| Well Monday marks the beginning of a new week for me on the fitness front. I had a pretty good last week in terms of totals and just overall goodness. Family life was excellent and I'm feelin' great.
I have an new bike on the way to handle those less than prissy situations such as ruts and mud. Something I can take camping and beat on a little bit. Road bikes are so fragile, if I had one of those it would be trashed by now. Luckily I ride a cyclocross bike now.
This morning – I’ll admit I was tempted to stay in the fart sack but I awoke at 4:15 and pulled on the shoes. The air was cool (55) the sky was clear and it was a great way to get the week started.
I ran 13.2 miles that seemed to be effortless (relatively speaking). On miles 10 and 11 I was just cruising along feeling superb. No pain and nice even breathing. I like starting the week with a longish run. It’s a great way to get the totals moving up and lets be honest, it feels great. I think I'm gonna go for a 18 or 19 this weekend just to see how it feels.
Here are today’s stats for today’s smooth relaxing run.
Type: Just for fun / long
Distance: 13.11 miles
Time: 1 hr 36 min 04 secs
Pace: 7:20 min/miles
Shoes: Asics Nimbus 11 - 438.9 miles total on these shoes
Weight 172, pct body fat 8%
Calories burned: 1836.3 kcal (1146.9 kcal/hr) Calculated using METs
Weather: clear
Temp: 55 Heart rate: 145 average 187 max 45 resting
This week is gonna be a bit tough as I will be spend more time in a car driving that I will in a bed. Lotsa travel and unfamiliar fitness machines. I do plan on running in a IA state park in the morning if the weather is kosher.
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