Best wife ever...

Recent evidence that Meg is the best "wife to-be" ever. I wake up Sunday with a 5 hr, century length ride staring me in the face. Back it up. The day before...this woman went extra early to Autzen to set up the tailgate and encouraged me to run there while she did all the hard work so I could get my long run. I show up at the tailgate, get changed in the car and am fed gatorade and brats. Unbelievable!! Then, later in the day I'm starting to wear down and mention that I would like to go to bed early. I was hoping for 10pm, we were in bed by 9:30. Awesome!

I woke up Sunday morning feeling fresh for the first time in a few days. The only problem was it was still really cold outside. Think 42 degrees. No problem, Meg is still sleeping so I figure I can start my workout on the trainer. 90 minutes later Meg comes out and sits down on the couch. I ask her what she wants to watch since she has to put up with me riding the darn bike right next to her. She looks at me and asks, "isn't there football on? Aren't the Vikings playing?" I have yet to admit this to her, but somehow she looked even more beautiful than normal in that moment.

Back to training, I make it through the first 2 hours and the weather starts to look really nice outside. I decide to spend the next few hours outside. My legs were actually feeling pretty good considering I had put in a 15 mile effort the day before at marathon pace. It was all about the rest, I'm totally a believer in rest and recovery after training for this race. After a few hours outside I figured I had done enough and made for home. I think I ended up somewhere around 80 miles. Coach had said since I had been feeling so broken down that if I wanted to ride on Sunday I could but I had to do it at 110 hr or below. I averaged 109. Perfect.

Back to the best wife ever...I'm sitting on the couch unwinding getting ready for our favorite show "Mad Men" to start. Next thing I know she is bringing me our favorite drink (kind of our routine for the Sunday night show) a Manhattan!!! One lucky man I am. And I digress, back to training. Oh who cares... lots of swimming, cycling and running last week :) Check out this picture of the McKenzie from my ride on Sunday! Thanks for reading,

-T