Another Century in the Bank
I got another century in the books for the season. The plan is to do three during this base block and another couple next block with maybe a full 112 (or more) next block as well. In the previous years, that seemed to be good enough to get me into T2 without feeling too trashed. But back to the ride… I had one of my best centuries today! It was more less a “no chain” day with no real discomfort until somewhere around 85-90 miles. And really, that was more saddle discomfort than aerobic or muscular discomfort and all you can really do for that is ride more. Low HRs and better than anticipated speeds made just for an awesome ride all around! I attribute the success to my two plates of spaghetti I had last night. It’s the most I’ve eaten in probably two weeks. Give a starving body some food and it’ll reward you, I suppose.
In other news, I’ve been debating what to do with myself next weekend. The options are (1) going to Vegas, (2) an IM camp (in Madison) hosted by local coaches, or (3) a 1/2 IM. I’m heavily leaning towards option #3 at this point since #1 will likely make my fitness move backwards in a rapid direction and #2, while fun, is a rather expensive trip and I’m not sure I really want to make the drive out to Madison for the weekend (#35 on 50 Things). Doing the 1/2 means that I need to take one day off work this week to get my other century in because I won’t sacrifice a 100 mile ride for a 1/2. But I have a day or so to spare as I get more vacation than Carol does and she’s completely tapped out already. I’m thinking I’ll wait until Tuesday to see what the extended forecast for the weekend looks like and make my decision then?
What else… oh! I totally caved and went out last night at 9:30 pm to buy a couple bags of Jalapeno chips. I couldn’t take the craving anymore - it was killing me! I was fairly good though. I’ve had two servings since then and I haven’t hit the bottom of the first bag yet which is impressive for me!
That’s about it I guess. Maybe another hour or so of working out tomorrow, but just some junk miles to get my volume a little higher for the week. Oh yeah! And it’s totally my friend’s birthday tomorrow. If you recall back to this post, I granted myself a free meal for this day - guilt free. Woohoo!! I get to eat something besides fruit or Subway! :)
Have a great rest of the weekend!