Thursday, January 21 2010

woke at 4:20 (slept great)

WALK:  45 minutes quick pace with Marie.
BIKE:  7:10
RUN:  20 minutes
comments:  i drove 30 minutes into the desert, parked my car and rode my bike 3:30 minutes straight out (perfect roads and nearly no cars), turned my bike around at 3 hours and 30 minute mark … and rode back — but it took only 2:30 coming back.
Thus I rode much faster on the way back (the wind was against me for the first 3 hours).  I arrived back at my car at around 6 hours (I still had 1 hour left to ride) so kept on riding for another 70 minutes.  The last hour was absolute hell and I had no energy.  This was the longest bike ride of my life … I didnt drink enough.  I took a 6 water bottles, but only drank 2.5 of them, I mistakenly bought a electrolyte and carb powder which i have never tried before … and its too sweet for me.  Also, I do not like the energy gels … I think i will skip the gels on the IM
I have no idea how long I rode because my polar/odometer doesnt work, but I assume around 200 km.

I put the bike in my car, drank too much warm water and ran off at a quick pace … the run lasted about 4 minutes when I stopped and walked for a couple minutes, then ran again as fast as I could to break the weird feeling in my legs.  Altogether it was about a 30 minute run, walk, run, jog  (I was scheduled only 20 minutes quick pace)
SWIM:  1,000 meters
I didnt have swim in my schedule, but after the bike and short run, I drove directly to the gym which is near my office and swam 1,000 meters easy. 
Tomorrow is going to be a big challenge — 1 hour bike then a 3:30 run ….

The hardest and most painful part about the bike is not my legs hurting, they dont really hurt too much …. but my arms, shoulders and neck, the TT position kills me.