• Health data: Hours slept: 6

Bike

• 3h 54m 34s
• 56.00 miles
• 14.32 Mi/hr

Bike ride on the path.. husband had to do lights at church, which means he left at 6:30 am and was gone for both services.. which means I had to ride in the afternoon. Which I hate. But, if I wanted to get a workout in, it had to be then. So the boys and I went to church for the first service, then came home and I put Lukas down for a nap early-ish, so I could nap, too hehe Ended up sleeping for 1.5 hrs, oops.

Finally headed out close to 3 pm. I go to a boat launch on the path, it's only a mile from my house, but this way, I have a home base and I'm not HOME, which provides way to many distractions in the face of a pretty lengthy workout.

Today must have been some kind of lunar whatever, because my absent-mindedness was in overdrive today.

Take number 1 on my workout: So i get to the boat launch, take the bike off, realize my AquaCell tipped on the floor in the car and all the water is spilled-floor, running shoes. Oy. Put the bike back on the rack, go home.

Take number 2: Fill up AquaCell, this time hold it as I drive. Get there, take the bike off, manage to drop AquaCell on the ground. Water gone again.

Take number 3: Drive home, growling audibly. Leave AquaCell in the car and just fill two large bottles with water, drive back. Get there, take the bike off, fill AquaCell successfully (Whohoo!), realize I have ONE sock and NO gloves. Seriously? At this point, I decided there is no turning back, I will bike without gloves and without socks. Oy.

Ok, so to the point of this post-the bike ride. It went well! I just did loops on the path.. would go up all the way into Crystal Lake to the gas station, where the path dips into residential streets, back down to DQ in East Dundee, back to boat launch. I did 3 loops. I think I'm adjusting to riding without gloves, putting less pressure on my hands and using my core more, hands weren't as numb after I got done. Overall, felt great! Pace was lower than I wanted, but not bad. It was in mid 80s, but honestly, the ride didn't feel hot (only when I stopped, I felt how hot it actually was).

Being how it was Sunday afternoon, expected loads of people walking on the path, and it was surprisingly empty! Well, empty-ish. Ride went great, i thought.

Run

• 11m 55s
• 1.11 miles
• 10m 45s /Mi

Little brick run..

got off the bike and knew I had less than 10 minutes before dark. Made the transition super quick and set out on the run. Wanted to do 2 miles, knew it would be pitch dark after that. Legs felt great! like, as if I didn't run 13 miles yesterday and biked for 4 hours just now. Very weird. Ran that mile in under 11 min, which is fast for me, especially as a brick.

here is the funny part: I was about .5 mile down the path and it was getting dark FAST.. and the path was empty, it's in the woods, and the creepy factor was rising, so I just turned around and figured I would run the second mile as loops in the parking lot, if I had to.

At the same as I'm heading back to my car, I see a cop car lights and sirens right at the entrance to the boat launch. And he keeps playing the sirens. over. and over. and over again. After a minutes or so I'm wondering if somebody got into some boat accident? Then I realize it's past dusk, and the path closes at dusk, and what if he locks me in, how will I get my car out of there? And I'm .5 mile away, so it's taking me 5+ min to get back.. I run and get into the parking lot and sure enough, it's nearly completely dark, and there is my car and the cop suv with lights and sirens. He was trying to get my attention. I apologized and told him I'm totally getting out of there.. he was nice and said it was ok :) Whew. Glad I didn't go out a mile!

of course, at that point, I just went home.. it was already almost 9 pm by the time I walked in the door..

Overall, great workout. If I feel as good on race day as I felt today, I'll have a fantastic half-ironman!

• Health data: Hours slept: 7

Run

• 2h 54m
• 13.10 miles
• 13m 16s /Mi

Mile repeats. Was supposed to do 11 with our group, but I was the only one from my little pace group there, so I was all on my own, which was a good thing, actually. My couch-attacked broken toe from last year was really hurting the whole time. At one point, I was convinced I felt bone sticking out, which, of course, wasn't possible, the pain wasn't THAT bad...

So I turned around after 3 MRs and headed back, thinking I'll reevaluate at the end, and if I needed to stop, at least I'd be right there by the home base. I got done with 6 and the pain was still pretty much there every step. My feet also just hurt all over, which I never ever have.... I could have continued, but knowing I have a 5 hour workout tomorrow and another 4 weeks before Steelhead, of which 2 will be still high volume, decided it wasn't worth to push it. I had another hour+ before I had to go home, so I just ran easy the rest of the way.

Just so happened that I stopped my watch at exactly 13.1 miles lol

• Health data: Hours slept: 7

Run

• 57m
• 5.00 miles
• 11m 24s /Mi

Dreadmill in the basement...

Run

• 33m 13s
• 2.76 miles
• 12m 02s /Mi

Little dreadmill run. Didn't get up early enough to get 60-90 min in :( Damon had to leave for Milwaukee and will be back very late tonight, so I was hoping to get 5-7 miles in. Oh well. 30 min is something, will try to get on the dreadmill tonight again after the kids are in bed.

• Health data: Hours slept: 7

Swim

• 29m 46s
• 1250.00 yards
• 02m 22s /100 yards

Another little swim at Silver Lake. Got there, saw Robin, Karrie and Trish in the water without their wetsuits, and decided to follow suit. Plus, my wetsut has a tear that is not all the way through yet, and needs to be cemented. I worry I'm playing with luck here by continuing to swim in it unrepaired.... so it seemed like a good idea to jump into lake's bath water without the wetsuit. Wish I had time for a longer swim....

Bike

• 44m 46s
• 10.07 miles
• -----

94 degrees. Holy crap, it's HOT.

I was trying to take a nap, actually, Lukas wasn't sleeping and I csn't sleep when he isn't.. usually he just lays down and goes to sleep, today was different. So 30 min into trying to fall asleep, I was still awake and more exhausted than before... you know how you are just on the egde of falling asleep and then some annoying toy or your happy toddler wakes up right up...over and over and over. Oy. Then, Damon comes in and says he is done with work and would I like to go for a bike ride until 3:45 (their work is taking them to watch Cubs)? I want to say that I hate him a little, because I'm SO exhausted and of course there will be no nap now, but I'm thankful for an opportunity to squeeze in a workout, so obviously, I go.

tired.

• Health data: Hours slept: 7

Swim

• 27m
• 1075.00 yards
• 02m 30s /100 yards

little swimmy at Silver Lake. Nancy was there with me and watched me the last few minutes of my 1000 yards and gave me some pointers on my stroke. I have a lot of work to do.

• Health data: Hours slept: 7