The scene at the airport

Cal Tri about to go wheels up SFO -> ATL. Super pumped!! Nationals here we come! 

Shiny legs

Tonight I made maybe the biggest commitment to the sport since buying a carbon bike - I shaved my legs. Immediate thoughts: AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

The Taper is Working

Feeling fresh and even restless today. The taper is definitely working. Still some soreness in my left calf, but stretching and rolling in the next few days should take care of that. At this point, all the hard work is done! Here's what the week looks like:

Tuesday and Wednesday: little bit of all three sports each day, shake out, get loose, a couple speed efforts. Just to stay sharp.

Thursday: travel and rest day

Friday: put bike together and ride in Clemson, swim at the race venue, and some running strides 

Saturday: RACE DAY

All week: stretch, roll, practice transitions, visualize, in bed by 10.

This is gonna be fun! And I got a new toy, just in time: 

It's been a while...

I've been away from the blog for a while. Two of the hardest weeks of training I can remember, with a lot of real life stress on top. But I made it to taper time and that's feeling great. Rode 1:30 today with 3x10 at race pace. Got home and felt like I had just warmed up. Makes me feel really good about my fitness. Time to just take care of the body and keep things lose for next week.

Been so lucky to be part of this team this year. Can't wait to race alongside these guys in Clemson next week!

Big shoutout to Kevin Karr - running Boston on Monday. No doubt he's gonna have a great marathon. This guy is a killer athlete AND knows how to run smart. Have fun out there!

 

Pain Train

Usually don't go to the team workout on Tuesday - it's a team trainer. Hard to justify leaving work early to drive my bike and trainer down to a parking lot and ride there. Lot of effort for something I can do on my own before/after work.

But yesterday was a workout called Pain Train - basically Brick repeats. 10 minutes at 40k TT pace on the trainer, transition, run up the hill to the track, and do a mile at 10k pace. Repeat 3x. Definitely a hard workout, but a fun one, and a great one for getting the legs ready to run off the bike. I gotta say, even the portions on the trainer were a lot of fun. 

Feeling it in the legs today, but in a good way. Working hard to stay on top of nutrition too. Volume and intensity have both been high recently and trying to make sure I'm giving my body enough to keep going. 

3.5 weeks to Clemson....