Day Five of Six Complete...

Saturday 3/12: Bike 90, Run 5.
I treated myself to sleeping in this am. I was so excited to not have to swim (after 4 straight AM swims) and treated myself by going straight to breakfast. Well, I did do my core exercises first! ;-) Then it was up to the room to prepare for the ride...I got geared up, got my food together and then prepared to head out...

It was another sunny hot AZ day, but with a bit less wind on they way out. It was so nice to turn at 45 miles - almost felt like I was taking it easy. Well, except for my butt - which was killing me. I think it actually hurt more to get up off the seat than to sit back down...contradictory I know, but those of you riding this much know what I mean. :-( I did meet a great local triathlete, Mike, on a 70-mile ride, prepping for IM AZ. We had a nice ride out to Fountain Hills together...This time my iPod didn't die...highlight was saying hi to the same construction crew for the 4th time this week...told them I was riding out of Tempe on day one...and they didn't believe me! So by day four, we had out own little joke going...

The run went by pretty fast. Found the course, and ripped it up. If only the race was 90 miles...

Sunday 3/13: Run 12.5.
I totally overslept today - some old college buddies were in town and we were out late - and had to cut the run short. I was going to run 2.5 hours, but only got in 1:40. It was a great run, finally adjusting to the heat, but I was beat! My heart rate was super low for the effort...classic sign of overtraining...so in the end I guess the shorter run was probably for the best.

Weekly Totals
Swim: 18.5k Bike: 450mi Run: 42mi

PRs for all three distances and total time (37.5 hours). But I am B.E.A.T. Off for a day to get back to Boston (snow) and the real world (work).

Keep on training!

patrick