The last long workouts!!

RUN: 3.08 in 28 min.
BIKE: 14 miles in 58 mins.
RUN: 3.1 in 29 mins.

The goal today was to get a run in with a low heart rate. A nice easy workout that just keeps me moving. My HR monitor was giving me terribly high numbers--over 200 bpm at some points!! When your heart is racing that fast, you know it. A quick check by just counting beats gave me 130-140 bpm. Is that stupid thing not working? What will I do on race day? Trust the HR monitor or go by feel? Go by feel.

I'm amused that the ride was only 14 miles. Seriously? I know I was riding in town with stoplights and stop signs everywhere, but only 14 miles? Really? Was it worth getting dressed for that? I turned around early at 30 mins to end my ride. It was terribly tempting to continue the ride with all my friends, but It's All About Me here and I did NOT need another long ride this weekend. Not that my Ironman hopes and dreams would be squashed by a few more miles, but more that if I did have a bad race next weekend I'd try to put the blame on overtraining.

Next weekend. One week. Oh my goodness, didn't I just say it was one month? Wasn't that just last week??!? Time flies when you're having fun!

I'm confident about my upcoming race. I feel strong, clear, and ready to rumble. More on this as taper week continues.

NUMERICS: 11 hours and 1 minute, very close to goal time of 10hrs 55 mins
SWIM: 4400y in 1.92hrs
BIKE: 98.2 miles in 5.78 hrs
RUN: 21.75 miles in 3.32 hrs

And so ends my training season.

YIKES!