I feel like I'm in a cycle of work out, recover, eat, sleep, repeat. Oh and work my actual job. Going forward it looks like I'm doing a long ride of at least 60 miles on a weekend day. This is a little tricky with kid activities, but I will make it work. This past week was a case in point: Big had a baseball game at 11 am on Saturday. I was supposed to bike 80 miles. I didn't have enough daylight to get it in before the game and I really didn't want to bike all afternoon. So my coach agreed to let me get up crazy early (4 am) so I could bank 1.5 hours on the trainer and then just do 60 miles outside. Ha - "just" 60 miles. But that's how things are changing. The bikes are key.
Week 25: 10:29:29 hours
Week 25: 10:29:29 hours
Swam: 55:29 minutes (2,200 yards)
Biked: 7:23:31 hours (58 miles outside/ lots more on trainer)
Ran: 2:10:29 hours (14.2 miles)
Workouts:
Monday: rest day
Tuesday: swim with speed
Wednesday: tempo bike & shake out run
Thursday: long run
Friday: easy bike
Saturday: long ride - 80 miles & short run
Sunday: rest day
Monday was a great rest day. I was really wiped out after my Devilman race on Sunday.
Tuesday was a swim - I felt great in the pool! I was like wow, I am all recovered from the race! I feel amazing!!
Wednesday I had a pretty easy bike - it was short ... maybe 40 minutes. Then a shake out run for 3 miles. That's when I felt the effects of the race on Sunday, believe it or not. I was so tired after that run and a bit down about it. But ... new day, new run.
Thursday was a long run - yay. I had to run 8 miles with the 9 minutes of running/1 minute of walking (repeat) and I'm really starting to like it. I had to run in the late afternoon before I picked up the kids. I am really not a fan of afternoon running, but I realized that's when I'll be running at IMLP, so I need to get over it and get used to it. The run was fabulous: I felt good, I felt strong, I felt fast and ... I discovered banana Hammer gel - it tastes AMAZING. Like banana baby food, which I realize is not a selling point for most people, but my God, it was amazing and delicious and I was literally licking the gel packaging and did not want the gel to end. It also worked really great. Banana gel - yummy mc yum.
Friday - easy bike on the trainer. It was fine, but it was hot. Check out my beads of sweat.
Saturday was my long ride. OY. I got up at 4, had some breakfast and then got on my trainer at 4:30. There is literally nothing on television at 4:30 am on a Saturday. I played around on my iPad and caught up on blogs and Pinterest. After an hour and a half on the trainer, I got off, then got the bike ready for outside riding. And off I went. I did a mix of roads and trails and for whatever reason, this ride sucked. First, my head wasn't in it. I knew I had a hard end time and I felt enormous pressure to get the bike done. I put the pressure on myself - it's not like my son cares if I am 10 minutes late to his game. But I also just felt heavy - my legs felt heavy, the bike felt heavy, everything felt heavy. I need to take the bike to the bike shop to get the front wheel checked out (I noticed at Devilman that it's a little off). Hopefully that will help. Maybe I didn't pump my tires enough. I checked the pressure ... but the ride had that familiar feeling of riding through slushy snow, which indicates to me the pressure isn't quite right. In any event, I got the ride in. I had just enough time to get off the bike and run to Big's game - wearing my biking outfit. I just didn't have time for a shower. I was covered in mud and blood (I cut my ankle on my pedal on a tricky corner). After the ride I realized I should just stay stinky and filthy and get my run in. So I did. I was tired and hungry, but I figured just get that sucker done. It wasn't a bad run at all. Once the ride and run were done, I showered and proceeded to devour a very large cheeseburger and french fries.
I also realized that the sun was glorious but it also burned me. And because of the tan lines I got at the tri the weekend before (and because I wore different shorts for the tri and the ride), I had what looks like a candy corn sunburn on my leg. See?
Hot. I mean ... that's really hot. And I should remember sunscreen next time.
