Anticipation hit today for real! I logged into my blog and there is was...then end of the triple digits. We have 99 days until IM Arizona. The emotions are unbelievable and a bit overwhelming as our goal nears. I cannot believe how much time has passed and how much preparation has gone it. I can't wait to count up the mileage in the end that has gone into training.
Today was an 85-mile bike ride. Rhea, Alison, Shelly, Midge, Rick and I completed the Tour de Cure Route plus 20 miles. This was a much better ride today not doing the route unhealthy. I am starting to reap the benefits of the tonsillectomy I think. Several things feel different...could be real or imagined, either way, I am okay with the outcome minus some lingering memory issues and temperature regulation problems that I am having, and based on research, am attributing to the effects of anesthesia. Neither have an incredible impact on my training so I'm not complaining.
Very strong endurance ride today. Overall, it was consistent. Bike time was 5:18:57 and average speed 16.3mph. The run afterwards, well, we weren't all that successful in this department. It was relatively slow and given the hilliness of the 3-mile run course, we all had to walk a bit. It rained off and on during the run and was sooooo exceptionally hot by this time off the day. We'd started out this morning at 6:30AM which was an awesome start time. Nevertheless, the mileage was completed and I keep being told that walking isn't a bad thing and more people do it than don't. Several folks actually walk the entire marathon - let's hope I am not one of them! But if I am, I will do it to hear, Tonya Lewis, you are an IRON(wo)MAN!
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