But first, a few words that capture how I feel right now as I am well into my detailed TO DO list for Triple T:
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What happened since Wednesday? On Thursday, my schedule said run for 2 hours, but instead I just ran 16 miles (In 2:26 for a pace of 9:08, not bad for me)!!! I was pretty toasted from that on Friday, but still got in my 3800 yard swim in the wetsuit (which proves how fucking lean I am because I am SO much faster in it even though my form is the same, plus I suck), and I managed to finally do my strength work, too.
On Saturday, I was supposed to bike 3 hours (since I planned on riding about 4 on Sunday), so what did I do? I pounded out 51 miles on my MTB which was 26 miles at pretty good intensity on roads and then the remaining on trail (not difficult trail, but still), so not exactly pussy riding. It took about 3:30, since it's hard to go fast on the heavy bike. Then I ran off the bike and it sucked but it sucked oh so well! I started late because it was pretty cool out, and when I finished all that, I just had time to eat something and then go get Brazilian-ized (which doesn't hurt at all in comparison to what I do to myself), and then I had to mow the lawn (it's been raining here so much I need to do it every 4 days), and then I was too tired to do much more than fix bottles for Sunday's ride.
Yesterday I rode the Arlington 500 ride, which was billed as 68 miles, but at the single rest station (you rode from Barrington High School there and then the remaining miles were loops from it), they said it would come out to 69, but I ended up at 71. I rode with 2 other peeps, one of whom I know from Facebook (Ali), and his friend, Kathleen. Below are pics of us after we're done riding. It was funny when we started out that Ali said he was tired, Kathleen said she was slow, and I figured I should have a sandbagging excuse so I just said I am old! But as it turns out, we rode together for much of the time, and we did take turns pulling (well Kathleen and I did), and we even had some stray guys drafting off of us. It was a really cool day, and I actually wore a light jacket over what you see me wearing for the entire ride, and I wasn't really overly warm until maybe the last 5 miles. Still, it was a nice ride that included about 2700 ft. of climbing in the 71 miles! Most of the time was in Lake County, which is pretty and we got to ogle at all the homes of the wealthy!
This is Ali, who said at beginning of the ride, "I'm tired."
This is Kathleen, who said at the beginning of the ride, "I'm slow." She is a liar! She's doing her first Ironman this fall at IMWI.
Well, you know who this is--ME. I think I look small.
I was supposed to run :40 off the bike, but since I was already exceeding parameters all over the place for the week, I quit running after about 1.25 miles on the track. The track was really nice, but I was just so fucking tired and wanted to get home since I had shit to do.
So I get home, order a pizza (BBQ chicken, middleweight crust from Connie's--FUCKING YUM!), start stretching and contemplate all the shit I have to do before Triple T. Once again, my sentiment was:
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OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCKI managed to bake the Triple Chocolate Fudge brownies last night. They (at least from the crumbs I sampled) taste like candy!
I had trouble sleeping last night from all the caffeine I'd had while riding (in my Infinit Money Shot), so I deep-sixed my swim this morning but may still get it done--or not--in a bit. If I don't do it, I am 100% convinced that this will totally fuck up my races ;) I am getting a massage today, and then I need to change the tubes and tires on LGL and give her a good, full lube job (one of my favorite things to do!). This morning I also made the individual Margarita Pies and licked the saucepan clean, which gave me a tiny buzz (from the tequila and Grand Marnier), and I will just keep trying to tick things off my list today in between working stints.
Here's what I did this week, and then it's followed by my training stats since I started on the indoor triathlons earlier this year. A lot of stuff!
| Weekly Workout Totals | 05/11/2009-05/17/2009
This week's totals are sponsored by swimming |
| Swim: | 15100 yards (8.57 miles) in 5.18 hours; 26% of weekly workout time; approx. 1814 calories burned
Canadian: 13807.44 meters |
| Bike: | Approx. 157.33 miles in 9.12 hours; 45% of weekly workout time; approx. 4782 calories burned; Total TSS=614
Canadian: 253.2 kilometers |
| Run: | Approx. 32.93 miles in 4.97 hours; 25% of weekly workout time; approx. 2244 calories burned
Canadian: 53 kilometers |
| Strength: | 0.97 hours; 5% of weekly workout time; approx. 243 calories burned |
| All Sports: | Approx. 198.83 miles in 20.24 hours; approx. 9083 calories burned
Canadian: 319.99 kilometers |
| Sleep: | 8.14 hours avg./night |
| Stretching: | 2.95 hours. Massage: 1 hours |
