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Good call. A few easy days to recover then back at it. Hope you feel better!  

Nancy, I hope you feel better soon. Go to the doctor and see if they can give you something before that crud settles into your chest.

Today was the first day that I've been able to sleep in in a long time. Since I only have a bike (3 hours) on the schedule there was no need to get up at 5 to get started. Not having to factor in running in the heat made a huge difference in the plans. Slept in until 7. Wow! Is this what the rest of the world does?

I'm still having problems wrapping my head around the fact that I have a HIM in 2 weeks and an IM coming up in November. I spent such a long time training with AG Nationals as the focus that it has been hard to make the mental shift over to the upcoming races.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. It's raining here this weekend.

Stuart-if you want something solid but nothing substantial some GU Chomps gives you some calories, caffeine with certain flavors and a little something solid in your stomach. 50 miles is a good while to be on the bike so calories and fluids are definitely needed....even more so in the heat.

Dang it was hot here this morning. Yeah, its South Alabama so no shocker there. Garmin showed 94 degrees at 9:00am and no doubt the humidity was high. I had a decent workout with a series of bike/run intervals. Unfortunately, the battery in my PT hub died about an hour in on the bike so it is hard to judge power on intervals without it......although I know my effort level was good as my HR was high. Got home and washed and waxed my car....not ideal for recovery.

Now its time for football. Roll Tide......not to encouraged by their performance thus far.   

Stuart, I tend to only use liquid (UCAN) and Gels on the bike. Nutrition every 15 minutes with a GU at the top of the hour. I always keep Honey Stinger waffles on the bike in case of emergency. 
When I was a roadie we would stop a gas stations for snacks on 50+ mile rides. My favorite go-to food was a Mountain Dew, lime salted peanuts, Payday candy bars.. But that was when I wasn't running off the bike.

Today my legs were trashed during the bike workout.  Sucked down every bit of nutrition in the house during the workout. Then at 8:50 tonight remembered there weren't any GU's left in the house for my long run early tomorrow morning. Jumped in the car and rushed off to the store. I sat at a light for over 5 minutes. Finally got tired of waiting and ran the red light.. Yeah.. you can probably figure out where this story is going. Out of nowhere a cop pops up and pulls me over. He didn't seem impressed by my urgency to get GU's for my long run as a legitimate excuse to break the law.

hmm.. Tomorow's run is going to be one of the most expensive runs that I've done in a while.. 

Jamie-that's great. Sounds like training is going well and the nutrition is getting dialed in. How is the new job going? Getting much time in on the road bike?

Nancy-you feeling better?

Rene-you post bail and get your run in?

I had an hour run this morning followed by an easy hour on the bike. Legs definitely felt yesterday's workout on the run. Bike was really just an easy spin but even then I could feel it after the hour. The rest of the day has been relaxing......love having a 3 day weekend. 

Nancy, hope they will be able to give you something that will clear all of this up. I'd go for a shot and a steroid pac if they'll give you one!

Nancy-when I recently had my sinus infection my doctor put me on a different antibiotic than levoquin(sp?) as he was aware of the risk, although very small, of potential tendon issues. Sure hope you get to feeling better.