Swam: 6000m
Rode: 98 miles
Ran: 23 miles
Strength training: 1 hr
Total hours: 13 hr 15 min
Another exciting week in the world of working out. Ok
fine, not that exciting. I’m still messing around with my schedule to figure
out what the best pattern/routine is. Trying to make it so I always follow up a
ride with a run as the next workout in an attempt to get used to running on
tired legs. Yes, I know this makes me more prone to injury. No, that does not
stop me. I might also be adjusting certain days so I can do more of my strength
training with other people. I’m not very creative at coming up with my own
strength workouts. Thanks to all of you who write them up so I don’t have to!
I love my current Saturday ritual. It starts with a run
downtown with the girls. “The girls” started with only Ashlee and myself but
this week we were up to four girls! Woohoo! Had I not been with those girls, I
honestly would have quit around mile 6 or maybe when it was time to run over
the bridge. But if they could do it (including one who ran 7 faster miles
before joining us and one who hadn’t run in weeks), I had to do it so I kept my
mouth shut and kept on going. Much easier to silence the “quit” demons when running
with other people. You guys are my angels! Now please give me wings so I can
fly rest of the way. Post run is the better part. This is the light at the end
of the tunnel that makes it so I don’t quit and take a nap in the tunnel.
Bread!!! After the run we head to the farmers market for part two of the
ritual. Getting bread from this awesome place that mostly focuses around banana
but has a large variety of flavors (see newest below). This time I finally
caved and also got an iced coffee. We start eating said bread as we leave the
market as our post workout meal/reward. It’s a delicious reward!
Today was a gorgeous summer day. Temperature was in the
60s when we started the ride and only low 80s for the day. Today was another
new route for me. This time it was the “bakery ride” so wisely named because at
the top of the mountain there’s a bakery where riders often stop for a yummy mid-ride
snack. Once again, it’s nice to have a reward waiting. Extra motivation to get
through all the climbing. It was a very nice ride being in the mountains
surrounded by trees (yay shade!). On the ride back we went a different route
half way down to add a short but very challenging climb which I was not
expecting. Either way that was tough but at that point in the ride my legs were
just done. I’m actually better at this climbing thing than I expected though. Today
was a new record for elevation gain. After the ride I threw my bike in the
truck and went out for a short 2.5 mile run. I fully intended it to be an easy
pace run. Mile one…9:10… wait what? That’s awesome! Why am I going so fast?
Mile two…9:06… sweet! Not really sure what was going on but for some reason
running on very tired legs was making me faster. Perhaps it was because it wasn’t
so hot? Whatever the reason, I’ll take it!
Overall, very successful day and weekend and now my legs
feel trashed. At the moment I can’t tell
if I feel hungry, full, sick or thirsty. I’ll just keep drinking until I can at
least cross two off the list. Another record for me this week: highest weekly hours
yet! I know you might be wondering how that many hours doesn’t equal more miles
but keep in mind I’m slow. I’m making progress though and for now that’s all
the matters.
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