It was one of those days when I should have just stayed in bed....
I was up all night with the rain, thinking about how scared I was to run the Ironman course in the wee small hours of the morning...especially after the bike! I had invited a friend to run with me, so that I wouldn't be alone (not allowed to run by myself in the dark), but I kept wishing we would get rained out and not be able to do it. By 3AM, having not slept AT ALL, I decided I should just text her in the morning and sleep in. But when the alarm went off at 5:00, I was wide awake and it wasn't raining, so I decided I'd better just do the run, then come home and sleep for the rest of the morning. Ben and I drove to the rec center and hopped on the bike to get started. My plan was to bike 30 minutes, then run 10 miles of the course. But I had barely started when my friend called and said she was too tired and was not going to make it! Which means I couldn't run, because Ben had to go to work, and I'd be alone. Well, I didn't want to get too many miles on the bike and wear myself out for the week, so I decided to do the 30 minutes I had planned, then head over to the Zumba class while Ben finished his ride. I waited for 15 minutes over there, but the Zumba instructor never showed up, so I felt like my morning was a complete waste!
Luckily, Ben agreed to meet me at lunch to run with me. So even though it was mid-day and very humid, I was able to get my IM course run in...only 8.4 miles, but it was enough. I was averaging about a 10:30 on the way up the hill, and 8:00-8:30 on the way down...probably a little faster than I'll be doing the actual Ironman at, but I felt pretty good about the run as a whole, and glad to get to know the course a little better. Our total time was 1:20:11.
This evening we swam 2500 yards at the SHAC... :D | 