Gainesville
Well, you knew it was gonna happen eventually: The Hangover workout. For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to stay out until 4, going hard the whole time up to and including chugging White Zin out of a plastic bag. And in addition to several drunk texts to various people, I somehow managed to text Justin "Hey, I'm pretty fucked up and going to bed now. So if you wanna go later than 10:30, that's cool." He was hapy to hear it, and showed up around noon for the workout. I drank a ton of water and Gatorade, and did my Advil/Sudafed/Lipodrene stack with breakfast, so I actualyl felt pretty good heading out to run.
Run - 60 Minutes
2 Lipodrene
2 Sudafed
I like running with Justin, because while he runs faster than I do, he keeps his pace with me as one I can keep too. I'm not sure if this is the case, or I"m just getting to be a better runner. Justin had to be at work at 4, so we opted to cut the run a little short. We didn't do the whole campus loop, instead running down University to 2nd past the Law school. This is usually my 45 minute run, but when we got to my usual turnaround, we had only been out 20 minutes. So the pace he kept it at was defintely a faster clip. As he said "I bet I save you a solid 2 minutes on the Ironman." If I keep up this pace, it'll be a lot more than that.
And the hill was tough going back up 2nd, but I didn't chop my steps at all so I could keep up. The heat wasn't feeling nearly as brutal as it has in the past, although the weather said it was just as hot. (Except that day it was 104). All in all the run went very well, and we got back in under an hour to do a quick bike transition.
Bike - 2 Hours
Took a gel and drank a bunch of Gatorade while we transitioned at the apartment. Again, because Justin had to be at work at 4, my dream of a shady, car-free Hawthorne ride was shot because he had to drop his shit off at Campus Lodge on the ride. Basically, we ended up riding Williston to 34th, then back to our old friend 441. After being off the bike since Monday, I felt great pedaling down. So great, in fact, I let Justin pull the whole way down to Micanopy, which made for a very pleasant ride. But I started feeling a little light-headed about 5 minutes into the ride.
First I though dehydration, but that wasn't it. Then I thought maybe it was my being a little sick, but I had no other symptoms. Then I started feeling a burn in my quads as we went up a hill, but oddly the burn felt good. The only time my body ever feels like this is when I'm on massive amounts of stimulants, or ecstasy. Serisouly, like every sensation just feels awesome. The wind on the bike course felt awesome. Any time my leg brushed the bike frame, it felt awesome. And let me tell you, biking with a body buzz is pretty fucking cool. We turned it around at Cafe Risque and here I took the lead.
Now my computer is broken, but as Trevor has told me you know your body and how certain speeds feel, and with my quads having orgasms every time I pushed them harder (kinda like those girls who get off on being smacked around, but slightly less fun)I'm pretty sure I was doing a solid 23-25 a good part of the way back. Really, it was incredible. Just pushing yourself faster every hill and every straightaway, and feeling great while you did it. It didn't hurt I got a good 50-minute warmup drafting behind Justin, and had enough energy to just go balls out for the ride back. I also might have had a little ephedrine in my system, I know. Justin kept up with me, which I have to say was a little surprising. I've dropped him on bikes before when I've pushed it, but he was right there behind me all the way back to 34th. He did tell me, though, when we turned "I don't think I've ever worked that hard drafting before." I felt a little bad, but I'm not gonna lie, I kinda smiled.
The slowdown actually kidna killed the body buzz, as I think I wasn't flooding my brain with adrenaline as I had been for the previous hour and a half. Still made it back from Micanopy in about 8 minutes less than it took me to get down. The whole ride ended up being slightly under 2 hours because of it, but whatever. If you're out there less time because you hauled ass back, you deserve it. Dare I say, this ride was up there with that hour I keep up with Trevor as my best ride of the cycle. And it came after an hour of running in the sun. Hungover.
Yeah, I'm definitely getting there.
Showing posts with label run/bike brick. Show all posts
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
T19 - Revenge on the Children - Bike/Run Brick
Gainesville.
I had to go to court this morning to try and get the ridiculous $444 fine I got for speeding in a school zone knocked down. Seriously, why does the presence of children mean I have to fork over half my Cosmo money because I was going a blazing 25 MPH where they little dumb shits might be too stupid to look when they cross the street. Fuck kids. If you don't have any, you shouldn't have to ever be inconvenienced by them. If it didn't mean taking weeks off of training, I'd make my vasectomy appointment today.
That all being said, my original plan had been to get up and run before court, but as I am unable to fall asleep early when I know I have to be up early, that didn't so much happen. And because I wanted to be on the road to Miami by 2, I had to brick the bike and run even though I didn't want or need to.
