When I woke up this morning, I felt terrible...a little headachy and very tired. I met up with some of the tri-club to bike the Ironman course, but I knew I was in trouble when less than 3 miles into the ride, my legs were already shaking from fatigue! That was funny. Well, I just kept telling myself that I could turn around at any time if I needed to, and I brought up the rear of the group. About 20 miles into the ride, I caught up with my running coach, Dennis, who was doing the same loop but had started at a different location...and catching him just seemed to make all the difference in the world! Once I passed him and knew I was not the last one on the ride, I felt much better and more relaxed, and was able to finish my ride with confidence. It isn't that I need to be ahead of others to fuel my ego, it's just that I feel afraid that I will break down and no one will know if I'm the last one in the group. I finished the 56.8 mile ride in 3:36:31...a nice sow pace, but good enough to finish the Ironman in time.
After the ride, I switched to my running shoes and hit the road, but everything was screaming at me and I was already over-heated, so instead of doing the planned 50 minute run, I only ran 2.2 miles in 20:11. I was going to stop at 2 miles, but my caloric burn was under 200, so I pushed it just a little bit further...haha! :D | 