Still Plugging Away

Some people feel the need to bring their readers up to date after not blogging for awhile. I do not.

Okay fine, but I’m only going back to Friday.

Friday – At this point I had done zero training since Sunday in NP. I had been sick. And lazy. I mean I really was sick, but I didn’t feel so bad that I couldn’t have trained. I just wanted a break. So after work on Friday I headed to the gym with the intention of cranking out a quick 8 miles on the treadmill. After 3 miles I was soaked in sweat, bright red, exhausted and slightly disoriented. Hmmm…maybe I really am sick. Then I went shopping and felt very fat. I decided I probably won’t finish IMLP because I am lazy and out of shape, and the race is only 16 weeks away! I am so rational when sick.

Saturday – I skipped the team swim, as instructed by my coaches. It rained all day, so I slept all day.

Sunday – I ran an easy 49:21 10k in scenic Newark, NJ with my friend F. I didn’t need to run hard but I did need to get my confidence back, and I think that did the trick. Then we moved on to do our time trials on the bike (3 x 12-mile TT with 5-minute recoveries). It was super windy, so the “out” portions of our out-and-backs were awful. I pretty consistently hit 21:00 for the “out” 6-mile and 19:30 – 20:00 for the “back”. On the last TT effort I had a revelation: I know IMLP won’t be fun and it certainly won’t feel good, so I shouldn’t expect training to be fun and feel good.