Clyde's Comeback!

Out riding at 4:15 a.m with Bob. We went out to the airport overpass then back into town. Then out passed Quail and back home. 21.3 mph avg. My legs felt heavy and quads were very unresponsive. Never really could get comfortable and really struggled on the climbs. Usually feel pretty good on those. 

Got home and hit the 8.1 mile B-hills loop on a run. Again the legs were heavy. Took 5 miles to loosen up and by then I was tired... no watch but I'm sure the run was slow. 

Gonna be a short week with a trip to SoCal coming on Thurs-weekend.

Out riding at around 4:30. I don't mind the training I'm putting in but it's gonna be a battle to keep these early hours up all summer... coupled with no sleep and a baby. Yesterday for example Haylen woke to be fed at 1:53 and the whole process took almost an hour before he went back to sleep. Then I couldn't fall asleep for about a half hour... then the alarm went off at 3:50. So basically yesterday I was up at 1:50 a.m with a 30 min nap all day. I'm freaking wasted. 

So todays ride was a direct reflection of the above. Felt like I was killing it the entire ride. Just working my butt off and I was barely over 20 mph. Even on some downhills I couldn't get any turnover. It was super frustrating out there and at times I'd just yell verbal rants at myself in effort to pick up the pace... but it didn't work.  20.6 mph avg. Out around southern parkway up into Ivins and back.

8.1 mile run. I got home right before 7 a.m and came in to find Mik'L who was (sleeping in)! So she wasn't going outside today I just jumped right into my run for a real brick workout. I was tired and the run was slow. I spent almost the entire run thinking about what I was going to come home and eat for breakfast. Cereal, eggs, bacon, toast, fruit... I thought it out and came home and made it happen.

Big boys run @ my house. Logan got here a little earlier and we did like 1.4 then joined Steven and Billy boy for the regular loop. Then after I re looped the park solo for a little more. 

Had a good run with the guys. The downers were: It was about 12-14 degrees hotter today than it was yesterday morning. We also ran along side a cute little kitty cat... then as we got parallel too it the poor thing darted in front of a car and got smashed right by us... then another car smashed it again. Pretty sad and I'm not even a cat guy. I usually drag road kill cats out of the street but today I couldn't even look back. 

On a positive note after feeling totally trashed yesterday and last night I woke today to feel pretty good. The run wasn't bad at all and hip held up pretty good. Plus we got to watch Billy put out the vibe on a few female runners that passed by.

No run today. Travel to SoCal and hit the Newport temple then an Angels game. Great day to start off our trip. 

Stayed in Walnut Ca so I ran around there. Ended up over by Mt. Sac and on some dirt trails. Messed around a while then came back. Super slow as the hip really started to hurt... everything else was achy too. A pretty good run at the park too. After we got to Six flags we ran (hard) to every big ride during the first hour of entry. Because of that we got to ride the good stuff before any real lines formed. But it was a killer workout... honestly only two of us made it through the whole loop and we were dripping with sweat. 

Another run over to Mt. Sac and on some different dirt trails. Didn't have as much time today so I was just glad to get any running in. Still felt super stiff, achy and slow. Fat too. 

Spent the first part of the day down at the Huntington Beach then started the drive back home. The boys had fun and the trip went off without issue. 996 driving miles down there and all around LA for three days then back home.