 19.18

Total Monthly (July) Mileage: 88.55

Total Monthly (August) Mileage: 8.20

Total Yearly Mileage: 483.69

Total Shoe (Sacuany) Mileage: 283.88

Total Shoe (Acics) Mileage: 59.36

Cycling: 

Total Weekly Mileage: 81.64

Total Monthly (July) Mileage: 276.09

Total Monthly (August) Mileage: 46.5

Total Yearly Mileage: 1802.85

Total Bike Mileage: 1368.34

Had this whole discussion with me, myself, and I about whether or not I wanted to ride today. The lazy side of me wanted to stay in, sleep more and because my legs were sore. Finally found some motivation to ride, albeit a little late...I got dressed/ready and got on my bike at 8:15am. It was very warm today. Luckily, the weather actually wasn't that bad in general. It did get hot and uncomfortable at some point, but only a small part of it. Most of the ride felt fine, even during the second half of my ride when it got to around 90 degrees. Also, my legs decided not to be sore today. I thought I would have a terrible time during my ride with all the hills that I had to do.

I recently got a new pair of bike shoes, thinking that having more room in the toe box (because my toes on my left foot would get painful during rides) would help. I wore them for the first time last weekend, but my left foot still hurt. Thought that putting insoles from my other shoes (even though they're a bit smaller) would help and I'm still getting some left foot issues. I scheduled a follow-up appointment with my bike fit guy in three weeks. At this point, I can't really tell you why my left foot is acting up the way that it is.

Week 31: Day 6 - 01 August 2020

• morning run = 8.20 miles; time = 2:02:03; average pace @ 14:53
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

Tried to do a warm up ride on rollers this morning before my run, but I fell off after a few seconds. I gave up and didn't try again. I don't know why my legs are sore. All the hills that are small and normally easy to me felt harder than normal. I was fine after doing an eight mile run Saturday last weekend. I was sore from riding on Sunday, but didn't feel it until Monday. Monday was rest day. All of my rides to work/mechanic/home this week were short and flat. I did three runs this week instead of the normal four runs/days out of laziness. I've become grumpy. I'm not even sure if I will do a ride tomorrow.