Tuesday double

BIKE: 30 miles in 1:50 before work, up midland rd to feefee

RUN: 6.6 miles in 1:00 5x1000m at 5K pace

The bike felt wonderful. I managed to get on the road by 6:30am so as to make it to lab meeting on time. I'm surprised at how long it took me, but with all the stoplights on that road it shouldn't surprise me. I also focused on staying in a low HR/aerobic state. That meant no pushing the hills, staying calm, keeping it easy. But it still took a long time!


I've been discussing with a fellow new IM-er century rides. I'd fully expected to have ridden multiple of those by now!! And not a single one!! Earlier this year, I thought I'd be doing 4-6 100+ rides. Just when do I plan on doing those? This weekend? Why not, find a route and roll it! So what if the training plan doesn't "call for it", what's stopping me?

In the afternoon was speedwork: 5x1000m at 5K pace, but honestly, we just run and try to stay consistent. Just hearing a goal time then missing in each of 5 repeats is frustrating. My goal 1000m time I think was 4:18-4:30 but I kept doing 4:33-4:40's.

When I walked out the door to drive to the track, I seriously wanted to skip the workout. Too tired. Too hungry. Too thirsty. Blah blah blah. I knew I'd feel better afterwards (and I do!) but it's hard to convince yourself of that sometimes. Usually once I get to the track I'm more excited about the run, but still not today. I actually thought about leaving the track after the WU to run around the neighborhood! What?! But my head was in a fog, my thinking wasn't all that razor-sharp, so I ran the workout without every really feeling focused. Sure, my head was in the workout, but I wasn't Focused. Hard to explain. But I pushed through all 5 intervals even though each one was harder and harder. There was an option to just do 4 intervals, but once I started I wasn't going to quit. Especially after someone said that doing all 5 meant doing a 5K workout. (Like I said, I wasn't all that focused).

I met a woman at the track today who had an IM tattoo. I asked what race, she said IMFL07. She said that it was the greatest day of her life, and she hoped the same for me. I love this sport.

Then when I got home my new IM Theme Song was playing on the radio. I stayed in the garage to hear it out.