One Month Left

It's hard to believe that Timberman is only one month away.  It seems like only yesterday I was signing up for what I thought would be the craziest goal of my life.  Now that the race is within sight, I am feeling good and ready.  Not to mention I set a bigger (more crazy) goal of doing Ironman CDA next June.

I headed out this Saturday for a solid training day.  I spent 3 hours on the bike and covered 51 Miles.  The ride started with a 10 min. warm up into Rock Creek Park and then I did 6 hill repeats up a 6% grade hill (1/2 mile climb).   I then rode out through the park to the end of the route and back.  

Once I got back home, I did a 2 mile run around the reservoir.  My legs were pretty tired, but I think the heat and sun were the real problem.  I didn't have a drop of shade on the run and the temp was around 100 degrees that day.  I felt very worn out and I am having nightmares about the 13 miler at Timberman.  Hopefully the weather will be cool!   Forgot my HR monitor, but put in a total of 3.5 hours.  I drank 2.5 bottles of water and had 2 GU packs.  Prior to the workout, I ate a balance bar.

Overall the week of the 14th was a solid training week.  I put in some really good time on the legs (running and biking) and I did so in very hot conditions.  Unfortunately, I skipped a few swim workouts, but overall I treated the week like a rest week.  The week of the 7th was a hard week and I put in about 9.5 hours of training time.  Hopefully the hard work will pay off on August 17th.