RUN: 4.1 miles in about 40 mins
I was getting ready to leave and noticed the Garmin wasn't charged. I gave it as much juice as I could before leaving. 40% should get me through, right?
Then I get to Alton and realize that Frea's tools and gas cartridges were still on Puppy.
And then after my ride, I realize I have not a single calorie of recovery fuel with me. WTH? IronFuzz is back!
This is my first time doing this ride! Alton is a bit of a long drive for me and I hate driving more than I ride, and in this case it was almost equal mileage, but it was worth it. I love seeing new roads, and after spending all spring on the same loop every weekend I needed the change. It wasn't a hugely attended ride, and I might have been the only triathlete. All Recs and Roadies. The first 9 miles were out the to the L&C Tower (the short ride turned here). After that we opened up a bit onto the open road.
But the road wasn't all that open--it was gravel season. (This set up in my mind a repeating loop of Duck Season! Gwavel Season! Duck! Gwavel!...ugh). It wasn't bad, but it was enough to slow me in curves and some hills. At times I thought Puppy would have been the better bike!
But Frea, Slayer of Old Roadies, did great. At the 39mi rest area we came up behind 3-5 riders, and one said he expected me to pass them "hours" ago, after he saw me putting embrocation cream on my legs in the parking lot. LOL. We talked about IM CdA (Frea still has the frame sticker on the down tube), then took off. They had joked about wanting a locomotive to pull them in, and they meant it! They did train behind me for the next few miles. They fell off after a bit, but not before the same guy said I was like drafting off a paper clip. Thanks...I think. At one of the last intersections getting into Alton, they asked for my name, "oh slayer of old roadies"...haha...I think....
Frea and I didn't stop at the end of the long route, and headed out to do the short route for extra mileage. The photo is Frea resting at the L&C tower. Damn I love that bike.
The run was on the same levee trail as the first part of the ride. It was hot, but not unbearable. During the ride, I kept coming up with reasons as to why I should cut the run short. I don't want to get injured running too much too fast! It's too hot out! Maybe I could go home and run when it cools off some! I don't have cold water! I don't have enough nutrition! OH HTFU!
And I did :) I decided on 20 mins out and 20 back, a modification of the planned 50 mins total. My turnaround was at the lock and dam, which had the only ice cold water I had to drink that day! Yay!
Right as I got back to the truck, the Garmin died. It didn't even save my run! Time to quit I guess. While I was heading out on the run, I saw fountains in the riverside park that looked so cool and refreshing. I promised myself that if I had a good run, I could jump into one of the sprayers and cool off :) YAY! Felt soooooo good!
This first week went great. I missed only Friday's swim, but that's not bad. I'm enjoying the daily change-up in the schedule, always a hard work out or a recovery workout to keep it different.
My head/neck issues are better but lingering. It's more of a tingly pain now, prominent when I try to stretch too much or rest on a pillow at a bad angle. At least the weakness I was feeling is gone, made it hard to carry anything! My feet are still hurting, again better but lingering. I'm not sure what to do about that, it's bilateral and non-specific. I worry about the upcoming increases in mileage, and whether or not I can get my orthotics to fit better to improve this? I'll find out!
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