Week 21 - Still on a High

This past week has been amazing for me. I thought the day after the Half Ironman last week, I would be a bit drained but hardly anything except for a little stiffness in the calves from running in that soft sand. But I decided to be cautious anyway and take the day off except for a small easy recovery swim. On Tuesday, I was going for a short tempo ride but the weather turned really bad with rain so I did a tempo workout on my spin bike. On wednesday I mistakenly read my schedule wrong and went for a Brick workout of 30/10k. but felt really great throughout the whole workout.
On Thursday I decided to do my long bike ride because the weather outlook later on did not look good plus I had to work on my usual long ride day. The ride went really well and I hydrated on time each time and took a gel every half hour. In addition to that I brought along some salt tabs to start practicing with but only took one and forgot the rest. I would have to get used to a whole new routine with these salt tabs. But the weather was a bit cool anyway and did not nescesarily need them. I finished my 110K ride feeling really good after only four days since the half.

The remainer of the week went the much the same way with workout after workout. I just felt super. By Sunday it was time for my long run and and even then, went for an extra 2K for a total of 22. At the end of the run I was starting to tire a bit but overall, I had an absolutely fantastic week of training and was quite pleased with myself. 3 more weeks to go before the next race, the New Balance Half Ironman, my favorite 1/2 IM on the island. Time to kick it up a notch in my training as I must start getting more bike mileage under my belt. I have also decided to drop the Vancouver 1/2 in July in favor of the Cowichan Challenge just so I can race with all my friends and not compromise my training too much. All is going well and according to my amended plan.