I learned while doing my brick on Thanksgiving Monday running in the gloomy rain . . . .
I HAVE done this before
I CAN do this again
I WILL do this now!
I said it over and over until I believed it. ( it took me 20 minutes to figure it out, and I repeated it for another 10 = a great run in the rain!)
This week felt completely insane - I was double booked almost every day ( which I HATE, because I am always disappointing someone - and the thought of that long list of things to do exhausts me, as well, I make EVERYTHING bigger than it is, everytime. . . . so that list this past week was completely impossible in my mind. . . AND, when I don't get everything done on that list, I am a failure. . .
What a mess!
Needless to say, through the challenges of the week: weather, time, and having a life, I got all my workouts in!
Success.
Tuesday was a huge day - I did Tuesday's workout and Wednesday's workout all in one day, as Wednesday was the XC Zone Meet in Medicine Hat.
Wednesday on a bus for 6 hours and and a XC meet in the cold rain and snow, but we still had a GREAT day! We now have 6 kids going to provincials on the 20th.
Thursday was my go to Lethbridge day and swim - I love Thursdays.
Friday I rode 100 miles! I started at 9:30am and rode towards Calgary - ya, you heard me right, Calgary. I was having a GREAT ride, and then I took the off ramp at Fort Macleod and was BLASTED by a horrendous wind! There was actually a sign there that said "CAUTION - extreme wind gusts next 36km".
SERIOUSLY??!?!?!?!?
YUP.
My ride slowed down, and I trudged through the wind. Despised the 'oversized semi's carrying giant truck parts, or tractors' who blew by me, and I would flutter like a leaf as they passed so close - afraid I was going to fly into the ditch every time. When the giant trucks carrying cattle would drive by and spew stinky wetness on me - I was sooo grossed out. . . . but I continued on. Just before Nanton, I turned around to get my final 12 miles completed with a tail wind - AHH. That was SO much better.
I did it! I made it! 100 miles. I feel like I am 'in the club' now. . . funny thing . . .
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| a lovely autumn day for a long bike ride..... |
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| 7 hours of this kind of view. . . . . |
I think Florida will be a little bit easier than today because
1. it will NOT have signs stating the painfully obvious truth "Caution - extreme wind gusts"
2. it will NOT have 50 miles of headwinds, and 40 miles of cross winds
3. it will have more easily accessible aid stations - I shouldn't have to go into a truck stop and buy water or use the bathroom...
4. I am no longer intimidated by the 112 mile bike ride. YAY!
5. I found the type of shorts I need to ride in. . . . . no shammy, no seams = much more COMFORT
Duane picked me up at the 100 mile point and we headed up to Calgary for the Temple Open House. When we got there, I threw a top and skirt on right over my biking clothes - literally. When we got home at 1am, I still had my heart rate monitor on. Funny. Saturday morning was coming fast . . .
I headed out for my 10 mile run at 7am with my "run like a mother" group. We ran 3 mile together and - kept a great pace, but when we finished, I realized I forgot to start my 'garmin'. I headed out for my last 7 miles, and found it REALLY hard! The wind had picked up, and I was running into a headwind (sound kind of familiar?) I felt like I needed to walk almost every 1/2 mile! I was really struggling. I finally turned around and started heading back when I got a weird pain in my left ankle - I would stretch it, and run again, PAIN, stretch and run, PAIN, stretch and walk, then run, then. . . PAIN. I ended up walking almost the last 2 miles of my run. That was frustrating. I hope that a day of rest will be all I need. . . . .
I still haven't figured out what the pain was - it seems to be gone now. . . it was like I needed to 'crack' my ankle. . . I hope I don't get that again. . . . I will have to ask Erin about that one. . .
till then I am going to enjoy my Sunday 'rest day'......
and then I need to remember. . .
You were strong enough to get this far,
You are strong enough to keep going...
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