Today I got out for a great ride. 101 miles in total. The week has had its ups and downs. Fantastic race last weekend, good day of training on tuesday with 70 miles and 2 miles swimming. yesterday was a complete waste of a run. wanted to run 8-10 miles, got to 3 and turned around to go home, ended up walking the majority of the way back. i usually have about one or two of those days a year when i think that i should go for a run but my body has other ideas. oh well, it was a nice walk.
today's ride made up for yesterday. 101 miles and I negative split the second 50. its not so much that i went faster the second half, but rather that i had a game plan to go out smart, and leave enough in the tank to get home feeling good. mission accomplished. notes when compared to last year's century ride around the same time - no knee pain, went faster this year. while going faster is nice, i am more excited about how my knees feel right now. last year at the end of the 100 miles every stroke was painful....fast forward to the ironman last year....every pedal stroke after about mile 70 was irritatingly painful. maybe this is a good sign.
i have spent the past hour eating and rehydrating...i love these long work outs. i'll try to run again tomorrow.
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