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BIKE: 18.1 miles in 63 mins
RUN: 4 miles in 33 mins

Rec'd the email today linking my training peaks account to a coach! I'm looking forward to seeing the workouts :)

My sched was off today with family and a dental appt (more on that later) so I skipped the morning workout and replaced it with CP's Tuesday brick. In the end, this worked for me (aside from getting to bed LATE.

The dental was late in the day, a repair of a chipped filling and a repair of a nearby one. The right side of my mouth was numb, so I had some trouble drinking water. I looked like a fountain if I didn't hold my mouth together with my hand! As expected, the dental was miserable but the entire time I was telling myself that I've done an Ironman so I can handle a little drilling. That I can hold my breath for a long time so I can do that to avoid breathing the spray from the drilling. That I have lots of self control so I won't gack on all the spit accumulating in the back of my throat. Even dental appts have become a challenge. But I did have a smile at seeing how my heartbeat was enough to lightly bump the lights and attachments to the chair.

The ride started off rough for me. I think that stupid possessed break of Frea's was dragging, even after I opened it up all the way. About 25 mins in, I was warmed up. Most of the WU was spent telling myself to shutup with the excuses about "I can't workout as well in the afternoon" and "I do better in the morning". Excuses, excuses; All you got is 'cuses. Sung to tune of it's raining, it's pouring. The only thing raining then was Excuses.

But the cloud cleared and I felt so much better on the inbound. The ride paused a lot, and at first I was frustrated with it. I though I could ride more steady on my own and do my own intervals. Then I realized that these could be intervals, and the pause was a rest! Duh. Either way, it was a 20-mile drive and I didn't get home until after 8:30pm, which didn't get me to bed until after 10pm so I'm not sure how often I can do this late evening workout.

The run felt great. I was surprised to be doing 8:20-8:30m/m intervals. The other surprise was that I maintained CP's running form suggestions. Lately I've been just falling off it a few mins into the run. Helps to have him behind me! I run good to avoid being called out! :) Another coaching benefit.

Overall, I'm still tired and unfocused. I had to start my folded-paper to-do list again. I'm just paralyzed sometimes with all the crap I have to do. I just feel like my life is out of whack right now, and I'm going to make a concerted effort to get it re-focused.