In the BANK!

First off... check out this piece by J.D. Casten!  He's been in a rut apparently... but I'm thinkin a "rut" is all relative.  I like this one... particularly b/c the Buddha is sitting a little crooked... how Zen is THAT?  Cool stuff J.D.!

Had a GREAT sunny weekend!  Unfortunately for me, Saturday I had a swim workout... INDOORS!  Just figures huh?  I got some sun mowing the lawn though!  The swim was a total of 3,000 yds. and combined some 25 and 50 yd sprints with 10 seconds rest as a pre-set as well as 7 X 300 yd at the fastest pace I could sustain.  Yeah... that hurt.  I held a 1:19 pace for all but the last one!  The last one I held a 1:10/100 yds and almost lost my cookies... literally.  It was bitchin.

Saturday consisted of a 3 hour ride followed by a 25 min run off the bike.  The weather was perfect for a longish ride... sunny to partly cloudy and mild.  Coach Liz had me choose a really hilly route and told me to "attack" the shorter hills out of the saddle and to sit back in the saddle and grind out the longer hills at 50-60 rpms.  Two points to that... leg strength AND learning how to work with my PowerTap and what different inclines/cadences/paces do to my power.  Overall I covered 52 miles with my buddy Scott and got some REALLY good work done on the hills.  The run off the bike was fine... I clocked a 6:45 fist mile in low Zone 3... happy with that.  Legs felt fresh-ish despite the hilly ride.

Heading into a fairly high intensity week ending in a 4 hour ride on Saturday.  My run tomorrow?  Liz has hill repeats prescribed and has told me, and I quote, "the last 2 hills are totally out of control: just work that hill hard and make that hill your bitch.  Yes, I just said that."  Is that HILARIOUS or WHAT?  I love that girl!  And I will work that hill... heck... maybe I'll even puke.

Happy training...

Breathe...