Wild weather...

I didn't get up until noon. Our neighbors, John and Lisa and their son Jacob, came over and we hung around the bar and played pool. They left late and Alice and I stayed up talking until 5:30 am. The Sun was coming up and I was even debating if I should just go for my long ride before going to bed. I figured it would be a bad idea because if the cops pulled me over I'd get a DUI and lose my drivers license.

We ended getting up at noon and I rushed to eat, hydrate and got on the road by 1 am. When I left is was sunny and warm and I decided to wear my triathlon clothes. As I started riding the weather changed. It got cloudy, colder, windier and even started to rain. 

Last week was a flat ride, this week it was back to the hills and it wasn't easy. I was riding pretty good. There was a lot of triathletes on the road today. I caught up and passed quite a few other riders. One I passed tried to keep up to me and for a while I was surprised they could stay with me, but within about 3 km I dropped him or her (it was either a man or a manly women) and then they went a different route. 

It was a pretty uneventful ride, my only regret was not changing from the racing wheels to the training wheels before I left. I decided not to because I was running out of time and wanted to be finished by 5 pm.

After the ride I did a 30 minute brick run. It was really hard to keep my heart rate down. It felt like I was running slow when I was actually running fast. My left ankle and Achilles was twitching and I think if I would have ran any further it would have become painful. It is right on the edge of being healthy or getting injured. When I got home the kids and Alice gave me a bad time for leaving the kitchen a mess. I was just focused on getting out the door to train. Oops.

My body felt good after I finished, MUCH better than last weekend. Now the rest of the evening is relaxation and I'm going to barbecue some steaks. Since I got the charcoal barbecue I'm hooked on cooking with charcoal. It is so hot and adds such flavor. I'm trying some nice big thick steaks tonight and can hardly wait to taste them.

Long Bike - 3:15:49 /102.48 Km / 31.3 kph / 125 avg hr

Transition - 03:48

Brick Run - 30:00 / 3.94 miles / 7:37 pace / 143 avg hr

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