It's Thursday and I've gotten in one swim for 3500 yards and a 34 mile bike ride.
I've decided to make this somewhat of a rest week as it's been rainy, humid, I've been tired, and been trying to medicate and ice a nagging shin splint. That leaves 3 good training weeks before the triangle triathlon. I'll hit it hard for the next two and do a mini taper in week 3.
I went on the Cycling Spoken Here group ride tonight. I've been skipping this ride lately, opting for doing intervals alone. But keeping with the blow off week I'm having, I thought it would be fun. I had a great time! In my absence, they raised the bar from a 17 - 18 pace to a 19.1 average. There was a great group of folks tonight, including one of the swim coaches from OSB multisport whom I swim with occasionally. And I was able to lead and pull a good portion of the ride. I was up front in the peloton (wanted to throw that word in for fun) for most of the ride, and did well in the hills. I guess, the interval work has been paying off. We ended up averaging around 19.4 for the ride.
Hopefully, here's what's in store for the rest of the week.
Friday 6 AM swim practice (I'm not a morning person)
Saturday Serious brick, I'm thinking bike - Run, Bike - Run and maybe a PM swim workout. Gonna hit some hard intervals on the bike.
Sunday: CSH group ride again....Social ride 18.24 mph average.
