Yanti & Salty MAD MANATEES Part 2 -- Full Pod (Page 24)

minor interruption: 

Okay, back to your regular posts...(sorry Yanti) 

{{HUGS}}  Hope you are feeling better soon!!

Emotonally settled down a lot.  But this cough is now on my chest so definitely the doctor tomorrow, got 7 days to get rid of it!  Technically don't need to train at all this week, won't swim Monday as I thought I'd got rid of the cold then swam on Thursday and it came right back in double strength!

Went out last night to a boozy dinner at a neighbours but didn't drink - just one glass of wine the rest of the night water and tea.  Feel great for it!  Hate being hungover!

Is it crazy for me to consider riding 100km tomorrow, in two different sessions separated by about 4-5 hours, when the most I have ridden before is 52km?

ETA: Disregard; my dog answered my question for me

Phew. We are phinally off the gecko page.

DON'T NOBODY QUOTE THAT POST!

Just congratulate Kate on her, uh, nice tattoo and move right along, please, thank you.

Is it crazy for me to consider riding 100km tomorrow, in two different sessions separated by about 4-5 hours, when the most I have ridden before is 52km?

ETA: Disregard; my dog answered my question for me

Well, I survived. Cut my time from last year by about 25 minutes. I don't have a report yet, but I recorded some of the details in my training log. Needless to say, the wind was horrendous. It was projected to be 15 mph, but the gusts were double that.

I'm exhausted. I didn't sleep well last night. My son went out for a bike ride at midnight, and  came home at 1:00 a.m. with one of his best friends who is back at his mom's after being with his dad this semester. I guess that broke my routine or something, because I couldn't get to sleep until after 2:00 a.m. The alarm went off at 6:30, and I snoozed it until 7:00, got up and out the door, forgetting until I was half way there, that I didn't eat breakfast! Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Thought about stopping at the C-store on the way to grab something, then checked my glove box. Hooray! An old Clif bar. So I ate that on the way.

It was a good thing I didn't stop because I got there five minutes before the ride started. Still had to check in and pay, then unrack my bike and get on the course. I didn't even have time to pee. I laughing said to myself that I would have to try peeing off the bike, if it came to that, but I'm happy to say that it didn't come to that.

Came home, went grocery shopping, made lunch for the boys, and was back in bed by 12:30. Slept until 4:30. I guess I was tired.

So I'm thinking "no" on the 10 miler today. I may try to get out after dark and try 4 (It's 98 degrees and gusty out right now). I'll push the 10 miler to Sunday or Monday. For you running folk, will that mess me up too bad? If I do a 10 miler on Monday (at the latest) and another long run -- (11 miles) on Saturday? Are those long runs too close together? Should I skip my mid run next week and make my runs 4 and 5 miles each?

I was going to say yes, crazy, but you should do it anyway, provided you did both at picnic pace.

What did your dog say?

Hmm. How did your dog respond? Should we be worried about you?

Well, I survived. Cut my time from last year by about 25 minutes. I don't have a report yet, but I recorded some of the details in my training log. Needless to say, the wind was horrendous. It was projected to be 15 mph, but the gusts were double that.

I'm exhausted. I didn't sleep well last night. My son went out for a bike ride at midnight, and  came home at 1:00 a.m. with one of his best friends who is back at his mom's after being with his dad this semester. I guess that broke my routine or something, because I couldn't get to sleep until after 2:00 a.m. The alarm went off at 6:30, and I snoozed it until 7:00, got up and out the door, forgetting until I was half way there, that I didn't eat breakfast! Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Thought about stopping at the C-store on the way to grab something, then checked my glove box. Hooray! An old Clif bar. So I ate that on the way.

It was a good thing I didn't stop because I got there five minutes before the ride started. Still had to check in and pay, then unrack my bike and get on the course. I didn't even have time to pee. I laughing said to myself that I would have to try peeing off the bike, if it came to that, but I'm happy to say that it didn't come to that.

Came home, went grocery shopping, made lunch for the boys, and was back in bed by 12:30. Slept until 4:30. I guess I was tired.

So I'm thinking "no" on the 10 miler today. I may try to get out after dark and try 4 (It's 98 degrees and gusty out right now). I'll push the 10 miler to Sunday or Monday. For you running folk, will that mess me up too bad? If I do a 10 miler on Monday (at the latest) and another long run -- (11 miles) on Saturday? Are those long runs too close together? Should I skip my mid run next week and make my runs 4 and 5 miles each?

"Are you crazy?  I am on prednisone.  There is no way I can hold my little doggie bladder for that many hours." 

