As I continue to train, I can't believe it's now less than 8 weeks to Florida 70.3. One of my major changes over the past 4 weeks has been my eating and especially breakfast. I really didn't ever eat before workouts. Now, I try to eat around 700 calories before heading out to the gym or jumping on the trainer at home. That means I'm getting up 30 minutes earlier (the alarm goes off at 3:29am). It has made a huge difference in my sustainability and endurance in my workouts! I have also added Chia Seed and Flax Seed to my daily diet. I am riding almost everyday now as I will have a heavy dose of bike riding and then transition to more running. The last thing before my race will be heavy swimming (which is less stressful on the body).
Last Saturday I had a great outdoor bike ride. I started in the morning around 7:30am right when it got daylight and rode for a solid 3 hours. I ended up going 50.4 miles with an average of 16.5 or so mph. I was really pleased with my time and distance. I actually felt great after the ride and could have went farther. This Saturday I am scheduled to ride 3:15 hours, then the next week - 3:30, and so on, all the way up to 4 hours. After my bike ride I have to run around 30 minutes. This was pretty difficult last Saturday as my legs were wobbly after being on the bike that long. It took me a good mile into the run before I felt 'normal' again. On Saturday's workout I took 1 bottle with 2 Fizz's and 1 bottle with Heed, this seemed to help.
8 weeks to go and still feeling strong...at least at the moment.
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