#43 Weekend Training

Weekends are for relaxing, right? My weekend didn’t quite end up that way.

It was dry, sunny & WARM weekend in the NW so I had to advantage of it. Saturday I went up to Everett to ride the TT course for next weekends race. I wanted to see how my times would compare to last years results & it looks like I’ll be fine. The 9 mile out & back course is pretty much flat with a couple of large sweeping corners. My plan was to ride it twice, the first time easy & second one pushing it. The first go I totally blew up from a combination of over-heating, a gel trying to crawl its way out of my stomach (via my throat) & not really having a proper warm-up. I stuck with it & by the end was feeling a bit better.

After a quick break I went after it a second time. From the start I felt much better, my muscles were loose & the gel had made it into my digestive tract. My legs & lungs felt strong the only part that was a bit tough was my shoulders in the aero position. My overall time was about a minute slower than I had hoped but overall I was happy. This was also the first time on my new wheels.

I learned a couple things with this trial run. First off its only a 9 mile TT, skip the gels, get a good warm up on the trainer before my start & finally don’t pack on too many clothes I’ll be plenty warm after the first quarter mile.

Sunday Bill & I headed out to Green Lake for a run. Our plan was to do somewhere around 5 miles…this turned out to be 6.5. The total distance kind of snuck up on us, I think the warm weather played a role it it. That the furthest distance I’ve ran so far & there’s no ill effects so far.