I can do it!

Ben and I decided to do an easy ride on our mountain bikes, just to loosen up our legs a little.  It was fun!  :D

Ben and I had a nice recovery workout this morning.  We got up early, drove to the Rec Center, then ran 3.2 miles around Downtown Saint George.  We finished the run in 28:31.  After that, we went to an hour of spin class.  I cycled for 58:30, finishing 15.5 miles.  :D

This morning I loaded up the trailer on my mountain bike and towed my 3-year-old to the rec center for Zumba!  It's slightly uphill all the way there, which made a nice warm-up for the class...I had a really good sweat!  Then we rode back home.

This afternoon I went to the track for speed work with Coach Dennis.  It was 95 degrees out there, and I had to quit a little bit early because I was overheating.  Still, I was able to get in 4 x 100 at 0:19, 2 x 200 at 0:46, and 1 x 800 at 8:00.  Total with warm-up and cool-down was 4.1 miles in 34:59.  I'm going to be sore!  :D

Ben and I got up early for spin class...I did 20 miles in 55:56.  That's my rest day!  :D

I decided that I'd better try out my legs this morning...oooo!  Still sore from Tuesday's track work.  So I just did a 20 minute recovery jog, covering 2.15 miles.

This evening I got together with my friend Kim to do the Ironman Loop through Gunlock and Veyo.  Kim is a much slower rider than me, which forced me to keep it easy...exactly what I needed!  I had forgotten what it feels like to just relax and enjoy the scenery!  Don't get me wrong - I LOVE riding fast, too, but it was nice to change it up and just do a "fun" ride with no pressure to perform.  I almost left my garmin at home so that I wouldn't feel the need to get a better time, but I didn't.  Kim ended up with a flat on the Veyo hill, and we were running out of daylight, so she called for a ride and I ended up pedalling my guts out to get back to her house before dark...I barely made it!  I did a total of 37 miles on the bike in 2:32:04.  That last 15 miles of speedy downhill work brought my average up to 14.6 - haha!  :D

Today is a rest day to get ready for tomorrow's workout - but I loaded up the baby in the trailer on my mountain bike anyway and rode to the gym for a cardio circuit class....never been to that class before.  It was probably a bad idea - the teacher must have had us do about 250 squats!  I finally stopped doing them, thinking about my already sore legs and the run/bike I have planned for tomorrow.  This is going to be interesting... :S

I met up with some of my girlfriends for a 10 mile run down the marathon course early this morning.  My legs are toast, so I wasn't sure how I was going to do, or if it was even a good idea to try, so I told the girls NOT to let me run off ahead like I usually do!  We had a new runner there, Marcie, and she was slower than everyone else, so I ran with her.  We ended up doing the 10 miles in 1:37:32, so it wasn't too bad a run at all, even though I felt fantastic by the end!

After the run, Kim and I jumped on our bikes to do a 20-miler...but Kim had tire issues again within the first 4 miles, so I ended up biking alone the rest of the way.  Because of my sore legs, I changed my plan from biking the Snow Canyon Loop to just doing an out-and-back towards Gunlock...still hilly, but not the 5 miles of straight, steep climbing that the canyon is.  I was able to bike faster alone, so I finished with 20.5 miles in 1:11:16.  I would have gone longer, but I had time constraints with my chaufeurring responsibilities at home.  Funny - I don't feel like I had much of a workout today...but it looks good on paper!  :D