Friday, October 8, 2010

The day before race day

Here I sit in the loung area of our hotel. Forbidden from venturing out at all for the rest of the day.
I woke up at about 6:30 this morning, went for a nice, easy 18 mile ride. I finished at the pier and went for a short swim; cycled back to the hotel and that was it for today as far as workouts. I felt really good. Stronger and fresher than I ever have.
Today the skies are blue with not a hint of a cloud anywhere. This is the first day we've seen weather this nice. Not really sure what that means for tomorrow. Frankly, I'd like to have overcast skies, but no rain.
For those of you who think it's been a relaxing week of sun and play, I've got another story for you. Although this has been an incredible experience and a lot of fun, this week has been non stop activities. I went for a short 4 mile run yesterday, but wound up walking more than 7 miles throughout the day; thus the reason I banned to the hotel today. I will leave at 2:15 to head down and check my bike and gear in and then have dinner around 5:00, but that's it for today. I can't tell you how bored I am, but I know it's good for me to relax the day before the race.
So, I wrote about my Saturday and Sunday workouts. For those of you who are interested, read on to hear what the rest of the week was like for training.
Monday I went for my morning swim at 6:15 again. About 50 minutes. Then I followed it up with an aggressive 90 minute ride on the Queen K with Brian and Margarita.
Tuesday I went for my morning swim at 6:15 again. After that, I went for an easy 5 mile run, which didn't go so well.
Wednesday I went for the same swim at 6:15 again and then in the afternoon, Brian, Margarita and I went for a 70 minute hill climb ride.
Thursday was morning swim again followed by a 4 mile run a little later in the morning.

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