Sunday was a rest day and I enjoyed every moment. The kids and I spent Mother's Day together and we went to lunch and then to Valley Forge park, where we took a trolley tour of the sites.
Up this week - lots of biking, including an 80 miler on Saturday and a sprint triathlon on Sunday! I was hoping to destroy the sprint race ... here's hoping I have the energy after the 80 miler the day before. I realize, though, that at this point, the only thing that matters is the bike. :/
See you swoon,
Monday: rest day
Tuesday: swim with speed
Wednesday: tempo bike & shake out run
Thursday: long run
Friday: easy bike
Saturday: long ride - 80 miles & short run
Sunday: rest day
Monday was a great rest day. I was really wiped out after my Devilman race on Sunday.
Tuesday was a swim - I felt great in the pool! I was like wow, I am all recovered from the race! I feel amazing!!
Wednesday I had a pretty easy bike - it was short ... maybe 40 minutes. Then a shake out run for 3 miles. That's when I felt the effects of the race on Sunday, believe it or not. I was so tired after that run and a bit down about it. But ... new day, new run.
Thursday was a long run - yay. I had to run 8 miles with the 9 minutes of running/1 minute of walking (repeat) and I'm really starting to like it. I had to run in the late afternoon before I picked up the kids. I am really not a fan of afternoon running, but I realized that's when I'll be running at IMLP, so I need to get over it and get used to it. The run was fabulous: I felt good, I felt strong, I felt fast and ... I discovered banana Hammer gel - it tastes AMAZING. Like banana baby food, which I realize is not a selling point for most people, but my God, it was amazing and delicious and I was literally licking the gel packaging and did not want the gel to end. It also worked really great. Banana gel - yummy mc yum.
Friday - easy bike on the trainer. It was fine, but it was hot. Check out my beads of sweat.
Saturday was my long ride. OY. I got up at 4, had some breakfast and then got on my trainer at 4:30. There is literally nothing on television at 4:30 am on a Saturday. I played around on my iPad and caught up on blogs and Pinterest. After an hour and a half on the trainer, I got off, then got the bike ready for outside riding. And off I went. I did a mix of roads and trails and for whatever reason, this ride sucked. First, my head wasn't in it. I knew I had a hard end time and I felt enormous pressure to get the bike done. I put the pressure on myself - it's not like my son cares if I am 10 minutes late to his game. But I also just felt heavy - my legs felt heavy, the bike felt heavy, everything felt heavy. I need to take the bike to the bike shop to get the front wheel checked out (I noticed at Devilman that it's a little off). Hopefully that will help. Maybe I didn't pump my tires enough. I checked the pressure ... but the ride had that familiar feeling of riding through slushy snow, which indicates to me the pressure isn't quite right. In any event, I got the ride in. I had just enough time to get off the bike and run to Big's game - wearing my biking outfit. I just didn't have time for a shower. I was covered in mud and blood (I cut my ankle on my pedal on a tricky corner). After the ride I realized I should just stay stinky and filthy and get my run in. So I did. I was tired and hungry, but I figured just get that sucker done. It wasn't a bad run at all. Once the ride and run were done, I showered and proceeded to devour a very large cheeseburger and french fries.
I also realized that the sun was glorious but it also burned me. And because of the tan lines I got at the tri the weekend before (and because I wore different shorts for the tri and the ride), I had what looks like a candy corn sunburn on my leg. See?
Hot. I mean ... that's really hot. And I should remember sunscreen next time.
Sunday was a rest day and I enjoyed every moment. The kids and I spent Mother's Day together and we went to lunch and then to Valley Forge park, where we took a trolley tour of the sites.
Up this week - lots of biking, including an 80 miler on Saturday and a sprint triathlon on Sunday! I was hoping to destroy the sprint race ... here's hoping I have the energy after the 80 miler the day before. I realize, though, that at this point, the only thing that matters is the bike. :/
See you swoon,
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