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July 26, 2006
Uncreative
I'm feeling pretty uncreative tonight. That and nothing really exciting happened today. What I'm trying to prepare you for is the fact that this blog entry is going to be boooo-ring! You may want to stop reading now... :)
Morning workout:
Got up. Fed Roxy. Changed clothes. Stumbled downstairs to my bike which was on the trainer. I had wanted to ride outside but O put the nix on that. Too dark and foggy. 99.9% of the time he doesn't tell me what I can and cannot do so when he does put his foot down with something, I listen.
My legs were feeling the hard race from Tuesday night. I rode 45 minutes total, 15 minutes warmup, 3x6 minutes in my big gears (goal RPM 60-70) w/3 minutes rest, 6 minutes cooldown.
Evening workout:
Came home from work. Wanted more than anything to take a nap. Changed clothes and headed over to the Butler-Freeport trail for a run instead. Legs still feeling Tuesday night's effort and now this morning's workout too. I ran 55 minutes total (7 miles), 22 minutes warmup, 3x6 minutes (see a theme in my workouts today?) w/2 minutes rest. Harder intervals weren't all-out but up-tempo rather. I was to keep my HR below my upper limit zone 3 (178 for me) which I succeeding in doing. 11 minutes cooldown. Came home and ate pizza with O and Roxy. Actually, Roxy just watched while we ate pizza. :)
A rather ho-hum day. But I was thinking to myself on the car ride over to my run - THESE are the training days that make an athlete. The days when nothing special is going on. You don't feel that great. You would rather be sitting on the couch. But you do your workouts anyway and at the end of the day you are a stronger person than you were in the morning. It's these kind of days that I have to remember in my races. I bet I have a lot of these leading up to Ironman Lake Placid (which from now on will be IMLP). Lots of long, lonely miles. I'm looking forward to it. I think...
Posted by beth at July 26, 2006 8:54 PM
Comments
I'm putting my foot down: We need to eat Pizza for dinner EVERY night!!!
(I figure it's worth a shot)
Posted by: O at July 27, 2006 8:00 AM
you would not believe how many times i gotten off the couch to workout... i can't tell if i'm dedicated or addicted...
Posted by: Kranky C Dale at July 27, 2006 8:51 AM
I vote for pizza too, I saw a commercial for it last night and about drooled myself a river... why do we crave such things??? Good job on the ho-hum workout. I've come to that conclusion too, I feel a little voice congratulating me when I pry myself from the couch, bed, chair, floor, or where ever I am that is resisting a workout!
I look forward to more excitement leading up to IMLP.
Posted by: Amanda at July 27, 2006 12:36 PM