Well I can't tell you much about your heart rate, but anyone who finishes with 00 on the second side of the clock deserves a pat on the back.

33 mile group ride on my slow bike. Felt strong. Ran 16+ minutes and felt like I was hammered. I really have to figure out how to get more comfortable with the running with speed.

Sprint triathlon July 8th. Got a couple more weeks of solid training to prepare.

Bob

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All: Happy daddy's day, all! DD1.3 and DD2.75 got me a coffee mug they'd painted, glazed and had fired at local art studio. It's the cutest thing ever and I was sure to put it to good use this morning. My wife got me an Iroman watch so now I don't have to memorize my splits in my races. I already used it today for my ride. They are all so sweet and I am so blessed to have them in my life (and not just because they give good presents).

Me: Set out to do a 22mi bike ride with close to 1000ft of evelation gain. As I was headed out that way I ran into strong headwinds, some rain and many very dark looking clouds in the direction I was going (west/north). With the f'cast for t-storms, I quickly bagged that ride and turned around and did a 14.4mi loop in around 54:00 (~15.8mph). The new route had no lack of hills with 482ft of climbing overall. You just can't get away from that in NH. My wobbly legs don't mind. It's good for me. Like oatmeal. It was a very warm and humid ride too. I need to get that other bottle cage installed if I am going to be upping the mileage. I also left my socks at home and found my feet didn't fall asleep so no more socks for me. That made all the difference in this ride.

Good day and good workouts to all!

Edited to add:
Mike, don't forget your HR is affected quite a bit by the temp. I know you live in TX so that will be a factor for you. I know with my quick bike ride today the warmth and humidity had my HR through the roof when other days on the same ride it would not be. Beyond that, I am not sure what your numbers mean (other than you are in great shape). I'll defer to the experts but I am sure they'll want to know how hot it was for your run.



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Busy day for me, and will continue right through the night. Started with what should have been a group run with a few others only to either miss the meeting point or miss the note of change of course, next to a local Starbucks, and then to the Ashland Triatlon where I cheered on fellow Tri-club mates and even our very own LRR, who tore up a tough course made tougher by the growing heat of the day. If that wasn't enough I had to drive 60 miles to work so that I can finish a few things before I fly out to Idaho. Worst part is that when I got here (work), everything is broken in the area I'm supposed to work on. Some knucklehead commited their work without testing. That blows. Think I'm about to waste my day here.

So, me...

7 mile tempo run chasing a phantom pack that may or may not have existed. Solid run. Told myself stories as the pace creeped up.

Great day, Tri-spokes!

75 miles @ 4:13 (with some rest stops) in 500degree heat (ok, 80 at start, 89 end and SUNNY)

Followed by 15min run trying my new stretch for the shin. Can't be totally sure, but seems like the stretch works! Hard to tell because I cannot run in 89 degree weather so I was DYING. But, the shin didn't hurt! WOOT

Ok, I'm off to sleep, eat, and be daddy

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Finally got in a workout! 4 miles in 10:20 pace. Happy Father's Day!

Add on another 1.5m Zone 1 w/ DS6. He rode the entire thing (except the BIIIIIIIG hill) on 2 wheels. Just weaned him off training wheels over the last 2 weeks, he rode "uphill" first time yesterday, so today we went "the distance"

Woot!

Hope all you dads had a terrific day!

Rest day here. Spent most of it at a big send-off for local tri-club members headed to CdA. Our club of 120 or so folks, is sending 20 people. It will be a busy, busy day of tracking.

Mike, I'm no HR guru, but those numbers look freaking great to me. Cardiac drift (higher HR later in run) is normal, so it makes sense that you'd have to slow a little to stay within zone. But it's impressive that you had to slow so little. And a.m. RHR at 38! If you ever have surgery, make sure your docs and anesthesiologists know you're an athlete. Otherwise, they might think something was wrong with you!

You might want to put HR numbers on a separate thread in case some of the local HR gurus don't frequent the daily thread. (I'm thinking Sheldon would be a great guru on this topic.)

Ronbo! Big woot on the shin! Let's hope it's the stretch, and not the heat. I'm no more a fan of the heat than you are.