Long Tuesday morning

RUN 9 miles in 74 mins, intervals on the track see below. 
BIKE 2hrs, with 2 30 min intervals at 75%
COMMUTE 3 miles home

Speedwork specifics: 3x (400-800-800-400, as 80-85%, 85-90%, 80-85%, 85-90%). Then 800 rest. I didn't always run lane 1. Garmin measured the interval distance at 1.6 miles, measured a 6:51 pace. 

Given how crappy I felt yesterday, I'm amazed this happened! Last night I was drowsy, felt like my head was in a vise, and barely had the energy to walk the dog. I ate a few small sweet potatoes last night and this morning and part of a chocolate powerbar to be sure I had the energy for today. Then of course I had the worry of having eaten too much for the run, but this didn't seem to be an issue. Thankfully.

I dragged through the warmup. BE showed up right as I finished the first 400 and it helped to see him. He'd just returned from France and a TdF viewing, so we chatted about that. Kept me distracted. But he left in the middle of the 2nd interval, oh well, keep pushing! I did the first two intervals at 10:50 and 10:55, so in setting up for the 3rd one (which half an hour ago I didn't think I'd be able to do!) my goal was just keep it under 11 min. Did it in 10:59.93. Seriously, that's what the garmin says! Through the last interval, I just kept hearing the Pink song Try lyrics over and over, and even chanted them to myself as I came through the last 400. I didn't know the lyrics, only the try try try part. In my head I was seeing my name blended with try :)

But just because it burns

Doesn't mean you're gonna die

You gotta get up and try, try, try

DH didn't have to get to work until later, so I spend nearly an hour walking with him and the doggie, finishing the rest of the powerbar, and packing bags. And with no lab meeting today, I could go in late. Whoop!!

I started off super slow on the bike, gave myself half an hour to warm up, then decided to ride via streets and keep all motion in a "pushing" pace, but not "racing" pace. This worked, I pushed up hills, started out faster than usual from stops, and kept spinning the downhills. Half an hour seems a long time sometimes!

I did loops in FoPa to end the ride. By the end my Garmin had banged into my wrist bone enough to drive me nuts. I'd forgotten gloves so my left hand was hurting. But I had so much fun! Especially getting to work late :) Even though it means I'm gonna be here late...

I'm still buzzing from the ride hours later, even though I mixed up my recovery bucket for a liver pate one! Yuck! TV gave me two dates, maybe that's what has me fueled through the afternoon. I know at some point I could crash, maybe I should nap now before that happens?

Amazing how craptastic I could feel yesterday, then do 3hrs of training and feel better about it!