Running Journal - 2024-06-17 (XT - Stationary Recumbent Cycle)

Time: 12:56-1:49 p.m. (53 minutes) 
Resting heart rate: 79 (several hours after exercise)
Weight (street clothes): 83.46 kg (184.00 lb)
Body Mass Index (BMI; note criticisms of BMI): 24.3 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,012 cal/day
Distance (running): 7.56 km (4.70 miles)
Cumulative distance (2024; ignores XT days): 741.76 km (460.91 mi)
Calories burned: 333 kcal
Average heart rate: 90 bpm
Max heart rate: 107 bpm
Weather at start: sunny ☀️ 24° C (75.2° F), Humidity 33% Wind: 18 km/h
Terrain: 0 ft elevation gain
Avg Pace: -- /mile
Best pace: -- /mile
Stinkiness air level (0=No smell; 10=☣️): 0/10 (not stinky)
Comments: New week started: Number 21 (of 26). Recovery day after Sunday marathon training run. Exercised on the recumbent stationary cycle in the local community gym. Listened to an audiobook. Everything was pretty boring--I was the only one in the gym this session. Worked up a good sweat. It takes a while for the air conditioner to bring the temperatures down, but it helps. Accidentally forgot to stop at the 50th minute, so exercised through a 3-minute cool down. Felt pretty good overall--though a bit sore getting off the bike from Sunday. Barring injury or over-training, feeling pretty good overall for my performance for the official marathon time. The only missing piece is probably hill training, but for my first marathon in 17 years, I am not stressing out about it. Sunday had about 600-700 feet of elevation gain. The official marathon has ~1,700 feet of elevation gain, more than double. I last ran it in 2006, and it wrecked me. I have no written record of it other than my memory. However, I am in a much better place now than back then, performance-wise, I think. We will see after the race, however. 😜 This afternoon I figured out a way to test what happens when the Garmin Forerunner 965 smartwatch exceeds the number of intervals. Using the Garmin Connect web site, I can cable the Garmin Forerunner 965 to my laptop and add a custom workout with multiple repeating steps of 2:30 run/1:00 walk. Each step can repeat from 2-40 times. As a test, I added a test workout with 2 repeats of 2-times each. I'll try that when the watch stops charging, to confirm it will continue the workout. I think 120 repeats will be enough to get me through 28 miles in 3 weeks. 😅 I'm also needing a new pair of trainers/sneakers. I'm not 100% happy with the HOKA Challenger 7 which I bought randomly on discount at REI. I have the volumetric data from visiting Red Wing shoes a month or two back, so thinking that may be helpful in figuring out what shoes to purchase. 🤔 Might also visit a local Fleet Feet store--there was one in Menlo Park that we visited which also seems to have the same volumetric scanner that the Red Wing store had. A long time ago I visited a Fleet Feet store in Davis, California, and they observed me running and recommended shoes accordingly.
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: Legs & feet sore (but recovering)
Foods eaten today: Kashi GO Toasted Berry Crisp Cereal with nonfat milk, Trader Joe's Black Cold Brew Coffee (8 oz), espresso shot, homemade mashed potatoes, Tropical Fields Durian Mochi (15g; x2), Waterloo sparkling water (Cherry Limeade) - 12 oz, Trader Joe's Creamy Hummus & Vegetable Wrap (10.6 oz),