Saturday I pushed off early in the cold, brisk fall air to tackle a 6 hour ride. I had the benefit this week of riding with a friend. I wanted to head out to Multnomah Falls as the ride has about 20 miles each way of flat terrain with heavy wind (similar to Arizona) and includes somewhere around 5 to 6k of climbing. I took my TT bike to continue to get accustomed to riding hours on end on it.
We started out of town pumping. Andrew seemed like he was in a hurry to get our 6 hour ride finished with! Oh well, it was good to push myself early in the ride and see how I responded. We ended up having a great ride. As we were heading back down to Marine Drive to make the trip home I was actually hoping for a headwind for the 15 to 20 mile section. I was feeling great. I dropped Andrew off after 5:15 and went out for another 45 minutes of time trial at just faster than Ironman pace to finish the 6 hours. I then quickly changed into run gear and got in a quick 5 mile run...again felt great.
Today started with me sleeping in. We went out last night to celebrate our birthdays (Andrew and me). Interesting fact, we share the same birth date. Actual birth day folks. Weird. So anyways, 2 beers and some fajitas called for an extra hour of sleep. My schedule called for a 15 mile run. I hit up my favorite trail for this. My legs were fairly tired after a difficult week of training, but I was actually feeling pretty good. I negative split the run with an overall average of 7:43 per mile. My last 3 miles went 7:12, 7:13, 6:48.
So, another week of training is over with. Every week has has different challenges. This past week I really worked on my mental training for the event. I'm very happy with the progress I've made and can't wait for Ironman!! And again, thanks to Meg, my friends, and family that continue to be so supportive of my racing and training. I can't thank you all enough!! Thanks for reading,
-T
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