It was a good ride...

This week has been catch up at work from being away last week. I'm almost caught up. In the past few weeks I've started to bring my lunch to work, with is great because I don't have to leave the office to pick something up, I can just keep working. By the end of the day my head was sore, I was setting up my Linkedin network and we were changing over our email system and it wasn't going well. Needless to say, I had a sore head by the end of the day. Even when I got home I opened up the laptop and started doing more computer work. The one good thing about training is that it takes that cloudy, sore head, away. For the last week I've been starting my training later than I normally do. I didn't get to the gym until after 8 pm, which means I don't finish till around 11 pm. 

My weight training program is now ramping up and has an additional set, which means it is a minimum of 45 minutes to finish. When I got home, I got some of the family video DVD's and put them in the laptop and jumped on the bike. The first video I watched was Alice and my wedding. I don't even like saying that, it sounds so "girlie" to watch your wedding. It was the first time I've ever seen it. It was cool to see what we all looked like 20 years ago. It also reminded me that on the morning of our wedding I did an Olympic Distance Triathlon at Birds Hill Park. The next video I started to watch was the "state of the union" address I gave at work when I became President of Embassy eleven years ago. Man did I talk, it was 1 hour and 23 minutes and I'm only about 20 minutes into it. I sure hope we served booze to keep people awake. 

While watching the video's I had my best ride this year. I averaged 20 mph for 1 hour and 15 minutes. My legs felt strong. I was surprised because when I left the gym my legs and buttocks were sore from lunges. The one thing that I think helps me do triathlons is that I thrive on pain. The more training I do and the more I load on, the stronger I get. It's strange, but true. I don't get the same benefit from resting.

Weights - 45 minutes

Tempo Bike - 25 miles / 20 mph