Weekend!

Whenever I start dreading my workouts, taper knocks on my door! Good timing!

I celebrated the weekend with 70.5 miles (66bike + 4.5 transition run) on Saturday, and 14.7 (13 run + 1.7 OW swim) on Sunday.

Every time I start a long ride I feel mojo-less. I really don't want to go. I did not have much time to dilly dally on Saturday because we had a packed day and I needed to get home to give Chris a break (who again gets the "best husband" award for showing Petru SUCH a great time while I was on the bike. I am convinced the neighbourhood moms are terrible jealous as I never see another dad spend as much quality time with their kids as Chris does; OK, gotta make sure Chris reads this post:). In typical fashion, after 10 miles I started having fun; except the M%$%S F%&$# back pain showed up and had to take several stops. Still, I biked 56 miles in a little over 3 hours, with a HR of 139, so kept the pace very comfortable. Back home I grabbed a turkey burger and headed for the run. My meat craving is through the roof! I ran Garminless, amazed at how tough my stomach is. Lucky! Back home I had 1 hour to fill up on food, take an icebath and splash water all over me (no time for a shower) and take Petru to t-ball. Back home, one more hour and barbecue with friends. In bed after midnight.

The fatigue hit on Saturday after my run. I did 13 miles with 11 progression ending with 5 miles sub 7:15. I could barely walk when I got home. Petru and I kicked Chris out of the house and had some quality mom/son time before dropping him off at a bday party. Then I took a glorious 30 min nap before heading to Walden for a swim. My arms hurt like hell during the swim, but when I got back Chris told me I swam 10 min faster, so now I know why! Evening was spent working and watching basketball with Chris.

Today I did the crazy brick session again. I biked for 30 min tempo, then put the bike on the trainer and ran 2K @ 10K pace, than 30 min on the bike with alactates, than 2k @ 10K pace, than 30 min on the bike with alactates, than 2K @ 10K pace, than 30 min on the bike with alactates, than 2X2K @ 5K pace. Then I ran 2.5 mile with 1.25 hill home. This workout sounds hard, but it really is not. Part of my issue with races longer than a HM is that I get bored and have to work hard to keep focus. This is actually a reason why I do marathons and HIMs:) In a workout like this I never get bored. Sure, it is hard at times, but I know I can handle that pain since it won't last long.

This week I am tapering the run, but keeping the swim and bike up. I am getting excited but also SO nervous for the race. I googled my back pain and it is clear to me that it is due to my bike position. I am not comfortable in aero so I ride the handle bars and sit like a scaredy cat, as opposed to pushing my pelvis out. I will work on that:)

Such a great weekend of racing. I loved tracking everyone at Mooseman and Honu, and cheering virtually on marathons and other races. Some had awesome races, other did not reach their goals, but this is the beauty of racing; just like life, anything can happen on race day!