50 miler!! on the MCTs

RUN 3 miles in 29 mins, ave 153 bpm!
BIKE 50 miles in 2 hours 52 mins, ave 125 bpm

And in that order, run in the morning then to work then to the bike. So I didn't start biking until 1pm or so. One of those mornings.

Up early but diverted to prepping meals, I bought chicken thighs and eggs last night after the fish fry. Time for my new Instant Pot to prove its worth! It did, wonderfully, but it kept me from running until kinda later. I ran to Grand to Cherokee then home. Did I know this was a straight up 3 miler? I forgot? Anyway, my HR was way too high for the effort. So home to drink more.

Then to work, and oh it's GORGEOUS outside and SO is sending picts from his ride and oh I'm HURRYING. Once done I was torn between the MCT and Chesterfield area. Something familiar? Or something new, with hills? Chose the former, off to Culvers.

I didn't have a specific plan in mind other than ride. My stomach was still upset and on the way to the Shoehouse trailhead I was burping up that damned rice I also bought last night. Yuck. But that settled and eventually I settled in. My new pink jersey and gloves and arm sleeves, felt so new and neat! And fast!

Out n back then passed the truck to see how much further I'd go. I thought maybe 40 total, but I kept redoing my math until I'd hit 50. I was feeling a bit fatigued but great overall. I wasn't eating much (urp, had rice so I was OK). I had a tailwind going north so I had good speed and low HR. On the way back south I slowed with higher HR. This fun data to have, but it doesn't tell me much this early. Need another week or so.

Then on the final leg, around 44 miles I went full press with Frea. How fast could I go? And good did it feel?! AWESOME 22-24.7 mph up to 48.5 miles, excepting road crossings. HOOOOOOO but oh my HR was getting up into the 150s. But I didn't care.

Some quad fatigue after this, might be riding to quad dependent. Yah think?! No other aches or pains or sore spots. Nutrition was OK with just a string cheese and a clemmie. Oh and that stupid rice.

I looked up last year's data -- I did my first 50 miler on the same course in late May in 3 hours. I'm ahead of schedule.