Something New (WW #42)

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Monday -- Strength
Tuesday -- Rest
Wednesday -- Rest
Thursday -- 4 Miles + Strength (A New Plank PR!)
Friday --  Rest
Saturday -- Water Skiing
Sunday -- Brick: 15 bike / 2 run + Yard Work

My Incredible Medal came in the mail.  Level Up does an Incredible job with their designs.  I really like the ribbon on this one too.  Since I ran 3 half marathons in April, I chose to run this virtual race as a weekday easy-effort training run.  That is what's so great about these.  You pick the date and time that is convenient for you.  They also give you a large window of opportunity to get it done!

Our middle son graduated high school Tuesday night and we had several events to attend this week.  I must say PoPo and I are very proud.  He worked incredibly hard to get everything he wanted (and deserved!) in college placement and scholarships.  I'm also currently short-staffed at work, so all of this made for a really busy week.  Coupled with the fact that I.Am.Tired. there wasn't much activity until the weekend.  There were two local races I could have participated in Saturday morning, but I just didn't have the energy or motivation.  Actually, the ultimate deciding factor was the weather.  At 6 am, it was 72 degrees--with haze and 90% humidity.  {OMG--Pass! Go back to sleep!}  But on Saturday afternoon, this happened...

While I was skiing, a beautiful bald eagle circled over my head.  I thought that was pretty cool.  As usual, PoPo and I stopped on the way home from the lake at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants. Has anyone else tried an Italian Margarita?  {Funny--it's at the Mexican restaurant!}

On Sunday, I decided to attempt my first ever brick workout.  I'm eyeing a little duathlon next month and wanted to see what it felt like to run right off of the bike.  Could I do it?  Well, now I know.  I already admire you triathletes so much, but now I have an even higher respect.  It's tough, but I did it.  Once you figure out your legs will indeed hold you up, it's gets slightly easier.

My brick workout was 15 miles on the bike (15.2 mph) and 2 miles running (9:43 pace).   It was already well over 80 degrees by the time I hit my run.  Toasty.  The duathlon cycling miles will be shorter, but I figured it would be wise to train biking more miles (creating "tired-er" legs) and hopefully the shorter distance on race day would feel easier.   However, what scares me the most is riding with other cyclists.   EEK!

I need some tips for my first duathlon!

Did anyone race this week?

And that's a wrap!



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