This is a little late because on Sunday and Monday, I was
pouting over this.
Yep. That would be the bar end shifter on my tri bike
after meeting a door frame.
It’s already been fixed with some industrial-strength glue
by the folks at Bonzai, and ready to go for the week.
That was a relief.
And with that, the week that preceded that incident.
Monday: A one hour tempo run covering 5.83 miles in the
morning.
Tuesday: In the morning, 27.4 miles of biking around
Hains Point with some sprint efforts thrown in; in the evening, a 4.5 mile bike
commute home and a 3300 meter swim practice with DCRP with some stroke and
sprint work.
Wednesday: A 5.1 mile track workout, with three sets of
800-(400 easy)-400. Not dead, but not moving so fast.
Thursday: 23.7 miles of sluggish biking behind Sarah, Rachel,
and Karen in the morning, a 4.5 mile bike commute home in the evening.
Friday: A 40 minute run in the morning right before
swimming 3700 meters with Beth at Wilson. I swim faster when she is chasing me
through a set of 6x400.
Saturday: Five hours of biking.
On the trainer.
What? Why? How?
I woke up and it was raining. Had been all night. Wet roads.
But the radar showed that it might clear in the near future. So I set up the
trainer and put Spaceballs in my DVD player (I don’t get cable but do have some
DVDs that my brother burned for me a few years ago). Surely the rain would
pass.
80 minutes in. Rain about to clear, but roads still
really wet. Put in Daria: Is it College Yet? And wait for the roads to dry out.
2:30 down. More rain coming in from the west. Damnit. Put
in Dude Where’s My Car? and hammer out a
few more 5 minute “hill” intervals for variety.
Dude Where’s My Car? has a defect. Pop in Mallrats. Line
of pouring rain continues to pass through. More 5 minute “hill” intervals.
Text message from Beth. She offers to come over and chat
while doing a strength routine while I toil away on the bike for another hour
and a half.
Salvation.
And finally, completion.
Beth called it “impressive,” I called it “impressively
stupid.” But it was how things had to get done, since I had to do the long bike
Saturday, and had to be somewhere at 2 pm, so putting it off much longer wasn’t
an option.
Sunday: A three hour run in the morning, covering just
under 16.4 miles with a minute of walking at the beginning of each mile. 45
minutes of recovery swimming in the evening.
Impressive or impressively stupid -- is there really much difference between the two?
ReplyDeleteAnd...don't both terms apply to ironman training?
And by "strength training" you clearly mean do 4 squats then sit on a yoga mat :)
ReplyDeleteBetter than driving 3 hours in the rain to do nothing
ReplyDeleteAwesome. I did one 6 hour trainer ride before IMLP...you'd be amazed at how much that helps because outdoors is GORGEOUS after staring at your wall for 6 hours :-P
ReplyDeleteImpressive indeed! Way to gut it out.
ReplyDeleteAwesome. I did one 6 hour trainer ride before IMLP...you'd be amazed at how much that helps because outdoors is GORGEOUS after staring at your wall for 6 hours :-P
ReplyDelete5 hours on the trainer makes me want to cry, but at least you had solid movie choices.
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