I know some days the training will go well and some days the training will not go so well. It's hard to swallow when I had a bad ride because riding was my least best of the three sports and I always worked hard on the bike. I always thought about it and kept thinking what went wrong. Last week at Silk Sheets, I felt so strong on the bike, we rode 40 miles, my average was 16.4MPH without pushing it too hard. This weekend we rode 40 miles at Harbins. The weather was completely different. This time it was cold, low 30's, strong wind, 10-15 MPH. The morning before the ride, I thought it was a good idea to drink just water and eat Cliff bars. I cut up 1.5 bars into 12 squares. Each square was 30 calories. Total 360 calories. Perfect... so I thought. Eating all solid food during a ride was definitely a new thing for me. I never tried it before. One thing I forgot is that solid food don't go down as easily as liquid calories. My body didn't absorb the nutrition as fast as liquid. We rode 11 miles to the school. Susan and I were waiting at the school but since John, Sarah and Carlos were no where to be found. We went back and finally saw them by the church. It turned out that John had a bike issue and couldn't continue the ride. So, we all waited for Carlos to get the car to pick up John and take him back to the parking lot. We were just standing around in the cold and chatting.
After standing around for 10 minutes, the wind really picked up and I got really cold again. We still managed to take a couple of pictures. Sarah made a smart azz comment after I took the picture. She said we should call it 2 1/2 Ironman since John and Sarah did1 IM and Susah did a half IM. Too funny.
We continued the ride after Carlos came. This is when the ride took a turn for the worse. I had no energy, my quads felt heavy, my nose was running non-stop. The wind picked up and I chickened out and didn't stay aero since I felt wobbly. The last 20 miles of the ride is just to keep up with Sarah. Susan was a head of us.
I tried to eat more. At the end, I only ate 9 squares, so it was around 270 calories. It was way too little for a 2.5 hour ride. I learned my lesson. Susan thought it was because I did Will's class twice this week. Maybe it had something to do with it but I think the major factor was nutrition. I went home, too a hot shower and napped. It felt so good.
The next morning, I braved myself and ran in the cold. It was about the same temp as yesterday. I wore my Santini jacket.
This was my first purchase (of many) at bonktown.com. The jacket was windproof and waterproof. It was hard to believe since it didn't seem warm at all. I wore a base layer and this jacket. It was perfect, borderline a little too warm when I ran in the sun. The retail for the jacket was $270 but I got it for a steal, $90. I felt really good on the run. This is a payback from yesterday. I didn't run hard and tried to stay in zone 2. At the end, I ran 7 miles at 9.24 pace.
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