Day 125, 240 To Go

May 5, 2013

Sunday tri training day!  I like Sunday mornings.  I don't like getting up super early, but by the time I get there, I'm over complaining.  Today, I actually got there early enough to swim.  The water was very rough today, so I was a pussy and wore my wetsuit.  My next race will not be wetsuit legal, so I told myself that this was the last time I would use it.  I need to stick to that if I want to have a good race.

The swim, although short, was tough!  Wow...but at the same time, it was fun.  I like the rough water...I feel like a kid playing at the beach at the Jersey Shore with the big waves.  Good times.

After the swim, it was off on the bike.  Right away, you could feel the wind.  The only question was, would it be at our backs on the way out, or on the way back.  We turned onto the main strip (after about 1.5 miles of easy warm up) and Mike says to me, "Hey, we are doing 20mph and I'm not even trying."  I was true, I was kind of sandbagging it when I looked down and I was going 20+mph without any effort.  So, we turned it up!  We were hitting upwards of 28mph for the whole way out. 

Soon as we turned around, everything stopped!  Ugh...15mph was hard.  I hung on for a while, but I got dropped and rode a portion of the way back on my own.  I ran out of energy and I couldn't keep up.  Oh well.  It was actually harder riding by myself since I had no one to draft off of.

When I got back, I decided to not run and to go home and run with Honey.  Well, she would be roller blading, but still, I wanted to get her out of the house since she had not been feeling well and she needed some time out in the sun.  We had a nice run/roll for 40 minutes.  Honey had a couple of spills...her first real fall.  The first one, she just sort of fell and went down on one knee...luckily she has knee pads on.  The second fall she was behind me and she dragged me down with her.  Thanks love.  She hurt her butt on that one.

After that, it was smooth sailing.

Here are my bike numbers (the last two numbers are to show the difference in pace with and without the wind at my back):

Time: 0:50:12

Distance: 15.18 miles

Pace: 18.14mph

Max Pace: 28.53mph

Calories: 893

Avg HR: 125

Max HR: 147
Lap 1: 21.50mph
Lap 2: 15.69mph

Here are the running numbers:

Time: 40:00

Distance: 4.02 miles

Pace: 9:57/m

Max Pace: 6:56/m

Calories: 503

Avg HR: 127

Max HR: 158

I took it easy on the run again.  My foot was still hurting, but I think it is getting better.  I hope the shorter long run will help.  Until next time, my friends...

Run for Life!