Wednesday WAAAaaambulance

BIKE: 1hr 26 mins, 26 miles? 3x15 min intervals at mod-hard pace
RUN: 55 mins 6 miles. No intervals.

I slept in. Again, dammit. I won't count Monday's sleep in as bad. But these last two days are bad. It's a loss on my part! I miss the training that I want and need!

So I did a bike ride instead. I was feeling more energetic today, but still wanted intervals. And since intervals are hard to do in-town, and since I slept in and didn't have time to drive anywhere, I did these indoors. Dammit.

This all went great. The run later, not so much. It was 5pm before I hit the road. It wasn't particularly hot, but I was particularly tired and hungry and probably dehydrated. So the run had no fizz, no energy. I ran into a total of 3 club members (BG, DS, and TH!). It was this last one at ~4-4.5 miles that got me moving. She said essentially to HTFU cuz Savageman was going to be much tougher than a jog around the park. Oh damn, she's right. And those last 1.5-2 miles were the best of the day.

My left orthothic still not quite right, and like clockwork 35 mins it I could feel it.

The club meeting was about running and the workouts recommended to hit the PR's. I'm not currently doing the mentioned workouts! And I need to be! I'm not getting any faster dammit!

Waaaaah waaaaaah waaaah.

The upcoming race this Sunday has me under some performance pressure. I'm shooting for a podium, my first on the HIM stage. And why doubt it? So far this year, The Year of Speed, I've podiumed a first half-mary (on trails) and an olympic, both for the first time. I count 8 chicas in my AG for Sunday. 8. I can keep ahead of at least 5, right?

This type of thinking can be stressful, it puts an extra layer of psych on the race prep. I quit thinking about what I'm doing DURING and instead focus on the END of the race. I'm not at the end of the race yet. So why do I focus on it? This is defeating, and causes anxiety. What if I don't reach that goal? Oh Hell, it's just a podium. It's not the best judge of race performance! What if I PR the HIM time? What if I have the best 13.1 miles ever? What if I beat everyone else out of the water? Wow, let's not get carried away here.

I need to remember to let this podium goal go. Keep it at bay until the last 6 miles of the run. Then let it all out.