No soreness, no jam, no shower...

I had a good 8 hours of sleep, but could have used another 3 or 4. Even during the middle of the night, when I get up for my usual bathroom break, I was so tired I walked into the bathroom door frame. I was also tired when I got up and felt tired all day.

I was hoping my morning shower would wake me up but there was no warm water. Because Alyssa and her out of town friend Stephanie have been having showers back to back, they use up all the water. Girls, they are in there forever. The water heater is designed to shut off if there is no water, hence no warm water for me. So I put on my Ironman hat to cover my messy hair and went to work looking like I was going fishing.

Surprisingly I had no sore or exhausted muscles, but I did have tired cloudy head syndrome. Nothing I could do would shake it. I even had an ice cream cone and some candy thinking the sugar rush would snap me awake. No go.

I left work around 4:00 pm. I was baked and wasn't looking forward to my tempo ride tonight. I just didn't have the energy. First thing I did when I got home was take a nap, I didn't even bother eating. When I woke up I felt better and at 7:30 pm decided to give it a try and go for my ride. It was an unusual ride. My goal was to keep my heart rate at the 140 bpm mark and I couldn't get it that high for most of the ride. My legs were so flat, not tired or sore, but flat. I couldn't push enough energy to get the heart rate up. The only time I was able to get it high was going up two king hills, and even then I was going about about 30% slower than I normally do.

During the ride I felt okay, not burnt out or tired, and when I got home I felt fairly normal. It's amazing how exercise can make you feel better. It looks like my Garmin may be working properly again. I called Garmin and they told me I needed to update my software, as the version I have was known to have a bug that created heart rate spikes. But, he said if that doesn't work I should change the battery. I updated the software before I left on the ride and it seemed to work okay. The real test will be on tomorrows run.

Tempo Bike - 1:19:08 / 38.30 km / 29 kph / avg hr 126