Good Days

It's been a little while since I have posted anything. To be honest, I've been so tired from work and training lately that I haven't had the energy to sit down and blog. This past week was a pretty good training week. Not too heavy during the week as last week ended with some big efforts on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday was supposed to be an 18 mile run last week and it ended up turning into a 20+ miler with over 2k of elevation gain. That wiped me out for the rest of the day. But, I ran strong and felt OK during the entire effort, even when I got lost! My run feels good right now. I can easily run 7:45 to 8min pace on a hilly course (see elevation gain above) on my 15 to 20 mile runs. My goal going into Canada is to be able to run sub 3:45 for the run. I believe I'm in position to do this now.

This past week has flown by. Before I knew it, Meghan and I were having a cocktail Friday night. I met a friend Saturday morning for my long ride. He had 60 on tap for the day, so we rode a hilly course together for 60 and then I went back out for another 40 on more flat terrain concentrating on pacing and staying in the aero position 5+ hours into a ride (not as easy as you think because everything starts to get sore!). I felt good about the ride. Erich is at different level than me so it was good to ride with him and push myself a little harder. I got off the bike and put my runners on for a quick 4 mile transition run. I felt great. The rest of Saturday was nice. We had a date night, so it was a nice meal out on the waterfront and then we saw the movie Inception.

This morning Jeremy and I headed out for 14 miles of running back up on the Leif Erickson trial. I was pretty sore from the last few weeks of heavy training and yesterday's effort. We ran pretty well. We averaged 8 min/miles for run while holding a conversation for most of it. Again, the elevation gain was nice! 1200ft in fact. So there is the skinny on the training update. Speaking of skinny...I still have a few lbs left to lose before IMC. I've really been trying to work on my nutrition lately and hopefully it will pay off with me dropping a little. I eat a lot so it's tough...especially with eating out a lot for work, but a few extra lbs can really make a difference. The only other thing I've been working on is my sleep. Got 10 hours of it last night. It was marvelous! Well, that's about it. 4 weeks to go. Game on.

-T