Bike - 60 minutes
2 Lipodrene
Pretty average bike ride, though I have come to the conclusion that workouts that aren't pushing a new level, I mentally do not take as seriously as training days. Like workouts this week are "recovery" so I'm not giving it the full motivation it deserves.
The only notable thing about this ride was on my way back, when some family of four (2 kids) was taking up the whole bike path as I was down in aero going about 19.5. The kids didn't seem to want to move out of the way, and given my disgust with children from the morning's court appearance, I said "Fuck it. If they're too stupid to get out of my way, they get what they deserve." I accelerated towards the family and just as I got up to the little boy, he ducked out of the way to avoid injury. Goopd for him. I would not have stopped had I hit him either. Look where the fuck you're going kid, or better still don't bring your little brats out on a course where people are training. We don't want them there.
Run - 45 minutes
Took a gel and did the run. Again, the sun was very hot, and again I felt like I was going to wilt. It's going to pay off when I get to cooler weather though, as even during short bouts of cloud cover, I feel like I can go a lot faster. I used the iPod here, for reasons I don't even know, and I need to start disciplining myself away from it better. I'd been doing a good job, but I think I've used it on 3 out of my last 4 runs. Not good. Should be the other way around.
I had to go to court this morning to try and get the ridiculous $444 fine I got for speeding in a school zone knocked down. Seriously, why does the presence of children mean I have to fork over half my Cosmo money because I was going a blazing 25 MPH where they little dumb shits might be too stupid to look when they cross the street. Fuck kids. If you don't have any, you shouldn't have to ever be inconvenienced by them. If it didn't mean taking weeks off of training, I'd make my vasectomy appointment today.
That all being said, my original plan had been to get up and run before court, but as I am unable to fall asleep early when I know I have to be up early, that didn't so much happen. And because I wanted to be on the road to Miami by 2, I had to brick the bike and run even though I didn't want or need to.
Bike - 60 minutes
2 Lipodrene
Pretty average bike ride, though I have come to the conclusion that workouts that aren't pushing a new level, I mentally do not take as seriously as training days. Like workouts this week are "recovery" so I'm not giving it the full motivation it deserves.
The only notable thing about this ride was on my way back, when some family of four (2 kids) was taking up the whole bike path as I was down in aero going about 19.5. The kids didn't seem to want to move out of the way, and given my disgust with children from the morning's court appearance, I said "Fuck it. If they're too stupid to get out of my way, they get what they deserve." I accelerated towards the family and just as I got up to the little boy, he ducked out of the way to avoid injury. Goopd for him. I would not have stopped had I hit him either. Look where the fuck you're going kid, or better still don't bring your little brats out on a course where people are training. We don't want them there.
Run - 45 minutes
Took a gel and did the run. Again, the sun was very hot, and again I felt like I was going to wilt. It's going to pay off when I get to cooler weather though, as even during short bouts of cloud cover, I feel like I can go a lot faster. I used the iPod here, for reasons I don't even know, and I need to start disciplining myself away from it better. I'd been doing a good job, but I think I've used it on 3 out of my last 4 runs. Not good. Should be the other way around.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
T13 - Maybe My Knee Is Trying to Tell Me Something - Run/Bike Brick
Gainesville
Run: 45 Minutes - Easy Pace
2 Lipodrene
I did this run after having had lunch and it was rather uneventful. I'm still plodding a little bit, and I realized that running in 95-degree weather may be part of why I'm not running my fastest. I do appreciate the training value of running in hot weather, but I may try a night run later this week to see if the running improves.
Bike - 1 Hour
Because I had so much goddam work to do I ended up starting this whole workout at like 6, which forced me to brick these so I could get on the bike and back before it got dark. I wasn't really feeling an hour on the trainer. Anyway,I took a gel and hit the road. I thought this would be a little grueling and was worried about the rain, but truth is I got out there and the weather was perfect. Hot but overcast, with no rain and a tiny breeze. Perfect biking weather. I did the first half pretty well, getting to nigbridge in 27 and 20.
The interesting part is, despite there being no significant wind, I made the ride back in 3 less minutes than I made it down. Again, this is impressive considering that Hawthorne is an incline on the way back. but I really felt good on the ride today. I was able to keep pushing it and hit good speeds on the inclines. I really feel this cycle is going a lot better, as this was the sort of ride I would have absolutely dogged in the Spring.
I went out last night after and was sitting at a table outside at 101. I turned to my left to say something to somebody, and all of a sudden felt my knee give out. While sitting. I forgot how random the knee goings-out are with this, and realized that the 2 straight days of running, even though they didn't hurt, may not be helping this thing heal. Again, I'm going to reverse the long bike and long run this week and take 4 days off the knee. If this persists, I may forsake all running during recovery week next week.
