Party’s Over
Well, it was supposed to be over last week.
And with one home sick,
I got the love and was down between her and me, 3 days, plus a slow forward moving comeback.
I had a pretty good week last week.
I did the slowest 5 miles ever in my life. = 2 hours. I’m looking for Xterra Runs that will work with a Holzinger bike ride.
I went from Lower Garvin Heights to Upper Garvin Heights via the stairs.
A couple of weekends ago, I heard someone say that you could go from the top to the cemetery, so I went down to the left.
It was steep, and rocky, and parts of it were lose.
It went to the same trail I came up.
DOH!
So I went back up, the way I came to see if I missed anything.
Then, I shot out the top, through the neighborhood, and shot over to the Sugar Loaf trail.
I did the walk/run combo along the ridge line of the bluff to Sugar Loaf.
Down Sugar Loaf, and then, a pretty painful traverse on Lake BLVD back to the car.
I took Friday off to clean the house and mow part of the yard.
Saturday is my day to swim long.
Shit has been hitting the fan, so I decided to see how long I could swim without stopping.
I managed a 4k in 1:18 with one trip out of the pool for a potty break.
I guess, I just can’t let ‘er rip in the pool.
So next weekend, I thought I would go for 5000 yards, and then, to the 5k.
So today I hit the bike.
The Party is Over,
and I am training like I coach my athletes, and man, when push comes to shove, it gets hard.
I rode for about 1:45
The plan was to go up Garvin and then, do 2 x 20 minutes Z4 intervals.
I was supposed to go up Garvin at my FTP.
I had a lot in the tank, and the steepness of the climb, I wasn’t even close to my FTP. It was 10 minutes in Z5/6.
Even though I was trying my hardest to hold back, I just couldn’t do it.
Then, came the 2 x 20’s.
I had a hard time controlling the intensity because of the wind.
I managed Z3 for both sets.
But I am tired.
Really tired.