Alis volat propriis

She flies with her own wings

RUN 90 mins and 10.1 miles with LC
SWIM Nope
BIKE 12 miles in 42 mins

What a messed up morning. I love the rain and all, but thunder and lightning really screws with things. Sustained t&l all morning kept both the run and swim on hold. Then I didn't know what to eat! What a stupid problem to have. I ate my pre-run, that's not satisfying in the long term so then I kept munching. By 730 or so I just ate brekkie. Walked dog. Went to work. Worked out a run with LC for the afternoon. Had nothing to do at work but read, so I got my BS errand with Frea taken care of along with two grocery errands. Now I'm back at work, bored, nothing to do. Not hungry, but afraid to eat ahead of the run...don't need to eat because I've eaten too much already...

My grocery errands were for food. Found two protein powders to test for B2B and this fall. Then I bought berries, bananas, PB2, and some real PB. Calories in. Training out. :)

The afternoon promises more rain. I'm happy to run in the rain. Whether or not t&l will keep the pool closed, guess I'll find out. I'm already recruiting motivations for a swim tomorrow morning. And for a run on Sunday. Now to plan out Saturday's ride. Based on race reports I'm reading, B2B is a boring  course with false flats. With that in mind, maybe some MCT flatness, Columbia to Valmeyer out-n-backs...something boring and flat with winds.
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So I did get my run, and finally I have a good one. I got my flu shot, then headed out on my own for a 5 miler alone in FoPa. Then came back to meet LC for the 5 she wanted to do. She talked about her recent DNF, what she learned and how it affected her. It's so hard to do, but now that's 4 people (me and JM and RyMu) that I know have DNFd this year. It's not so uncommon, but still rare, but still so hard to do. When people like this DNF, tough people who are experienced racers, it really says something about the mental or physically hell they are in. After my DNF in June, I learned so much about me and other people.

Anyway. I had great energy, felt like an athlete! I was really looking forward to running with her it changed the day for me. Tuesday's run seemed awful and more mental than physical. This I really needed to feel.

I got home later than planned, BS didn't call to say Frea was ready for pick-up, so I ended up burning off some energy on the trainer. Afterwards it was like ahhhhhhhh......  :)