Weekly Workout Totals 7/28/2008-8/3/2008 and Ride of Lostness

But first, some messages from my food sponsors--fruits and vegetables picked up yesterday at the farmer's market and some meat that all got grilled yesterday:
Chicken soaking in hot sauces and cayenne pepper








Burgers containing hot, spicy, olive mufaletta








Eggplant, red bell peppers and jalapeños








Peaches and apricots









Red leaf lettuce








Chicken's on the grill








Chicken's done









Bell peppers are grilled









Eggplant and jalapeños done being grilled with rosemary and basil from my garden








Burgers are done being grilled









And I got to eat at last!










I did a local ride called the Rotary Ride today. It didn't get into the 90's--just low 80's. But there was a lot of lostness. Apparently, some guy in a pickup went and gathered up a lot of the turn signs. Dickhead. Funny thing was it didn't really matter all that much to me. I ran into a number of people I know, and we were all comparing "tiredness" notes. I did get to hammer with many of them for bits and pieces, and we'd then go off separately and get lost separately and then somehow reconnect! It was pretty funny. I ended up at 110 miles, and my legs let me know. Hard to believe, but I did 3,000 ft. of climbing today. Not bad for flatland, eh? But look at what I did this past week below. That's the most stretching this entire season (I needed it). Also a good bit of biking. I am pretty beat, but think I can put together another good "not training" week this week. And oh yeah, I rode in tri suit panties today. I never did take off the token tank--it just wasn't uncomfortable--and my legs are browner than they've been in a few years. I'll even things out this week as I swim and run more. My quads are really beat up right now, but I get worked on tomorrow evening.

I am too tired to bold anything at this point. Figure it out!

Weekly Workout Totals	07/28/2008-08/03/2008 This week's totals are sponsored by crack. I MUST be on crack to do this 2 weeks after an Ironman, right?
Swim:	13300 yards (7.55 miles) in 4.87 hours; 23% of weekly workout time; approx. 1704 calories burned Canadian: 12161.52 meters
Bike:	Approx. 223.71 miles in 12.52 hours; 60% of weekly workout time; approx. 5598 calories burned; Total TSS=689 Canadian: 360.03 kilometers
Run:	Approx. 16.26 miles in 2.44 hours; 12% of weekly workout time; approx. 1107 calories burned Canadian: 26.17 kilometers
Strength:	0.95 hours; 5% of weekly workout time; approx. 238 calories burned
All Sports:	Approx. 247.52 miles in 20.78 hours; approx. 8647 calories burned Canadian: 398.34 kilometers
Sleep:	8.75 hours avg./night
Stretching:	3.17 hours. Massage: 1 hours

First Run since IMLP

For some reason, I thought going for a run would feel bad, but it didn't, and maybe that means I am recovering well. Even better is the fact that I lifted yesterday (first time in 3 weeks), and earlier today I biked to the pool, swam 3,000 meters and biked home.

My quads felt, well, normal! I was sort of shocked. Running uphill didn't feel bad, and neither did running downhill. Plus it was near 90! I only ran 3.5 miles--I felt like I could have and wanted to go further--but I purposely didn't brink any Gatorade with me, which I would have wanted had I gone further.

The only downside is all the glares and scowls I got from women who saw me running. I can no longer stand wearing running shorts up near my waist when it's warm out. I don't think I look bad, but maybe I do?

Today was just a shorty run, and tomorrow I'll add on a bit, and then I'll see if I can knock out maybe 8 miles on Saturday.

I don't often say I like running, but today it felt really good. I'll take it!

Meanwhile, I'm keeping my diet to lean (mostly) protein supplemented with lots of fruit and vegetables.









grilled summer squash, Vidalia onions & garlic










grilled chicken breast, filet mignon and turkey sausage (I HEART meat!)










white flesh peaches and apricots

I'm laying off the starch mostly except maybe for the occasional sandwich. It's still summer, so I'm still very much in the mood for a beer or two in the evening! I'm getting lots of sleep, keeping up stretching, and generally feeling pretty good. Even though I'm allegedly "training," I'm not taking things too seriously at all. Mostly I just want to enjoy what's left of summer by garbaging up on swimming, biking and running outdoors--three of my favorite things! But I have to be honest that I am antsy to train more so I can eat some other goodies that are on my "allowed" list when I'm over 15 hours, like Cheetos, Twinkies and pasta! Oops--just checked what I'm doing, and I guess I might hit 20 hours this week, so my grocery list is going to have some additions!