I just finished a 17+ hour week and am looking at 19 this week; however, since I switched my days up last week to incorporate the Kiwanis Crazy Kicker 100 mile ride on Saturday, then did my long run on Sunday (well, most of it, anyway), I should have a rest day today, but then that would mess up the rest of this week. What to do.
Ok. Coach Pete says to not do my long brick today and get back on schedule tomorrow. That will cut down the week some, but I will get in the key workouts for sure.
The century ride on Saturday was out in Mineral Wells. Part of the ride took us out to Lake PK, it was very beautiful. It was the toughest 100 miles I have ridden so far. The roads were 80% chip seal so my arms are sore from the vibrations and it was NOT a flat ride. There were 3 hills that were over a mile long...whew! I even got a pin that says "I survived cherry pie hill". It was a great challenge. I was able to do my 50 minute brick run after the ride at a 9:03 pace; I am feeling great!
After Saturday's ride I went to Denton and spent the night so I could get up and watch mom race the Monster Tri on Sunday. Pete, Zach and I decided to get up early (4:30!!) to get our run in before the race. We decided to meet at the race site and run from there and were on the road by just after 5. We looped through the old neighborhood, saw our old elementary and junior high schools, went downtown around TWU and when we got back to the race site it had been just over 10 miles. That was all Zach was scheduled to run and my legs were pretty tired from Saturday, so we called it a day and enjoyed the rest of the day watching Nana take 1st place in her age group for the 3rd time in a row!
It was another great week of successful workouts. Good speed work, lots of biking.
After this week it is all down hill. I can't believe it. Starting next week it goes back down to just 15 hour weeks; that will seem like nothing! I am so grateful for how blessed my training has been. I could not ask for more!
totals for week C8:
swim: 2:45 9350 yards
bike: 9:50 177 miles
run: 4:45 33.1 miles
total: 17:20
Schedule for Week C9:
swim: 3:00
bike: 10:00
run: 6:00
total: 19:00
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