The hay is in the barn!

Phew! I survived the last weekend of training in spite of crappy, crappy weather. Yesterday I had 72 miles on tap. I woke up to pouring rain. Accuweather told me I would have a 2 hour window in the morning, so I hopped on the trainer for 90 min, and then headed out for the rest of the ride. Except that 5 miles in, it started pouring again. I forgot to mention that it was cold, and my feet got numb. I ended up home after 20 miles, frozen and covered in dirt. After warming my feet up with the hairdryer, I hopped on the trainer and finished for a total of 4 hours. I did not feel like going out and skipped my t-run (I know, shocker!). Today I ran 12 miles, in the rain, by the ocean in New Hampshire, and though I was going to die coming back home with the cold wind hitting my face. Next, a 2000 yard swim with some short intervals, lots of foam rolling and stretching, and voila, training is done.

This week is going to be super light training wise. I am planning on making a race plan, catching up on work and enjoying not running around in circles all day long! I am actually happy to taper. I think I pushed myself to the max this training cycle in terms of juggling everything going on in my life. And, I just realized that I will only have one week of rest before starting a 20 week marathon training plan, and trying to keep up my biking and swimming for an Olympic and maybe a couple of sprints!