100 degrees in the shade
by IronMo @ IronMo Returns: The Road to Ironman USAMon 6/19 – off. Exhausted. Do nothing remotely related to coolmax, sweating, or hurting. Massage after work. Painful, not relaxing, but good for the long haul.
Tues 6/20 – off. Intend to swim and do core training, but go see Dr. Rabbetz in the morning, who tells me I am exhausted (uh, really? Ya think?). Tells me to take another day off. Don’t have to tell me that twice.
Weds 6/21 – core training at lunch. After work, Kezar spinerval. Haven’t been on my old bike in ages, and use that for the spin. It’s tiny! How did I ever ride all scrunched up on this thing? It’s also filthy, so I get covered in grease trying to shove the back wheel into the trainer. We rode for just under an hour, and ran two separate ten minute intervals. Aerobars have added advantage of being resting place for a nap during workout. Sprint home to watch Anderson Cooper on The Daily Show, eat dinner, and pass out.
Thurs 6/22 – 100 degrees in Palo Alto. Fight inertia, leave A/C environment of office building and swim 1700 m at lunch to stretch things out. After work, decide I can't deal with spin (my dad's calculations from college - he made sure to tell me it cost him $500 every time I skipped a class - briefly pass through my head. Fortunately this is only $15 a class and not $500!). Decide to run instead - run 6 miles through SeaCliff and the Presidio. Feel great.
Fri 6/23 - get an email from dear friend asking me how I feel with one month to go. Uh oh. One month! Swim 2000 m at lunch, feel awful. Carpal tunnel from too much email. Switch mouse to slow things down. Recovery week about to end....triple brick is this weekend, and it's supposed to be 106 in Danville. Yikes.
Tues 6/20 – off. Intend to swim and do core training, but go see Dr. Rabbetz in the morning, who tells me I am exhausted (uh, really? Ya think?). Tells me to take another day off. Don’t have to tell me that twice.
Weds 6/21 – core training at lunch. After work, Kezar spinerval. Haven’t been on my old bike in ages, and use that for the spin. It’s tiny! How did I ever ride all scrunched up on this thing? It’s also filthy, so I get covered in grease trying to shove the back wheel into the trainer. We rode for just under an hour, and ran two separate ten minute intervals. Aerobars have added advantage of being resting place for a nap during workout. Sprint home to watch Anderson Cooper on The Daily Show, eat dinner, and pass out.
Thurs 6/22 – 100 degrees in Palo Alto. Fight inertia, leave A/C environment of office building and swim 1700 m at lunch to stretch things out. After work, decide I can't deal with spin (my dad's calculations from college - he made sure to tell me it cost him $500 every time I skipped a class - briefly pass through my head. Fortunately this is only $15 a class and not $500!). Decide to run instead - run 6 miles through SeaCliff and the Presidio. Feel great.
Fri 6/23 - get an email from dear friend asking me how I feel with one month to go. Uh oh. One month! Swim 2000 m at lunch, feel awful. Carpal tunnel from too much email. Switch mouse to slow things down. Recovery week about to end....triple brick is this weekend, and it's supposed to be 106 in Danville. Yikes.