No Triple Brick for me. Today anyway.

BIKE 3hrs and 56 miles. Indoors.
RUN 38 mins and 4 miles, late afternoon.

Yesterday was cold and windy, so I'd schedule the Triple Brick for the warmer of the weekend days. That was supposed to be today! But it was still cool outside, and another test of pumpkin at last night's dinner gave me more EXCUSES to not to the workout today. And to my surprise, my calves still hurt from cramping in the swim?! What kind of damage was done?

Given all my excuses and Blerchy-ness, I didn't want to drive anywhere for a workout I might not do. So I planned to stage from home, knowing this could set me up for failure. I also knew there'd be a possibility of starting the ride indoors before it warmed up enough to get outside.

That's how it started, the plan was a 35+25+15 bike and a 4+4+4 run (or maybe a 6+5+4). But my calves were getting worse in the ride, my motivation was suffering, and my stomach was still threatening problems. I could do this, I could do that, I kept throwing out ideas to find something to keep me going. In the end, I worried that I could run at all, between the calves and tummy. So I stopped with 3hrs and 56 miles, not feeling good or energetic.

Cleaned the house, walked the dog, tried not to Blerch more. By the time the afternoon rolled around, I wasn't feeling particularly better but I wasn't feeling bad either. I think I wanted the run more than I didn't want it. Just do 4 miles, I thought. That sounded good, out the door for what might be the last shorts and t-shirt run this year!

In the end the run didn't run my calves, my stomach didn't suffer, and I felt better afterwards. Still unfocused, no energy, and mentally flat. Starting to suck, here.

NUMERICS 12:11 for the week
SWIM 8350y in 3:17
BIKE 108 miles in 6:00
RUN 20.1 miles in 2:54
Some COMMUTE days, maybe 3.

So I suffered a bit on the running end. I'm a good runner, I'm not worried about that. Just worried about everything else.