Run: 45 Minutes - Easy Pace
2 Lipodrene
I did this run after having had lunch and it was rather uneventful. I'm still plodding a little bit, and I realized that running in 95-degree weather may be part of why I'm not running my fastest. I do appreciate the training value of running in hot weather, but I may try a night run later this week to see if the running improves.
Bike - 1 Hour
Because I had so much goddam work to do I ended up starting this whole workout at like 6, which forced me to brick these so I could get on the bike and back before it got dark. I wasn't really feeling an hour on the trainer. Anyway,I took a gel and hit the road. I thought this would be a little grueling and was worried about the rain, but truth is I got out there and the weather was perfect. Hot but overcast, with no rain and a tiny breeze. Perfect biking weather. I did the first half pretty well, getting to nigbridge in 27 and 20.
The interesting part is, despite there being no significant wind, I made the ride back in 3 less minutes than I made it down. Again, this is impressive considering that Hawthorne is an incline on the way back. but I really felt good on the ride today. I was able to keep pushing it and hit good speeds on the inclines. I really feel this cycle is going a lot better, as this was the sort of ride I would have absolutely dogged in the Spring.
I went out last night after and was sitting at a table outside at 101. I turned to my left to say something to somebody, and all of a sudden felt my knee give out. While sitting. I forgot how random the knee goings-out are with this, and realized that the 2 straight days of running, even though they didn't hurt, may not be helping this thing heal. Again, I'm going to reverse the long bike and long run this week and take 4 days off the knee. If this persists, I may forsake all running during recovery week next week.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
T8 - Ya Gotta Eat - Bike/Run Brick
Gainesville
Bike : 60 minutes road or trainer, like last week this is all small chainring
work, low effort.
2 Lipodrene
I decided to try and brick my bike and run today since I wanted to start getting used to that. I had some cereal and coffee and headed out about 1. The bike felt great, pushed it in spots where I didn't necessarily want to, and made it through 18 miles in about an hour and 5. Not blazing by any stretch, but a marked improvement. This is what all the rides need to be like. I feel like living clean is improving the workouts.
Run: 45 minutes easy pace, RPE 3
Got back, had a gel, and was on the road within 10 minutes (pretty good for an apartment transition here). I still had to wear my old running shoes, but the run started out feeling good. I got to the halfway point and started feeling tired, and by the 3-mile mark I wanted to stop.
Fortunately I didn't, but I realized I need more nutrition than a bowl or Crispix for an hour bike ride and a 4.5-mile run. Maybe a cliff bar or something in addition to whatever I have for breakfast. Or maybe have the bar on the bike. I don't know, but I spent the rest of the day with a headache and feeling hungry, no matter how much I ate. All in all a good workout today, but I think I learned I need to think about energy consumption if I"m doing bricks like this.
Also, my knee didn't feel too bad on the run, but has been sore all day. I am going to move the long run to Sunday again, but if it is still hurting like this after that run, I'm going to lay off it for another week (until the next long run). I need this to heal, and missing some shorter workouts now is better, I think, than having to lay off it during longer, more important base workouts later on.
Bike : 60 minutes road or trainer, like last week this is all small chainring
work, low effort.
2 Lipodrene
I decided to try and brick my bike and run today since I wanted to start getting used to that. I had some cereal and coffee and headed out about 1. The bike felt great, pushed it in spots where I didn't necessarily want to, and made it through 18 miles in about an hour and 5. Not blazing by any stretch, but a marked improvement. This is what all the rides need to be like. I feel like living clean is improving the workouts.
Run: 45 minutes easy pace, RPE 3
Got back, had a gel, and was on the road within 10 minutes (pretty good for an apartment transition here). I still had to wear my old running shoes, but the run started out feeling good. I got to the halfway point and started feeling tired, and by the 3-mile mark I wanted to stop.
Fortunately I didn't, but I realized I need more nutrition than a bowl or Crispix for an hour bike ride and a 4.5-mile run. Maybe a cliff bar or something in addition to whatever I have for breakfast. Or maybe have the bar on the bike. I don't know, but I spent the rest of the day with a headache and feeling hungry, no matter how much I ate. All in all a good workout today, but I think I learned I need to think about energy consumption if I"m doing bricks like this.
Also, my knee didn't feel too bad on the run, but has been sore all day. I am going to move the long run to Sunday again, but if it is still hurting like this after that run, I'm going to lay off it for another week (until the next long run). I need this to heal, and missing some shorter workouts now is better, I think, than having to lay off it during longer, more important base workouts later on.
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