11.26.16 Super Saturday!

That threshold run sounds painful Kim. Hopefully it's not too long. I'm thinking that would feel like the last mile of a 5K, if you're going hard like you should, it just hurts!

I had one of those "outside of your comfort zone" rides this morning. One of the local cycling clubs came up with a ride called BIG MEDICINE. Basically 30 miles of steep climbs with some recovery in between each. 3,850 feet of climbing over 30 miles. Pretty much the toughest 30 miles I've ever done. Lots of grades over 10% and a few over 20%. Glad I have 28 teeth on my rear cassette

36 mile Z1 bike today, enjoyed the brisk weather as it was 38F when I left the house and only 42F on my return. My kind of morning

Lucky you on the races! St. George sounds cool. I was hoping you'd do Cour de Alene 70.3 so we could meet up, though!

I don't how big Toughman is in Utah, but the one Toughman event I did (in Washington state) had only 66 takers for the HIM distance. There might have been two or three hundred total participants--as I recall, they were holding a 5K run, sprint tri, 10K, Oly, and HM that day. Organization was, shall we say, fairly casual. Some aid stations were not even staffed, no mile or km markings. It would definitely put me off another Toughman event. But maybe some are better organized??

AM: One hour run, for once just running--no stride drills or fartlek or anything to think about except maybe Thanksgiving dinner
Noonish: 2K of swimming, main set of 5 X200m at about 3:15-3:20

I think I didn't "pace" well for Thanksgiving dinner. Overdid it on turkey and sides and then "hit the wall" just a few bites into the pie! Gave the rest to some hungry kids, and now I don't have any more! I did snag enough leftover turkey and gray for dinner tonight, though.

Enjoy the threshold run. Is that where you try to run as hard as you can for 20 minutes, like an FTP test?