Now, I may seem pretty boring these days because training is what I eat, live, breathe, and sleep seemingly. But it's pretty amazing to me what I keep pushing myself to do. The most exciting part of my Sunday was a classic ice bath thanks to Mike.
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| First ice bath since the Scrantastic days, 2.5 bags of ice. |
Saturday was an Open Water Swim Clinic run by TWiley Sports (my coach). Swam 1.5 miles, opted to not shoot for the full 2. Luckily, there are 2 more and I plan to build to 2 on June 16th and 2.5 on July 7. For open water, 1.5 was my longest so I was pretty proud of myself. My shoulder was sore early last week from the crash, and thank goodness it felt pretty good on Sat. The first open water swim for me each season is a little stressful, mostly because swimming isn't my strongest and open water is challenging. But went pretty well so that's good. Definitely will not be a fast swim, but that's ok and expected. As long as I can finish in 1:30ish! I feel like my swim is getting slower and slower, but my Ironmen friends tell me that's normal and just wait until the taper...hopefully that is the case.
The bike was another adventure. I had the brilliant idea to bike up at Nockamixon which equalled 4 loops around the lake. Four was too many for me. Just got boring, and it is not exactly an easy loop. And in the middle of the second loop, I of course got a flat tire. And it was the rear. After successfully getting the tire off and changing the tube, the trouble started when we inflated my tire with CO2 and couldn't get it back on the bike. Finally did, and the wheel was not sitting on the skewer correctly. After waiving off a few cyclists, this nice man stopped and helped. I was the one who discovered the problem on the spring being in the way of the fork of my bike. Thank goodness my partner was kind enough to share her second CO2 we ended up needing. Just broke up the momentum, and took 40 minutes with our delays. Good practice, but now the plan is practice in faster time (by the pool). The bike ended up being a solid 74, and we felt good when it was done. A loooong day, and we didn't get home until after 6. But I was in good company and it was a good day :)
My run was surprisenly good! I was nervous about my first 18 miler ever. Especially on little recovery from Sat. Thankfully the Meatball helped me roll my legs out Sat night, and I tried eat well. Got a late start because I fell asleep after eating my normal PB bagel. Apparently I didn't get enough recovery sleep. Set out to to 3 separate 4-6 mile loops by my apt, with home being a checkpoint to refill fluids. Tried to minimize the time spent there. A loop around town, and the other 2 on the trail. Luckily had company for a couple miles at the end of the second loop that helped passed the time. A nice ice bath helped speed up recovery. Was very proud of myself for getting through it on my own.
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| Not including my stops to refill fuel or brief stretching. Pretty happy! |
Since I haven't posted my schedule in a bit:
Week of 5/28-6/3
Monday 5/28: 2 hr easy bike
Tuesday 5/29: 1200 swim (optional swim) & 45 min run (was a tempo workout, but didn't do after the crash)
Wednesday 5/30: 1:15 aerobic bike
Thursday 5/31: 2500 swim & 60 min run
Friday 6/1: OFF
Saturday 6/2: open water swim 1.5 mi & 75 mile bike
Sunday 6/3: 18 mile run
Week of 6/4-6/10
Monday 5/28: 1:10 bike
Tuesday 5/29: 45 min run & 2500 swim
Wednesday 5/30: 1:10 run w/ tempo
Thursday 5/31: 2500 swim & 75 min ride
Friday 6/1: OFF
Saturday 6/2: 18 mile run
Sunday 6/3: French Creek Iron Tour - 100 mile bike
My weekends are comprised of looooong workouts, and preparing/recovering from them. But it's all for the greater good of IM and what is ahead in the next 7 weeks and counting. On the verge of greatness and doing something so incredible for myself I can barely put it into words!
So happy for you!!!
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