I was worried at the start of the week that I'd be really sore from Ragnar last week, because I was still really sore on Sunday. I used the foam roller, took Sunday and Monday off and felt good after that. I guess it must have been Tuesday that I rode my bike in the trainer then did a treadmill run (indoor BRICK workout) and did some light strength stuff and way, way too many sit ups on the crunch bench because I felt that through Friday!
Wednesday I got up early and swam 3000m!! My longest swim by far to date. It took me 1:05 to finish; a little slow but I wanted to finish feeling strong. My arms were so tired after that. I then did a very slow 25min run. After my monstrous swim and the kids being up all night Wed night, I slept through my alarm Thurs morning. Then the kids napped through the time in the afternoon that I thought I could get a swim in. So, Thursday ended up being a wash. I had every intention of getting on the treadmill that night, but I had so much to do to get ready for work Friday morning that it didn't happen. Friday nothing because of work and then family night at the Firemen's festival. Saturday I got up really early and did my long run/swim.
My run felt awful. Probably because I missed pretty much every run I was supposed to do this week and that I never really worked out the kinks from Ragnar. I made it 10 miles at 8:16/mile. Pretty good clip but it didn't feel good at all....and I was supposed to go 14 miles. Then I hit the pool for a 3200m swim (that's 2 miles!!). I was very happy at making it this distance, and in 1:08! My late laps got slower by a bit than I started out, especially the last 900m or so.
At the advice of a friend, I am trying to extend my swimming workouts. Swimming in the pool is way easier than open water, so going way over on distance in the pool should give me some confidence in open water at Racine. The swim there is 1.2 miles, so if I routinely swim near 2 miles or over, I'll be sure that I can cover distance in Racine even with the extra effort of open water swimming.
Sunday I set out on a 60 mile bike. I was feeling great; the weather was good. I planned to really work on my nutrition and then planned a 30 minute run post bike. 20 or so miles in, I ate a peanut butter sandwich on the the fly. People driving by were probably wondering what on earth I was doing. It seemed to settle ok, and gave me a real energy boost. I was starting to get hungry at that point! Because I was riding into a really bad headwind, I decided to change up my course a little. I planned 30 miles out and back, but at 25 miles, I turned around and decided I would cut through town for a few loops then head back to make up the total 60 miles. At this point, a deer came flying up over the side of the road straight for me. I was riding at 19.4 mph in aero (read: my hands were not on my brakes). I tried to stay my course and not panic but it was all happening very fast; I didn't want to go down going that fast without my hands to help brace my fall. The deer started zig zagging, and I managed to grab my front brake to slow down (not smart--lucky I didn't go over the handle bars!), and at the last second the deer turned and headed back away from the road. All the zig zagging changed his course from coming straight at me to getting a bit ahead of me, so it was more likely before he changed direction that I might actually hit him. Either way it was probably not going to end well.
I shook that off and not ten minutes later "bam!" I hit a rock or something that caused a loud pop. I pedaled up to a turn off, checked my front tire. It was full. Turned to check my back tire and could hear the air rushing out before I even felt it. I texted that I was going to need a ride and that I'd try to make it up to a store that was a few miles up the road. As soon as I got on my bike the back tire was already on the rim. Not riding anywhere. So I called with my location and set up on a nice grassy area on the side of the road and worked on my tan. My day was over.
Today my bike is going into the shop to repair the rear tire. I don't have any of the equipment/spare parts here, and it needs to be tuned up before Racine anyway.
out of commission
This week I'm planning another open water swim and some time spent in ice baths to acclimate my body to the cold of Lake Michigan. Still hoping my bike can be done today so maybe I can get in that 60 miler as well. Two long bikes would be a good week!
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