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4 mile recovery run

10 MTB miles on the Germania Dirt Path with Ry :). I am getting used to the clips and only took one spill today!!!! :) Weather was beautiful. LOVED IT!!!!! 

1 warm up mile and then 9 with AP 8:06.

Felt like garbage this morning. Trying to figure out why. Here are the possible reasons:

1. I am getting sick (I have a headache and felt "cloudy" and a bit nauseated throughout the run -- kinda stupid that I not only kept going but that I tried to push myself.).

2. I have been eating EXTREMELY POORLY since finals. I keep telling myself that I am on break and that I will get back to my good eating habits on January 1st. I have decided that I cannot wait ... getting back to healthy foods today.

3. The mountain biking is taking more of a toll on me than I expected. My legs have felt heavy and tired.

4. The Christmas tri took more out of me than I thought and I am still recovering. :)

Really hoping it is #4!!!! :)

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week! :) 

60 minutes upright bike, ~ 15 miles (Hills plus/Around the World/6)

1 mile swim, 36:xx 

15 miles, AP 8:16

*Did my long run today because I am mtb'ing with Ry tomorrow and doing a New Year's Eve tri with Annie on Saturday. :) 

*Ry and I are leaving for Red Rock on Monday ... so looking forward to a lot of trail runs, mountain biking and golfing! Can hardly wait!!! :) :) :) 

75 minutes mtb'ing with Ry. :)

SO SO SO much fun!!! I think the mountain bike purchase was one of the best purchases Ry and I have ever made. I LOVE mountain biking!!! Remarkably, I did not fall one single time!!! I got my flu shot today, but I am fairly certain that I was injected with a magical "anti-falling mad mountain biking skillz"  elixir instead (and for a mere 20 bucks)!! Ry had two wipe-outs! He should have been injected!  (Of course he takes far more risks than I do so would have needed a much higher potency, probably 40 bucks worth.) Sure enough we hit the spots where I usually fall 5 or 6 times today. No problems! I am pretty sure that I have moved up one notch on the awesomeness meter!!! ;)

.71 miles running on my TM (making it possible for me to hit exactly 1800 running miles for the year after the 10K I will run as part of tomorrow's tri). :)

Happy New Year's Eve Olympic Tri with Annie (while Rylee and Nic played a little b-ball)!!! :) 

Seriously ... name another sister-in-law tradition than is cooler than doing an Olympic tri every holiday? I am SO SO SO lucky to have the coolest SIL in the entire world!!! :) :) :)

spin bike: ~40K/24.8 miles, 1:15:xx

run: 10K/6.2 miles, 47:03 (very happy with this time)

swim: 1.5K/.94 miles, 34:xx

*** HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE EVERYONE!!! HAVE FUN!!!! ***