nothing to fear but fear itself

After the long weekend of activities, i was pretty psyched. I enjoyed the bking, had run 6.5 miles and was pretty smug.

Then I had to go swimming. Swimming is my weakest leg of the tri. Lots of people are in the same boat (or pool, as it were). SO I had to accept that it would not be as much fun and just get it done. Swam 900 meters as required and managed to not drown (always a plus).

But Tuesday night I was beat and deciedd to push my rest day up from Thursday to Wednesday. I just could not face the one hour run on wed.

So this morning came and I was less than enthusuastioc about the run. Don't know why, just wasn't looing forward to it. As I started, the first 5 miniytes were sluggish and just didn't feel good but I stuck with it. Things got a little easier as I warmed up and eventually I got into the zone. I ran out MacArthur and back.

Imagine my surprise. When I was done with one hour, I had gone 7 miles. This is a good deal better than my usual pace.

So, in the end, my rest day helped and the run felt great. Cool sunny morning - just a fantastic way to start the day.

Enjoy.

Do you Do Dus?

So today was my first two-sport day in my training program. After 50 minutes on the bike yesterday at mid effort (zones 1 and 2) today called for another 50 minutes but at a stepped up pace (zones 1-3) and then a 10 minute run. Well, if you have never tried running after biking, it's like trying to run with legs filled with Jello and set in concrete blocks. You think the legs are moving a lot, but you don't make up much ground. It feels very weird, and the point of today's training session was to get us used to the strange feel of shifting from bike to run.

Today today was 17 miles on the bike and just over a mile running, but it felt like a lot more. All down at Haines Point on a lovely day. 50 and bright spring sunshine and the blossoms starting to explode.

Too bad tomorrow is not a rest day. I think I could use one.