I slept 14.5 hours last night, I can't remember the last time I did that or if I've ever done it. I guess Vegas caught up to me. All night I was tossing and turning, sweating, then chills, covers on, covers off. I also felt my love handles where my kidneys are hurting a little. I've had that feeling before and it is usually a sign that I've went over board and if I don't change my habits I typically gain weight. It's giving me a bit of a wake up call and I decided to stop drinking until I lose about 10 lbs and get down to 173 lbs. I've found that when I drink I can't lose weight no matter what I do and it will give my liver a break. God knows it needs it.
After sleeping so much and lying on my back, when I got up my back was tender and on the verge of slipping out of place. If I sat for too long it also started to get sensitive. I was really conscious of it and made sure that I did not bend over. If I had to pick something up, it was all knee bending. It felt good to get back from Vegas and get back into my routine. If we had to stay in Vegas one more day we would have died. Three nights is absolutely the perfect amount of time. When I finally did wake up today, the first thing I did was drink some water, make a protein shake and drink some coffee. It was all good.
Eventually I decided to take the plunge and start my long bike and brick run. It sure takes a long time to get ready. I bet it takes me around half an hour just to get the bike set up, the water bottles ready, make the Gatorade, set up the laptop, set up the fan, get some news papers, get the nutrition ready. Plus today I had to get all my running gear ready for the brick run right off the bike. I started riding, it was still light out and golf was on TV. It's the first time I rode and watched golf, or say I say listened while I read blogs. Having golf on is very soothing when your ride. I actually found it made time go faster. I also adjusted the wind trainer on my bike, I think it's now more set up like last year and I was able to go a lot faster and still keep the heart rate in the right zone. It feels so much better when I average over 30 kph.
The ride felt relatively easy. While I rode, Reid decided to be a pro photographer and took a lot of shots of me. When Reid and Alice would come down stairs they both complained that it smelt bad, like mold. I figured it was either, the drip towel I've had on the bike for the past two weeks, which Alice ended up putting in the wash, or the mat under the bike which hasn't been wiped down at all, or me. I think it was me and that my body was getting rid of all the toxins from this past week. Once I finished the bike I ran upstairs to change my clothes and get on the run. They were all laid out but it still took me about 6 minutes to get out the door. Once I started running I was at about a 7:30 pace for the first half mile, then my heart rate started rising. My legs felt great, there wasn't even a transitional discomfort from going from the bike to the run, which is too bad because I like that feeling. If I didn't have to keep my heart rate down I could have run much faster, that's how great I felt. It was also one of those run where every song that played on the iPhone was great. I didn't have to fast forward the song once.
Long Bike - 3 hours / 56.02 miles / 18.67 mph / 133 - 140
Brick Run - 31:01 / 3.74 miles / 8:16 pace / 138 - 144
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