62 miles, 6.5 hours
This was a wonderful week, despite getting sick. Not surprisingly, as a lot of endurance athletes will attest to, I got sick this week. Two days after my longest workout of the season, and the most intense and brutal month of training I've ever endured in my life. During hell month I racked up a total of over 800 miles in about 70 hours of total training. Some of the highlights of that month were rides in length of 80, 87, 100, 100. Runs of 13, 14,15 miles, and several 2 mile plus swims. I also did a half ironman during that time. It was an unbelievable month of training and I can't believe it's finally behind me. I had been looking at that month since the beginning of the year, before I ever started training, but had decided on a training program. I wondered how I'd get through that time. I'm amazed with how far I've come. Now, it's nearly November and the race is really just around the corner. With the worst of training behind me I'm entering the taper period. Training isn't "easy" at this point, it's certainly a lot less intense but there are still quite a few big workouts ahead of me. I have two more 3 hour rides. One of which will come immediately after a 45 minute swim. I have a 3 hour bike/run brick, with an hour of cycling and 2 hours of running. But honestly at this point, that seems like nothing. I should breeze through the remainder of my sessions.
I had a really good run yesterday, FINALLY! It's been a while since I got done running and was happy with it. I really need to continue eating smart, hydrating, and not quit quite yet. Although the training is lighter, its still not easy. After this week it really tapers off, to almost half of what I'm doing this week.
I'm just so excited to see the race around the corner. I'm feeling great about every aspect of the race. I'm not scared about the swim, I know I can ride 112 miles. I know I'm going to get out of the swim feeling just fine since I did a 75 minute open water swim a couple weeks ago and wasn't the least bit tired after emerging. Once I get to the marathon, I know it's a matter of just grinding it out. I don't care if I walk the entire thing, but I do know that I will cross the finish line and hear those magic words. I really hope that every who's able will try to follow me on the big day. It will be so motivating to know that my friends and family who weren't able to make it will still be back at home cheering me on and following my progress throughout the day.
Well, I guess that covers it. Time to get back to school work and training!
See ya soon!
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