Yesterday was my long training day. I woke up at 5:45 and heard rain...most people would turn the alarm off and go back to sleep (it did cross my mind). I went ahead and got up and fixed my normal breakfast. Coconut Flax Seed Granola w/ unsweetened almond milk, a thin whole wheat toasted bagel with peanut butter.
I'm trying some new supplements from Hammer Nutrition which seemed to work great and I could really tell a difference yesterday with my nutrition and ride. I always take my normal: Race Caps Supreme and Endurance Amino. Yesterday I added to the mix, Anti-Fatigue Caps and Energy Surge. I also took 1 Perpetuem Solid at 3 hours, 4.5 hours and 6. Hammer Nutrition says these "minimize lean muscle tissue cannibalization" but they also have about 35-40 calories in each tablet. It's a huge horse pill that you chew up, but the flavor is pretty good and it feels like you're eating something (I was already starving around 3 hours into the ride. I also had 2 bottles of water with FIZZ and 1 bottle of HEED which I only drank about half.
I started out the ride around 7am (I was waiting for a little daylight) and it was a steady rain and about 65 degrees (It was pretty cold). I did a familiar route through Watkinsville and rode a 20 mile loop 2x which at that point I was drenched and needed to go to the bathroom. I looped around back to my house and then it started to downpour. I ran inside, used the bathroom, through my bike shirt in the dyer and put my bike on the trainer and continued pedaling. I pedaled for about 10 miles and then the rain let up a little so I went back outside to hopefully ride the last 50 miles. I was feeling great and really tried to watch my nutrition especially not over doing the nutrition which in my case leads to feeling sluggish. I remember at mile 90 feeling great and thinking only 10 miles to go, this isn't too bad. I miscalculated coming back home so I ended up riding 104 miles total and my time was slower then I wanted but I didn't go as fast with all the rain and wet roads. It took me about 7 hours total to ride. Today I woke up with only my neck and shoulders sore with being in the aero position for 7 hours.
I'm actually looking forward to doing the Beast Brick in a few weeks....120 miles with a Run to follow.
The past 2 weeks looked like this:
Sunday - 3100 yards pool, 60 min run
Monday - 80 min bike trainer, 1900 yards pool
Tuesday - 2 hour run
Wednesday - Lift weights, 1600 yard swim
Thursday - 30 min run
Friday - Race Simulation (30 min swim, 4 hour bike, 1 hour run)
Saturday - Rest
Monday - 80 min bike trainer, lift weights
Tuesday - 2 hour run
Wednesday - 80 min bike trainer, 1600 yard swim
Thursday - 1800 yards pool, 30 min run
Friday - 100 mile bike ride
Saturday - Rest
2 Months, 30 Days til IM Arizona 140.6
