Clyde's Comeback!

DC loop. Could not get out of bed this moring. Just felt trashed. Finally got out at around 7:30 and was thankful for the overcast that kept the sun away. Temps were warmer at 77F but it didn't feel too bad. Pace was very slow and I didn't feel very sore from Saturday but I did feel worthless. Legs were bricks. After 5.5 miles or so things started to feel better and I was able to get into a little grove to the finish. No goals this week for mileage. So we will see how that goes...

5.8 miles on the treadmill tonight. Got into some old skool Motley Crue videos on youtube. Rocked them for a while longer than I originally planned on staying on the machine. #girlsgirlsgirls #kickstartmyheart #wildside

4.4 mile warmup to Stucki

4.7 mile tempo

5.8 mile cooldown

Tried to hit a good tempo this morning... It had rained through the night which was awesome but it made it crazy humid and muggy. On the warm up I was dripping wet. But was still positive I could pull of something in the tempo.

5:39, 5:25, 5:22, 5:40, 5:40 for the .7

So I started off pretty smooth but then felt the legs kind of want to go. I let them. Logan was close through 2 miles but at 3 I couldn't hear him anymore. Then when I got to the U turn onto the trail I looked back and saw no one... I knew something was up. But thought I'd keep rolling since I was feeling ok. Got through mile 4 and felt pretty good on the trail. Then went past the power plant and in the lights couldn't see the guys at all. Once I got to the main road below Costco I was worried and stopped. Waited for a second then turned around to go see what was up. Logan came shortly and said he decided to shut it down. It was crazy muggy... like HELLAMUGGY. And none of us were recovered or ready for tempo after our marathon on Saturday. Dave came a little later and he was done tempoing too. So from there on back we just ran and pulled the plug on doing more "tempo". Overall I did feel pretty good. Could have kept it rolling for another couple for sure. But sometimes you just feel like enough is enough. #learntoliveanotherday

7 more miles this evening. Temps were doable with cloudy skis and a breeze. Just took it pretty EZ.

144 lbs this moring and 145 lbs tonight.

DC loop. Was slow and had a hard time finding any flow. Ran into Stephen ALHPAF on the trail about the time I started kind of getting something going. After stopping and chatting with him I was agian slow and stayed that way through the finish. Looks like rain... but nothing yet.

3.5 miles on the treadmill

20 min's on the spinbike to loosen up the legs... mostly the quads.

a few here and there. busy day. off to Torrey.

Warmed up by riding from Torrey up to the pool for 8.5 miles with the headlight. Used my sweet Ogio tri bag and hauled the rest of my gear up too. Then ran 2.2 miles before the race started at 7 a.m. Temps were 55F. Nice to run in. But cold coming out of the water. However the pool was warm.

The swim was kind of hard/sucky/idk. Sucked in way too much water on all the turns. Havent swam since STG 70.3 in 2013. But it was short and finally got over. I was second out of the pool. Passed the lead guy in transition but a chick passed both of us and she was first off on the bike.

The bike was an out and back 8 mile rolling hill course. I passed the girl after .05 miles. Tried to just ride as hard as possible. Knowing that if I killed the bike... even if I died. No one would out run me. In the end I put about 4 min's on the other riders chasing on the bike course.

Hit the run pretty solid too. Having had zero tri training with bike and running mixed the legs turned over pretty good. I didn't have a watch or garmin all day so there are no splits, overall time... nothing. forgot to charge. Ended up winning by around 10 min's. Then did some more running to cool down and road back to Torrey. So a ride, run, swim, ride, run, ride type morning.

Had fun. Entry was $5 and I got $15 for winning. So I guess I'm worth about $10 an hour for my efforts.

6 more miles tonight up Sandcreek and around Torrey. Temps are lovely.

Got up to Loa in time to do about 9 miles to warm up. Then the kids race started first so I got in another waiting. It's so very hard for me to run good here. The elevation of the race is from 7,100-7,300 ish. First mile climbs out out town. After about .6 into the race I started to feel totally "DEAD". Like done. Really struggled to even finish. Won but didn't have much of a field of seasoned runners to outrun.

Entry was $10. For winning I got a year of free entry to Wayne High sports activities... Not much use to me in STG. So I sold it to a friends dad for $30. A good deal for him and some spending cash for me to buy lunch with. :)

Went to the parade after where my Grandma who is 97 year old was honored as the Grand Marshal and the oldest living graduate from WHS. As WHS is celebrating it's 100 years... She graduated in 1935. The had her ride in a Razor side-by-side for the parade. She wore some cute white gloves like a princess. She was cute. I love her. She's actually my great-grandma but I lived with her and my great grandpa in high school. She's a trooper and a half. My kids have a great great grandma alive and still living by her self. Goes up and down stairs... steep stairs too. sheisawesome. highergenes

50.4 mile bike ride this afternoon with my friend Rocky. It was fun for us to ride here in the valley of our youth. It was hot and sunny though as we didn't get out until about 3p.m. I'm kind of sun burnt from a full day in the sun. The ride was pretty chill. like 19 mph avg.