Hello Sunshine! You've Made it to NY!

Today was just wonderful 80 degrees of sunshine and warmth. I had a half day at work and I was excited to get out on my bike. I know it was going to be a slow ride as I am on a recovery week but hey, I got to go outside and ride!! I put on my TRAIN THIS gear, pumped up the tires, put the helmet and shoes on and was ready to roll! My honey was off today too so he joined me.

Averaging about a 16mph speed, I actually kept in my HR Zone 1 (the higher end). I had a few mishaps where I felt the wind almost knock me and my bike over but I didn't care. I was enjoying the warmth and sunshine. My guy was actually more afraid than I was today on the downhills. I just went, he heald back due to the wind. I said screw It, I fall, I fall. I didn't care.

I got home and decided to go for my Recovery run in my Vibram Bikilas. I felt fast in them, but now my calves are paying for it as I did a 30min recovery run in them today.

I have been thinking long and hard about the Run this Sunday. I looked up my time from last year, wrote a range of times I would like to come in and have been keeping it close to me for the day. By the time Sunday comes its going to be a wad of paper and ink in my pocket!!


Dont mind the Enablex pad- LOL!!

The forecast is looking good for this weekend! The race will probably start in high 40s-low 50s with a high in the 60s for the day!! Woo hoo!!

March Madness is over. Spring forward to April!

Im so excited its April!! In exactly 28 days from now I will tackle my 10 miler. We ran the whole course Yesterday in a little over 9 min miles. I told myself the whole run that I wasn't racing it. I was taking it easy as it was my rest week. I just wanted to see all those hills again and remind myself I can do this course. I can tell you we counted the hills as we were doing them and there was around 11 hills. Im not talking little hills. there are about 4 I can name that are long or pretty steep. I never knew Syracuse was so hilly until you get out on this course. I have to admit there are some pretty areas of the race as well where you can see the Syracuse Skyline, the dome, all the good stuff.

Last month was a good month in training. I spent many long hours on the trainer going batty but I seemed to make it out alive and in one piece. I have been practicing alot with nutrition which has been going great. I don't feel as sore after workouts and am recovering quicker which is a plus in my book. I am going to try and ride outside this coming week. We will see how this goes.

One other note, I booked my Hotel for the Beach to Battleship race in October!! Im so nervous and so excited at the same time!

Here are the numbers for March:

Swim: 21,216 yards- 7.42 hours
Bike : 15.75 hours
Run: 86.58 miles- 14.10 hours
Strength: 3 hours

Total Time: 40.28 hours!!!

A friend of mine asked me about my nutrition. Ill post soon in regards to this

Happy Training! Be Safe!