Day 209, 156 To Go

July 28, 2013

Today was a long day.  It was a full day, but really long.  It started off bad in that my early ride turned into a later ride.  I suppose this was ok since I got to sleep in a bit, but it did put a rush on the rest of the day's plans and it was hotter than the morning.

I went out for a bike ride at about 10:00am with my friend Mike McCain.  We did a nice 25 mile ride.  Nothing too intense, but we did pick up the pace from time to time.  Then, when I got back, it was time to get ready to go to the beach.  Yes, the beach with four kids, three of which just learned to walk, let alone swim!

Here are my bike numbers:

Time: 1:23:50

Distance: 25.00 miles

Pace: 17.89mph

Max Pace: 27.22mph

Calories: 1,584

Avg HR:133

Max HR:160

After about an hour of packing and prep, we finally took off and made it to the beach.  We were meeting a bunch of friends there and they were all very helpful in getting us from the car to the sand.  Immediately, Kaylee was terrified, Ayla was intrigued, Joshua was infatuated with the sand, and Derek was all over the place!  No sooner did we get there did the clouds come out and the rain started.  It went away fast enough and it was back to fun in the sun.

Kaylee finally bonded with some seashells and Ayla was in love with the water.  Joshua was having a blast with the sand as was Derek.  I bounced around from baby to baby to friend to Honey and back.  We eventually made it back home and I was slightly red and exhausted.  Hmmm...what did I forget?  Oh...it's Sunday and I have to do my long run.

Crap.

This was a recovery week so my plan was to go only 56 minutes.  I didn't quite make it.  I was just too worn out.  Here are my numbers:

Time: 36:00

Distance: 3.96 miles

Pace: 9:06/m

Max Pace: 7:45/m

Calories: 427
Avg HR: 136

Max HR: 149

I was short by about 20 minutes.  Oh well.  Honey rolled with me but she was tired and not very encouraging either.  I suppose I could have pushed another 20 minutes, but I was just dead to the world.  Does that mean I went home and to bed?  No.  I went to go see The Wolverine with Honey!

It was pretty good...at least I thought so...Honey lamented the lost two hours of her life she would never get back.  She thought it was one of the worst movies she had ever seen.  Have I mentioned she has really bad taste in movies?  Well, she does.  Go see the movie if you are fan of X-Men...if not, go see it anyway!

Run for Life!!