I looked at my schedule yesterday and was a little depressed when I saw that today was a 4 hour bike ride and 30 minute brick run. I don't mind doing them in warm weather, but this was going to be my longest ride ever in cold weather. I tried to sleep in and "Money Mart" called and woke me up. I guess Alyssa was put down as a reference by a friend who hasn't paid back the money she owes. Alyssa told them before she doesn't hang out with her friend any more and doesn't have a contact number. But they keep calling and today they recked my planned sleep in. But not to be undeterred, I forced myself to go back to bed. It took about 30 minutes to get back to sleep, but it work and I slept till 11:30 am. It felt good, just what the doctor ordered.
When I woke, I looked at the weather channel and it was 6 C. Ugg. It was going to be a cold long ride. However, it did feel good waking up and not being hungover on a Saturday morning. I bundled up and even put on skiing gloves. I tried the toe warmers I got last night but they were to big to fit in my shoes. I brought them anyways, just in case I had to stop to use them.
Five minutes into my ride, my legs hurt and were flat. So bad that I would have loved to have just turned around and went home and rested. Not that I didn't consider it. The entire ride I listened to IM Talk Podcast. They were in Kona interviewing all the pro's. The most depressing part of my ride is when I thought I was at the 2:45 mark and it was only the 2:15 mark.
At one point I came up beside a guy who was 67 years old and was not a bad cyclist. We started talking and he reminded me that this time last year it was 20 C. I was thinking "I wish I had qualified for Clearwater last year". I was also thinking that I couldn't believe I did my long ride last weekend after drinking all night and sleeping only 4 hours. Last week the ride flew by, this week it felt like a full 4 hours plus.
I was bringing it home, going down rolling hills at around 50 kph, when I hit a bump and my aero bar arm pad snapped off and rolled into the ditch. I was lucky I didn't wipe out. I stopped and looked hard for it and couldn't find it. It was a good thing I was only 5 km from home. Riding home I was wondering if the damage is under warranty.
I got home and went for my brick run. The middle of my back was sore, like I was shivering all day. I don't know if it was from the cold or having to ride upright for the last 5 km. Even after a 4 hour ride I look forward to a brick run. I don't know why but I find it enjoyable. When I run, time goes by so quickly. Before I knew it, it was over.
From the time I started, until I finished, including transition time and stretching, it was just over 5 hours of training time. I started at the perfect time because I got back just as it was getting dark. Once I finished I didn't shower, I started the barbecue and made some hamburgers. The dinner of champions.
Alice wants to watch a horror movie tonight. For some reason she's in the mood for a horror movie. So now were now off to Blockbuster. When I get back I'm going to have a long hot shower or maybe even a long bath. I'm still cold. I don't even want to look at my schedule to see how long I need to run tomorrow. I'm not looking until the morning.
Long Bike - 4:00:20 / 119.66 km / 29.8 kph / 130 avg hr
Brick Run - 30:51 / 3.65 miles / 8:26 pace / 140 avg hr
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That's a quick 5k for a 140 heart rate average. I wonder what kind of mile time you could do if you cranked it up? I want to run a 4:59 or better before I die. I'm not there but am definitely the closest I've been in about 10 years. James
J, thanks. And that was right after the bike ride. Mark Allen's program is great. In the old days my hr would have been 170 plus.
This year my best 13.1 run at a 70.3 was about 1:32 and for the first two miles of Muskoka I was at a 6:05 pace, which I couldn't believe. I'm not that fast. But it felt easy.
B
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