Running Journal - 2024-12-22 (Magic Mile Time Trials)

Mistletoe and red bows - Entrance to Rengstorff House (Mountain View, California)

Time: 12:00-1:05 p.m. (1 hour 5 minutes)
Resting heart rate (wake-up): 59 bpm
Weight (street clothes): 84.55 kg (186.40 lb)
Body Mass Index (BMI; note criticisms of BMI): 24.6 (Overweight = 25–29.9)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): 2,029 cal/day
Distance (running): 9.66 km (6.00 mi)
Cumulative distance (2024; ignores XT days): 1,635.43 km (1,016.21 mi)
Calories burned: 622 kcal
Average heart rate: 111 bpm
Max heart rate: 133 bpm
Weather at start: ☔ 17° C (62.6 F), Humidity 83% Wind: 0 km/h
Terrain: 0 ft elevation gain
Avg Pace: 13'29" /mile
Best pace: 12'57" /mile
Stinkiness air level (0=No smell; 10=☣️): 1/10 (slightly stinky)
Comments: Magic Mile Time Trials (MM) day--but mostly will ignore this one as did not run full pace. The MM predicts the fastest (i.e., a very hard pace) one might run during the marathon. Ran with Dawn today, and finished in 10:37 mile. Felt like I ran at ~65% of what I might run a mile at all-out run pace. Asleep at 2:00 a.m., up around 9:15 a.m. Slept OK. Warmed up by walking 1-2 laps, then jogging 1-2 laps. Stretched my left hamstrings a bit by touching my toes. According to the MM calculator on the Jeff Galloway web site, a 10'37" MM = projected 6:1:52 marathon finish (13:48 per mile). My last magic mile was on October 20, at 8:17/mile pace. Afterward, we visited the Campbell downtown farmers market. Bought brownies from Olivia Bakes, then coffees & treats from Manresa Bread, then walked to the bookstore to look at a sleeping Max the cat, who has a spot in the window. We then drove to the Shoreline Lake recreation area. Finished out the 6 miles total for the day by running on the Bay Trail. Weather was lovely: humid, overcast, but cool. Shoes update: ASICS Gel-Kayano 31 are ~28% done. Working well so far. Next weekend is a 28-mile long run.
Any irregular feelings, aches, pains, heart rate, and so forth?: None
Foods eaten today: Kashi GO Toasted Berry Crisp Cereal with nonfat milk, Kirkland Signature Colombian Cold Brew Coffee - 11 fl oz (x0.5), banana, Manresa Bread - Pumpkin spice latte & Gingerbread Loaf Slice (x0.5) & Cranberry Orange Buckwheat Scone (x0.5), De Los Altos Grill - Veggie burrito & Asada Fries with grilled chicken (x0.1), Trader Joe's Josephsbrau Winter Brew (Dark Double Bock Lager),