70.3 week 3 training

This week went great (even with another missed workout--this seems to be a developing trend).  Here's the breakdown of workouts:

Monday: rest (glorious rest!)
Tuesday: bike 40 min with 8x30 second sprints (trainer)
Wednesday: swim 900m with 12x25m sprints/run 4mi with 6x10 second hill sprints
Thursday: swim 900m with 3x200m race pace/run 4.5 mi
Friday: scheduled bike 40 min, which I missed....too many early mornings and I was exhausted
Saturday: swim 1200m/run 8mi
Sunday: bike 30mi

I was really tired this week.  My alarm went off at 5:00 or earlier every day except Monday, and I've been up a lot with kids not sleeping well.  Bad combo.  But my training didn't seem to suffer for it, other than that I was just so tired all day afterwards.

My hip seems a little bit better in some ways.  I've been icing it a lot this week, and also trying to keep it really stretched out, so I think that's helping.

I was pumped with my long bike ride...30 miles.  I used MapMyRide to create a route, had the map sent to my phone (since I can't get my bike computer to work right, this was really helpful to have some accurate ride data), and headed out.  The cool thing about biking is how far it can take me from home, which is also a little intimidating, too.  I got to see some really beautiful places not too far away from home, and learned about how some of the back roads all connect.  Anyway, around mile 20, I missed a turn on a road that wasn't marked.  When I realized I had missed it, I was on a very long, steep downhill and didn't want to ride all the way down just to turn around and ride right back up.  I thought that I could make the turn on the road without unclipping and getting off my bike.  And I might have been able to, had I not basically come to a complete stop.  Anyway, I ended up crashing my bike.  I fell pretty hard directly on my left side, luckily hitting below my already hurt hip.  I scraped up hand pretty good, skinned my left knee and shin, and have a little bruise on my right ankle from hitting the inside of my bike.

My bike isn't too much worse off.  The pedal is pretty scraped up, and there is some scuffing on the handlebar, but otherwise it's ok.  It hurt, but my pride was hurt worse.  I unclipped easily from the ground and got my bike up, which I tried to do very quickly because I was on the downside of a blind hill.  After that, I finished my last 10 miles very strong and felt great after it was over.

I ordered some last pieces of missing tri gear this week (thank you, Amazon!)...I had been hoarding some gift cards and Christmas cash, so I didn't have to sacrifice on what I wanted.

compression top and shorts, ankle timing strap, number belt, body glide

and another reflective vest