So, decision made.  Well, sort of.  My plan was to bike to my nephew's floor hockey game for 9am.  He played til 10, then my other nephew played 10-11, then my niece played 12-1.  Realized that it would be approx 2.5 hours riding, then 4 hours of hockey, then 2 hours home.  Idgie can't do 8.5 hours anymore without pred, never mind with.  So, I rode there (55km btw ).  Watched nephew #1, got a ride to second rink, watched nephew #2, went to park to play with all kids, then watched niece briefly before leaving.  Rode another 16km before hopping on a bus the rest of the way.  So 71km today, a bit broken up.  But the 55 on its own was the furthest I have done so that is cool.  It was a cloudy morning, a bit cool.  I took the back roads so it was quiet, not too much traffic.  I may use that route in the future for training actually.

Yanti, I won't quote the gecko just for you. 

Kate-really cool and love the colors!!!  Great Art!!

Kansas-nice job on shaving the time off from last year!  25 minutes is HUGE!

I did the Bayshore Half Marathon yesterday.  I hadn't run a mile since Big Sur.  It was hard but it made me really realize what a HUGE accomplishment Big Sur was.  I have a new appreciation for the effort that took.  I did a personal worst at the half (for one that I was actually running just for me) but it really taught me a lot so I am very glad I did it.  We all need those wake-up moments to let us know how far we have come and what we are capable of.  Mentally and physically, eventhough my time was slower (done this 2 times before), I was stronger!  Boo yah!! 

That is some great riding! Especially considering that you raced yesterday, and did a fantastic job with that as well.

I am impressed.

(Your acts of service are encouraging, too.)

Well, I survived. Cut my time from last year by about 25 minutes. I don't have a report yet, but I recorded some of the details in my training log. Needless to say, the wind was horrendous. It was projected to be 15 mph, but the gusts were double that.

I'm exhausted. I didn't sleep well last night. My son went out for a bike ride at midnight, and  came home at 1:00 a.m. with one of his best friends who is back at his mom's after being with his dad this semester. I guess that broke my routine or something, because I couldn't get to sleep until after 2:00 a.m. The alarm went off at 6:30, and I snoozed it until 7:00, got up and out the door, forgetting until I was half way there, that I didn't eat breakfast! Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Thought about stopping at the C-store on the way to grab something, then checked my glove box. Hooray! An old Clif bar. So I ate that on the way.

It was a good thing I didn't stop because I got there five minutes before the ride started. Still had to check in and pay, then unrack my bike and get on the course. I didn't even have time to pee. I laughing said to myself that I would have to try peeing off the bike, if it came to that, but I'm happy to say that it didn't come to that.

Came home, went grocery shopping, made lunch for the boys, and was back in bed by 12:30. Slept until 4:30. I guess I was tired.

So I'm thinking "no" on the 10 miler today. I may try to get out after dark and try 4 (It's 98 degrees and gusty out right now). I'll push the 10 miler to Sunday or Monday. For you running folk, will that mess me up too bad? If I do a 10 miler on Monday (at the latest) and another long run -- (11 miles) on Saturday? Are those long runs too close together? Should I skip my mid run next week and make my runs 4 and 5 miles each?

Asalzwed - 2012-05-27 9:17 PM

KansasMom - 2012-05-26 5:01 PM

So I'm thinking "no" on the 10 miler today. I may try to get out after dark and try 4 (It's 98 degrees and gusty out right now). I'll push the 10 miler to Sunday or Monday. For you running folk, will that mess me up too bad? If I do a 10 miler on Monday (at the latest) and another long run -- (11 miles) on Saturday? Are those long runs too close together? Should I skip my mid run next week and make my runs 4 and 5 miles each?

nah, that won't mess you up I would just be careful to take it easy the day before and recover the day after (both long runs.) I would try to get your medium in on Wednesday or Thursday, as well. It's absolutely alright if you can't always follow your plan exactly.

Thanks, Adrienne. I did 5 tonight, so that makes my 10 miler tomorrow.  I'll run 3 or 4 on Tuesday, then run 6 to 7 on Wednesday -- take Thursday off from running? 3 or 4 on Friday and then hit 10 again on Saturday? I'd like to spend Thursday on a long-ish bike ride.

I could also just do 8 tomorrow, and then hit 11 on Saturday. I kind of like that better, because I want to increase the distance of the long run to 3 hours. That's only 15 miles for me. (Zombie death march. lol)

The good news is that our city pool is now open, so I should be able to start swimming each noon beginning on Tuesday (maybe even tomorrow). The water will be freezing, but I guess that's good practice, too. Swimming helps my legs recover.

minor interruption: 

Okay, back to your regular posts...(sorry Yanti)