The Summit!

It is official. It is all downhill from here. This week was the longest week of the entire training program. Starting now my weeks will shorten; still a little over 15 hours, but that is 4 hours less!

The weather is being difficult. I do not like to be cold; not even chilly. I did the century last weekend in Mineral Wells even though it was in the 40s when we started the ride, but I had the encouragement of riding with other people. This week has not been so cold, but the wind has blown 20-30 mph everyday. I rode 10 hours on the trainer this week! 175 trainer miles in one week. Ouch. My long ride was on Thursday; 5 hours and 15 minutes, and I was able to do it all only getting off the trainer to get water and use the restroom. I watched three movies as I did 3 of the trainer workouts from the opentri program. Doing actual workouts makes it go by a lot faster than just riding. I cannot believe that I now have a 5:15 trainer ride under my belt. I did not ever think I would do that. I was able to finish with a 1:10 brick run at an 8:30 pace, WooHoo!

I did another 20 mile run this week, but this time my pace was 8:58 (8:27 last time). There were a few differences. This time I ran quite a few hills, it was VERY windy, and I did it the day after my long ride (day before the ride last time). I am still very pleased with that pace and how I feel after running that distance. I seem to be recovering very well from these long workouts.

Looking forward, I have three weeks of 15 hours, 30 minutes and then two taper weeks. That is it!

Totals for week C9
swim: 2:00 6800 yards (skipped Sunday's swim for a trip to Six Flags!)
bike: 10:00 175 miles
run: 6:00 42.25 miles
total: 18 hours

Schedule for Week C10:
swim: 3:00
bike: 8:00
run: 4:30
total: 15:30