Gimme A Break

Wow! What a weekend...I am so thankful that today is the beginning of a recovery week. Saturday was unbelievably hot and humid for a 90-mile bike ride. We started exceptionally early and joined in with some friends who started cycling at 8:00AM. By then, we were "warmed up" to say the least and rode with them for about 17-miles before breaking off and venturing out to climb the hills of Newberry County as we'd originally planned. This was an L1/L2 ride for us and despite pedaling at a consistent pace, neither of us could find our groove. Several times I looked down to check my gears - I felt like we were pushing through a dense wall of humidity and thick air. I can honestly say that this ride today was not fun. By the time the ride was over, all we wanted to do was hit the lake and that's what we did. No run like we had on the schedule. Some days are just like that right?...

Day two - Some days are just like that right? We were supposed to do an open water swim this morning. Feeling guilty from yesterday, we decided we would run first to get some mileage in so we headed to Riverfront Park with the IM ladies + 1. We ran a little under 6-miles and then were off to swim. ROADBLOCK - our swim location was unavailable as one of our fellow swimmers was sick! EEK! Change of plan. We decided that we would swim later in the afternoon. Ummm, yeah, that didn't happen. My training partner and I were just tired. Simply put.

I am so relieved that this is a recovery week. Perhaps this past weekend was a subconscious anticipation of the week ahead. We are going to take it easy except for a few days where we are going to add a few things in just for good measure and a little extra mileage. The weekend allows for an "optional half Ironman"...I find that so funny to think about...it's on there like today you decide, yeah, I'll do a half this weekend...hope I can find one. Anyway, we're going to Augusta on Saturday to ride the Half IM cycling route. Sunday will be a long run and then we begin the "Competitive Phase" of our training schedule. This is intensity at it's finest.

33 Days Until IM Augusta 70.3!!!