Do you believe in the devil?

RUN 13.1 miles in 2:05, around town
BIKE 26 miles in just under 2hrs, MCT trails

Had a slow morning, not terribly motivated. TV was off on the River 2 River relay so I was on my own. It was a perfectly gorgeous day, a bit windy but it's April and that's expected. I also had an 1130am mentoring ride on the MCTs so I couldn't drive out to a trail or park without losing time. The plan was to run around the neighborhood from the house, maybe altering my recent 10 miler that included TGP and MoBot.

The run wasn't inspiring, I got it done. I ate too much beforehand and so I was burping up the chicken fat I munched and had a heavy awful feeling in my stomach. Wandered up to LP, then over to CHP, then TGP, doing extra loops around each park for fun. Was fun to see my old neighborhood, miss running from there. Felt safer!

Had about 1 hr after the run before I had to leave for the ride, and while at the house the Jehovah's Witness group stopped by and asked if I believed in the Devil, or if he talked to me, or something like that. I joked that "yes I hear from him all the time" but I declined their pamphlet and the invitation to pray with them. That song has been in my head last few days, Run West From The Devil.

Next off to the MCT's with Puppy. My training plan for the 50 said 28+12 so I planned to get 4hrs of training for the 28 and 2hrs for the 12. This bike ride was to be the other half of the 4hrs block. Sure, 13 miles of running and 2hrs of biking certainly doesn't equal a 28 mile trail run, but I'm just not there in my recovery.

As we got ready to roll out, I wasn't in a very awake frame of mind. I didn't eat much between the run and bike with my upset stomach. And I didn't bring fuel to eat during the ride. So I was kinda gambling here, thinking that if I ate too much this morning eating more wouldn't feel any better, and that I should have enough fuel on board already.

Although it was a mentoring ride, the two that joined us were experienced cyclists. Better than I could have hoped for! We headed east into the wind with no solid plan, but we were chugging along. We did a loop that ended with the last miles right into the headwind. Tough, but a good workout. I didn't realize until it was all done that my AutoPause wasn't on. So the time of 2hrs is the total ride time. Oh well.

It felt great to be riding! My feet were barely starting to hurt. My left shoulder was getting tired and I could feel myself wanting to rest it a lot. But YAY a group ride! I'm excited to be back on the bike and looking forward to a less windy day to test the tri bike and aerobars.