milestones

i guess it has been too long. i have been spending most of my time either eating, sleeping, training, or working. the past week has been tough as i basically worked every single day, was getting home late from work, and was just tired.

but nonetheless it was a big breakthrough week for me. in past 5 days i have upped the ante with my riding and running. this week marked the longest distances so far - 15.5 miles running and 83 miles on the bike.

the ride was actually really nice. started out in glenview and headed all the way north. eventually ended up across the state line in wisconsin. i have always wanted to ride my bike to wisconsin, now i guess i can check that one off the list. a little less anti-climatic that i thought it might be. riding back was into a nice little headwind. somehow we missed all of the storms because when we got back there was an evil line of storms at the wisco border. oh yea, that was yesterday, i'm still hungry.

the 15.5 mile run was earlier in the week. i had tried to go for a 13.2 the week before but guessed wrong on the distance. crap. i was mad so i just figured i would overestimate a little to ensure that i didn't miss the miles this time. managed to keep an average HR around 144 for the entire run which was the lowest that it has been all year. i hope that is a good thing

i still have to get into the lake. yea it will be cold but i just need to get into the lake. maybe this evening if it isn't raining. i guess if it is raining then i will just swim inside. i need to loosen up after that 83 mile ride yesterday.

um 85 days.

um, need to figure out nutrition

um, what have i gotten myself into

luckily no nightmares or lying awake in bed not being able to fall asleep yet.

3 overnights of work, training is usually sub-optimal on that schedule, we'll see what happens.