BIKE: abt 23 miles in 90 mins. 3x9mins at 75% then 2x9mins at 84%. Lost some focus, probably didn't work as hard as I could have.
RUN: 6.3 miles in 55 mins. Afternoon loop in TGP. Did a figure-8 of the park, first time I've done this. I was going to do BRR speedwork, but decided instead to use the 45 minutes of driving to and from the track to do yardwork.
One change that came with my new eating habits is that I stay warm easier. It used to be that 85F was comfortable, otherwise I was cold and shivery. Now I'm always warm, and as the spring temperatures increase I find I'm getting warmer as well. I now understand why everyone else thought >80F was uncomfortable!
The run in the afternoon is an example --after just a mile I took my shirt off. I have no qualms about running in shorts and a sports bra. One the list of things I've gained since starting triathlon, it's that I'm oddly comfortable running around half naked. Literally.
Not that it goes unnoticed! In the 55 mins of the run, I received a few looks and a number of comments, most always good. A 20-something girl focused in the the belly, pointed, and said she liked it. But she was really looking at me, not just a passing glance. Took me a few seconds to realize she was trying to see the tattoo. I forget it's there. But usually the comments are from men (of course!). Today 2 men walking along Grand stopped and actually cheered me on with the looking good/ah right babe/mmm mmm Good type of comments. I just laughed, gave them a thumbs up and kept running. The comments used to bother me, but I hate to say I'm getting used to it. I've been creeped out by some guys, sometimes there's an element of quease and ick that comes with the catcalls. I just keep running.
It's funny how I see myself compared to how others see me. I'll come back to this when I have more time, suffice it to say that I don't see what others do. It's become a bit of a recent hang-up for me, wondering and now comparing myself to fellow athletes trying to see me from another point of view. I get the "you have such low BF%" and "because you're so tiny" and "you look like a cyclist" comments a LOT lately, but I don't see any changes and I don't see myself as exceptional (or tiny). I happen to think I'm Just Right, Normal, and The Way I Should Be.
So what bothers me about this? Why is it people seem open to commenting on my body? Probably because I have no issues with showing it, I don't think twice about whipping a shirt off during a hot run (well, the only 2nd thought is whether the bra says Victoria's Secret or Nike...) and I tend to wear a lot of spandexy-fitted clothes. My body is on display. Is that all it takes? More on this later, I'm too tired from running around the park naked to think any further.
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