The alarm lied this morning. It sure feels like 4am, not 6:30. But the Ironman does not forgive. It does not care how far you rode yesterday. Race day, I'll have to do this all in one day. It does not care about rides you've cut short because you stayed out late or swims you missed because the water was cold..
Get out of bed, lazy butt. You're the super genius who decided to ride 100 miles yesterday instead of 4.5 hours like the schedule said. Decided to walk the first 5 minutes to give my legs a chance to wake up. As a value added warm up, I got to wash egg off our car. The only car on the block to get egged. Nice. Then it was time to slog out 2 hours on the road. Pace was no object. The goal was to put 2 hours of running on tired legs. Run 5, walk 30 seconds, repeat for 2 hours. Not glamorous and there wasn't a lot to see along the water this morning. One dolphin. That's it.
But I made it. Only 10.25 miles but that pace would give me a 30 minute marathon PR at Beach to Battleship. Not too shabby.
2 comments:
Great job- I know the feeling. Having a hard time thinking of doing it all in one day.
Well done! Especially in the "I'm tired of this" phase of training!
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