Week 50: Day 3 - 16 December 2020

• morning run = 6.04 miles; time = 1:33:02; average pace @ 15:24
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

So I've been looking back at my previous blog posts. I haven't been very good at keeping track of the week? Last week was supposed to have been week 49, but I kept insisting that it was week 48 which meant that there would be four more weeks left for the year if I had used "week 49" for this week. Three weeks left is what is left of the year.

Anyway, I'm on four-ish hours of sleep because I couldn't fall back to sleep after going to the bathroom at 12:30am midnight. I thought I could get away with extra sleep, but it backfired. I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't. I also thought that I could do a lot of nothing (no exercise except walk my dogs) for ther rest of the week until my manager reminded everyone yesterday to bring food for the potluck (that was today). I have to burn off the 5,000 calories that I consumed from the potluck.

Week 48: Day 7 - 13 December 2020

• morning run = 5.07 miles; time = 1:16:43; average pace @ 15:08
• warmup ride on rollers = 2 miles; time = 9:35; average speed @ 12.5mph
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total
• morning solo ride = 22.87 miles; time = 1:40:39; average speed @ 13.6mph

Running: 

Total Weekly Mileage: 16.51

Total Monthly Mileage: 35.93

Total Yearly Mileage: 791.71

Total Shoe Mileage: 292.89

Cycling: 

Total Weekly Mileage: 42.94

Total Monthly Mileage: 83.97

Total Yearly Mileage: 3209.42

Total Bike Mileage: 2570.59

I really debated whether I actually wanted to do an indoor ride on rollers or go out for an outdoor ride. While it was mostly calm during my run, I would sometimes randomly get a gust of wind or two. Perhaps it was just more calmer at 6am and when I finally got on my bike at 10:30am, the wind decided to pick up. I had a lot of headwinds. I don't like winds at all except tailwind (wind on my back).

Week 48: Day 6 - 12 December 2020

• indoor ride on rollers = 7.2 miles; time = 28:12; average speed @ 15.3mph
• walked dogs = 2.5 miles total

Today is my birthday, so I didn't do much. Tomorrow, I will do a run and a bike ride.

Week 48: Day 5 - 11 December 2020

• morning run = 4.55 miles; time = 1:07:24; average pace @ 14:48
• pre-run warmup on rollers = 3 miles; time = 12:43; average speed @ 14.2mph
• walked dogs = 2.7 miles total

Week 48: Day 3 - 09 December 2020

• morning run = 3.83 miles; time = 1:00:32; average pace @ 15:53
• walked dogs = 2.7 miles total

I need to start getting into the habit of doing a 10-15 minute warmup before my runs. My ankles and knees would feel less stiff, and I would probably stop dragging my feet.

Week 48: Day 2 - 08 December 2020

• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total
• indoor ride on rollers (evening) = 6 miles; time = 25:21; average speed @ 14.2mph

It's been awhile since I did a ride on my rollers. I've moed my rollers to a different part of the house. It seemed to help "quiet" down the noise level from my rollers, but not by much. It's tolerable I'm convinced that my rollers don't like the current tires that I have on my bike. It didn't use to be as noisy it is/was.

Week 48: Day 1 - 07 December 2020

• easy, recovery run = 3.06 miles; time = 47:38; average pace @ 15:35
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

Unsurprisingly, feeling a little stiff, but less than I expected and not sore after doing a ride with 4,400 feet in total elevation. It used to be that I would feel pretty sore and want to cry from the pain for two days after a challenging ride with lots of climbing. It's a sign that I'm getting stronger/better?

Week 47: Day 7 - 06 December 2020

• morning solo ride = 41.03 miles; time = 4:06:03; average speed @ 10mph
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

Running: 

Total Weekly Mileage: 19.42

Total Monthly Mileage: 19.42

Total Yearly Mileage: 775.2

Total Shoe Mileage: 276.38

Cycling: 

Total Weekly Mileage: 41.03

Total Monthly Mileage: 41.03

Total Yearly Mileage: 3166.48

Total Bike Mileage: 2527.65

My average speed for my bike rides are usually 12mph or better. In my defense for the 10mph, I went up a mountain road called "Mt. Baldy Road". I normally ride up "Glendora Mountain Road" (GMR for short as the local residents in the area and us cyclists like to call it) which is another mountain road, but much easier than Mt. Baldy Road. Glendora Mountain Road and Glendora Ridge Road (GRR for short that connects between Mt. Baldy Road and GMR) were closed to cars, but opened to pedestrians and bikes) this weekend due to extreme fire warnings. So I went up Mt Baldy Road to GRR to GMR. GMR is a very windy road with lots of blind turns. Today was the first time out of the many rides that I've been on GMR that I was less scared of the blind turns coming down GMR. In the past, I wouldn't ride faster than 20mph. While 25mph (and sometimes 30mph) were my average speed going down and not really that much faster, but some improvements is better than none.

Week 47: Day 6 - 05 December 2020

• morning run = 6.22 miles; time = 1:28:34; average pace @ 14:15
• walked dogs = 2.5 miles total

So I'm testing something out. I used to have an insole with custom molding (it would mold according to how the arches would be in your feet) for my left bike shoe. I still have this insole for my right shoe, but my left bike shoe now has a pre-molded insole for feet with high arches. The arch in my left foot is slightly higher than normal, but this pre-molded insole gave more support for my left foot that I no longer have pain in my foot when I ride. The insole with the custom molding has been put in my left running shoe. The last time that I did a six mile run (a few weeks ago), my foot felt fine during the run, but was in a lot of pain after the run. It was a good thing that I didn't have to work after the run that day. My foot was a lot better today with the insole in my shoe. I also bought an $11 pair of insoles with pre-molded insoles for my shoes that I wear to work (I was going to wear those in my running shoes, but because they were $11, I worry that they would wear out very quickly from all the impact during runs. If I don't have any arch support for my "work" shoes and I'm standing for two or more hours, my left foot felt like it was on fire. "Work" is in quotes because the shoes that I wear for work are retired running shoes. My foot pain for standing long hours at work started right before I got the pre-molded insoles for my bike shoes. The running foot pain started right after I got the pre-molded insoles for my bike shoes. If it's not one thing, it's another thing. Everything is okay now that I have some sort of arch support for work and running.

Week 47: Day 4 - 03 December 2020

• morning run = 4.1 miles; time = 1:03:46; average pace @ 15:32
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

Week 47: Day 3 - 02 December 2020

• morning run = 5.05 miles; time = 1:13:18; average pace @ 14:31
• walked dogs = 2.6 miles total

Week 47: Day 2 - 01 December 2020

• morning run = 4.05 miles; time = 1:04:18; average pace @ 15:53
• walked dogs = 2.7 miles total