I think that I have my computer problems worked out. I installed a new power supply and my computer booted up right away so I’m hopeful anyway. Sorry that I haven’t been around much. Man, did I have a lot of catch up reading to do. :) You guys need to not post so much while I’m “away”. ;)

Anyway, my first peak week has come and gone. I got my two necessary “breakthrough” workouts in. The first of which was a long (2 hour) run. I was going to post my Polar graph of my run, but it didn’t quite turn out as well as I’d hoped. Oh well. While I was out there plodding along I saw what looked like my good friend on the path just 50 yards ahead of me or so. He must have just turned around and I was coming up behind him from a different route. I didn’t know for sure if that was him as there are plenty of people on the path with shorts, a sleeveless shirt and hat, but it looked like him from his gait. So I started running a little bit faster hoping to gain on him so we could chat for the mile or two section of road that was ahead of us. Now, for those that have been reading for a while, you all know I’m certainly no gazelle. That added to the fact that I’m at about mile 10 of my long run and my friend has run a 3:07 marathon already this year. I don’t know why I decided to even attempt this at all, but I did. I estimate that I started running somewhere between 7:30-7:45 pace in my attempt to catch him and he was still slowly pulling away from me. Try as I might, he just kept getting smaller and smaller as he got further and further away. It was a sad, hopeless feeling, but he’s sure due for a great day in Wisconsin this year. :) All in all, it was a good run. I negative split my second loop by almost five minutes! I’m glad that my running speed hasn’t suffered too much from my injuries this season. Only time will tell where my running endurance stands. I still haven’t run more than 15 miles straight at this point.

I went longer than I probably should have on my second BT workout last week. I ended up doing an 82 mile ride followed by a 3 mile run. The 82 miles seemed harder and more tiring than some of my longer rides this year, but at an average pace of 19.6 MPH, I was fine with that. That’s my fastest average speed for a long ride to date. I clipped off those three miles is just over 8 minute mile pace. If I can hold anything around 10 minute pace come Ironman, I’ll be ecstatic!

Peak week two is here and I’m a little unsure of what I should be doing. It seems hardly worth strapping on my bike shoes if I’m not riding for at least an hour, nor lacing up my running shoes for just 30 minutes of running. My body in still in “Go go go!” mode and not used to all this rest. And certainly my appetite is still in “go” mode! That’s going to be the biggest challenge this next two weeks.