Sunday ride to Crestview

RIDE: 63 miles in abt 3hr 50 mins. Hard to gauge time when you forget to restart the Garmin. All in-town miles with stoplight after stoplight.

Left the house early to ride to Crestview, met a few other riders, then took off on my own. I tried exploring a bit but kept hitting dead ends. Finally I just turned back on Conway and rode the BS route backwards. I just wanted the miles.

I was tired from the long run yesterday. Sometimes I'd climb a hill and just have nothing left halfway up. I thought I had a flat tire on some hills! My legs just didn't have a lot of oomph left in them. Wasn't I just worrying about not training hard enough? It's also harder to ride by myself sometimes, my mind goes in weird directions. Sometimes very negative ones, as I get after myself for pushing to big of a gear or for hitting bumps I could have avoided. It's all the worse in town for some reason, I much prefer the long open road.

I found I felt better after eating, but mostly after a gel. I tried a PowerBar but didn't notice anything. Of course, it's hard to make a judgement after one bar. But I need to be working on bike nutrition this summer and now's a good a time as any to test things out. I tested the Perpetuem Latte in the flask, tasted OK but not inspiring and no stomach upset. Not sure I'd do it again. Also rode in the new Mavic shoes. They were 90% comfortable--some discomfort under the balls of my feet. And when I took the shoes off, I had trouble walking due to pain in the same area. They might need some adjustment. The pain was short-lived, but what if I wanted to run?

Oh, and I'm now pretty sure this bike's recent fit was a success! Now both Bird and Frea are dialed in for some IM training.


NUMERICS: 12hrs 55 mins
SWIM: 5900y in 2.42hrs
BIKE:113 miles in 6.67hrs
RUN: 25.9miles in 3.83hrs

If I'd have known, I would have run another .1 miles or added 5 minutes somewhere!

IM Kansas 70.3 is one month away. I have 3 more weekends of training. I have no doubts about being able to do the distance, I just have doubts that I'll PR. And why is that such a concern? Just do the race and enjoy it! With all the OWS swim practice, a marathon, and the long rides it'll be fine. But I've set sights on this race and designated it as an A race. Which means I'm gearing up to go big. Time to start laying out some goals and reviewing the course.