Two Landmark 80s this Weekend

Training is about to be kicked up a notch heading into September and October. This weekend saw two distance PRs.

It started Saturday, with an 80 mile bike ride led by Coach B and Ironman JW - through JW's picturesque and minimally traveled backroads (Route 14). After the last few long, lonely rides, I really appreciated the company of Coach G and TRIgirls KB, SS, SK, SQ, and DL. We hit two challenging, but reasonable, hills four times on the out and back, then out and back again. We also hit a great little country store for an icy snack. Then we were hit during the last 15 miles with a worsening, stressful crosswind that had me holding onto the handlebars for dear life - not a whole lot of aero position. The ride finished with a relaxing and recouperating dip in JW's gorgeous pool. Nutrition wasn't bad for the first 2/3 of the ride - but basically came to a halt when battling the wind. 4:35 riding time. 1000 - 1100 calories.

Swimming followed on Sunday. 2.5 miles makes for a great counting exercise as well - 80 laps! The pool water felt great and surprisingly the laps didn't grow as tedious as I'd anticipated. 1:35 minutes of swimming time.

Best part - I feel great today - the Guppy swim and short run actually seemed to help with finishing up the muscle recovery from the past two days. Keeping my fingers crossed to feel half this good with some of the other mega workouts coming up in the next few weeks.