And another week of training: This week was a little hard with all the stuff going on. Work dinners, booze cruising, and house building led to a hectic week. Bought a bunch of groceries yesterday to cover dinner for most of the week. That relieves a lot of time.
Schedule- Here this weekend. Nothing but house building going on Saturday. Work has the potential to be kind of busy, I just don't know right now what that is going to look like yet.
Thursday- Left work a little later than I wanted and then decided to swing by and start the 3 sandwich ride with everybody. Of course my husband was 30 minutes late so I was very late. After a lot of anxiety I decided to not swim and just get in the time on the bike. At least make one thing good and not both mediocre. I am glad I did because it took a long time at the house. I had to move 20 or so 16 foot long 2x6 up onto the roof. (16 feet is really long). I didn't leave until sunset. Would have been there in the dark if I had swam. Lesson learned from this day- get my shit done. I don't have time to wait around for people.
Friday- Finally, a longer trail run! Went up South Cottonwood. I nice little shady/not so steep trail. It felt so nice to get out in the woods!
Saturday- Good, hot ride over Battle Ridge to Wilsall and back. Lots of good climbing in the hot weather. One small little problem. I found somebody to do the ride with and overestimated his riding ability. I think he pushed it a little hard on the way out and I had to do a lot of waiting on the way back. Finally, at the top of Battle Ridge I said "See ya, I got to get home," and ditched him. I feel bad, but I wasn't prepared to wait so much. Definitely had the thought that in training I need to be much better about my own agenda and sticking to it better. The waiting is when I actually get demoralized. I always road my own pace just had some breaks in between. There was road construction on the other side of Battle Ridge and the road was grooved for about 6 miles. That made the climbing a little harder on the way home and bumpy on the way out. Also, found a plethora of sex toys on the side of the road. That made me laugh. Did good with nutrition and hydration. My maltodextrin tastes pretty good with lime. It's like cocktail hour all day long. (margaritas)
Swim- The swim this day was pretty hard. Lots of swimming. Felt pretty good. Like the building. Feel like I can start out with good form and sighting and try to carry it through to some faster swimming.
Sunday- Nice little jaunt around the neighborhood for the run. My legs were tired to start, but I feel like I settled in pretty well.
Ride- Nice ride. Again it was hot. Got out into the mountains. Rode for about 3 hours with two significant climbs and some nice downhills. It was good to get out on my own (learned my lesson from above). I am not a fast downhiller and it is nice to ride without the pressure of good downhillers. I actually had talked to Lisa and John about riding with them on Sunday and I am glad I didn't. Lisa got a new trail bike which she can ride so fast downhill her contacts fall out. Terrifying! So glad to be outside.
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