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Sounds like a great ride Tony!  And it was probably a really good idea to get that quick, short run in too.  That can help you mentally at IM to know that you've been able to run on very tired legs.  When it comes to race day you'll have your nutrition dialed in and you'll be full recovered from all of the extreme volume you have been carrying for a while.   You should feel much better.

Something else I hope you have been practicing; IM pacing/effort on the bike.  When you get done with your rides you should feel pretty much like being able to go out and mow the grass, etc.  Sure you should have some tired legs but you shouldn't feel that your effort has killed your day and you need to sleep for an hour or so.  I believe that is somewhat how I had a bad ride in Muncie a few weeks ago.  I had been training for Rev3 in early September and was planning to work hard on the bike through Muncie and then pace down for Rev 3.  When race day in Muncie came, and I knew I wasn't racing Rev3 again this year, I was completely unprepared mentally to ride slow enough to have a great race in all three disciplines.  Just some thoughts.

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As many of you know, I rode my first century yesterday.  I actually rode 104.95 miles in 5:06:53 but the pic on FB shows a little shorter distance but I had forgotten to change my field from running to biking on my watch.  I remembered to change it after riding a little over .6 miles, not that it's a big deal after riding that far but it did slow my pace a bit.

My ride was over to Brenda's neck of the woods but I stopped short of her home, as she tells me, but I don't know exactly where she lives.  The course was mostly east to west and back and the weather conditions were very cooperative with nearly no wind at all and cool temps.

I also stopped short of getting the IMWI bike course elevation change by only 400 feet which seemed pretty good.  I felt like I could have run off the bike and I would like to have done so but I am trying to be more cognoscente of my family right now.  I also don't feel that I set myself up to run off the bike well either, but that wasn't part of the plan anyway.  I took in just under 1000 calories over the ride and had no issues with energy levels.  But I did want off the saddle after about 90 miles.

I had only a couple of issues on the ride.  I developed a intermittent squeak in the front wheel after about 45 miles that seemed to go away after I had stopped for a couple of minutes at the turn around point at 53 miles.  It only came back after about 70 miles and was far more intermittent from then on.

My second issue was when some clown decided to turn in front of me with his pick up truck and trailer.  I was moving about 21 MPH at the time and had to swerve around the back of his trailer and into the oncoming lane.  Ther was traffic coming at me but it was a in the distance and there was no issue with my maneuvering. Had there been something closer I could have taken the ditch and hopefully been able to handle the bike through the shallow ditch.  Of course this would have landed me in the clowns yard and he would have heard more than he already heard as I rode by, which was only a few words in line with "idiot" and "moron." 

All in all it was a great ride and a great first century.  I am considering another next weekend to build a little better fitness prior to the winter maintenance cycle.

I took first place female!!!!!

I took 5th overall!!!!

(The field is small but the local competition is fierce and fast.)

Holy crap!!!!!

I don't have the "official" results, yet.  

I did worse than the past couple of years.  The course was exactly the same.  Everyone's times were worse this year.  My swim was the swim from hell!  Worst swim....EVER!!!!!  Goggles leaked during my warm up 50.  I tried to fix them in the 30 seconds before my heat.  They leaked during the first 50 of the race.  I tried to fix them.  It didn't work so I decided to do backstroke for 400 yards.  I'm pleased with my backstroke, though.  I was very comfortable, steady and straight.  My husband said it looked great.  I'm just slow because I don't practice it for sets of 400 yards.  I'm glad it's part of my swimming "toolbox" though.

I was pissed off (and rested) after my swim.  The bike went great.  The run went, surprisingly, well.  I haven't done any speedwork since before my stress fracture.  I managed to hold onto a sub 8 min/mile pace average.  My foot is sore this evening but I think it's ok.

I'm pleased as punch! 

I took first place female!!!!!

I took 5th overall!!!!

(The field is small but the local competition is fierce and fast.)

Holy crap!!!!!

I don't have the "official" results, yet.  

I did worse than the past couple of years.  The course was exactly the same.  Everyone's times were worse this year.  My swim was the swim from hell!  Worst swim....EVER!!!!!  Goggles leaked during my warm up 50.  I tried to fix them in the 30 seconds before my heat.  They leaked during the first 50 of the race.  I tried to fix them.  It didn't work so I decided to do backstroke for 400 yards.  I'm pleased with my backstroke, though.  I was very comfortable, steady and straight.  My husband said it looked great.  I'm just slow because I don't practice it for sets of 400 yards.  I'm glad it's part of my swimming "toolbox" though.

I was pissed off (and rested) after my swim.  The bike went great.  The run went, surprisingly, well.  I haven't done any speedwork since before my stress fracture.  I managed to hold onto a sub 8 min/mile pace average.  My foot is sore this evening but I think it's ok.

I'm pleased as punch! 

I took first place female!!!!!

I took 5th overall!!!!