6.26.17 Monday Morning!

0600: 2 mile run, HR in low 150s, nice and cool out.

Nice easy five mile run this morning before my weekly 2 hour drive to Charlotte.

I agree with Kim. A 5:30 time with crapping involved is amazing. Awesome job Karen.

Enjoy the vacation at Lake Tahoe Kim.

2150 in the pool this morning , hard 21 mi ride on the trainer tonight

Absolutely nothing today except serving as navigator for Mom (driving scenic route between CDA and Boise) and eating an elk burger! Hope to get in some OWS while we are in Boise for the next two days.

OMG Kim, I cannot imagine doing the full at CDA. Is it the same course, but twice? I think I would throw my bike into the lake if I had to ever ride that bike course again. Was there ANY flat place at all? Thought maybe it was just me, not used to hills, etc. but this AM I talked to a Canadian who was staying at our B and B and he thought it was much harder than Calgary (which I already thought was pretty hard). Guess I am just a biking wimp!

You have my greatest respect for surviving that course, in 100 degree plus temps, no less! The weather wasn't too bad yesterday. The later finishers had to deal with mid 90's, but when I finished (just before noon?)I think it was maybe in the low 80's, 85 at most. Don't recall every feeling uncomfortably hot, just cramping.

It's weird--I have only had serious cramping issues in dry, relatively cool weather. Not sure if it has to do with getting too cold on the swim, over-hydrating, or something unrelated (I have a bad habit of grinding up hills, and my "cool" races have tended to be hilly ones). Body just wasn't being very cooperative for some reason.