On the road to BOSTON!

10 mile bike- first 5 out at 13 mph..taking it easy, the legs were sore from the weekend run. On the return 5 I pushed it harder trying to catch some road bikers....didn't catch them but stayed even with them. That leg was 17 mph. Then changed shoes and went for a run, 3 1/2 miles at 8:20 pace. First mile was 8:52...legs very tired then moved the final 2 1/2 at 8:06 pace. Came home and had some time so I went back out for 5 more miles on the bike-

19 mile bike- 15.5 mph then 3.50 mile run @ 8:12 pace

same 19 mile bike as yesterday but at 16.25 mph- pushed harder today to get a better workout. First 7 1/4 miles were at 13 mph up many hills so that last 12 I had to push pretty hard to move the overall average up.

Finished the bike and took off running- ran just short of 3 miles with a 7:20 pace. 8:10 / 6:46/ 6:47.

I love what the biking is doing for my overall running. My cadence is going up and the hills are much easier to keep a good pace on with the upper legs getting worked out on the bike- I have been considering buying a road bike but I think for now the mountain bike is giving me a great workout.

21 mile bike ride- took it a bit easier than yesterday. Wanting to let the leg muscles begin to heal from all the work the past few weeks. 15 1/4mph (mountain bike)

8 miles this morning. I did some warmup and cool down distance with speed walking- tryin to make sure that the shins stay feeling good:

8:51/ 8:00/ 7:47/ 7:49/ 6:48/ 6:21 average pace 7:36

the last two miles I ran .20 to.30 at a time with a slight recover walk-

Ran the Enterprise 10k this morning- great to see the bloggers kicking butt. Sorry guys for being such a wimp! Ran a 43:00 PR Still don't feel great about my running, had to take a few walk breaks after 4.50 miles. 6:19/ 6:36/ 6:42/ 7:19/ 7:49/ 7:51  7:06 average. After a pancake breakfast I rode my bike from the 10h start home by way of Gunlock - 48 miles averaged 18 miles per hour

Just downloaded my Garmin- made me sick- in the last 2.1 miles I walked 8 times adding up to 3:50 in walking time. So if I would have had the will to complete the stupid race and not be a wimp I should have ran under 40:00. When I was at the 4 mile mark I looked and thought I just might be able to and then I lost the will--------need to train better! At least I k=now know that it is possible if I could gut it up to break the 40 minute mark...someday