Long Weekend

This weekend had some pretty serious workouts from coach Amy. Long bike with a transition run and long hill run on Sunday.

Saturday morning I went out for the ATC ride. The first half at least. After chasing (and getting dropped by) that insane group of folks, I met up with my buddy at the Jack Brown Cleaners at Bee Caves and 71. Then we were off on the Dam Loop. Ride went well, although it was hot out and 47 miles of hilly riding is pretty much the limit my legs and neck can handle. I ended up consuming two gels, two bottles of water, a bottle of HEED and a bottle of orange Gatorade. Good lord.

Pedaled home and was off on a 25 minute transition run. It went fair. As good as it can at 11:30 in July in Texas after a ride like that. About 3 miles out and back at an easy pace.

Then I stood under the hose for about 10 minutes.

Sunday's run was pleasant, although I waited a little long to get out so it was hot. It was a 75 minute hill run but I kind of blew it by not getting to the real hills before having to turn back. My goal was a jaunt through Tarrytown on Pecos, but I wasn't able to get there fast enough to hit any of the good hills. I'll have to start closer next time as it took too long running straight from the house.

All and all, everything went well and after some good rest I'm ready for a solid week. Next up is Splash and Dash on Tuesday. I wonder if I'll be able to break my normal swim times and get out of the water closer to 13:00 than 14:00?