I put in the time that I could on the bike this week, although without many threshold intervals. But, I did have a great hard two hour ride holding avg power of 243w on Saturday.
I skipped lots of miles running, but had a successful fast 12 miler on Sunday consisting of 4 x 1 mile repeats at or faster than tempo pace.
My third week in the pool was still spent splashing around. I have found my stroke again and am now ready to get going on true pool fitness. Pool fitness is traditionally my last part of an Ironman buildup.
In life: For the past two months, I have been calling my parents daily to check on the status of my Dads mom (Nana). I last saw her on January 12th and wrote about our last visit here. I am very surprised that Nana lived almost two months after I last saw her, but I am sure she had something that she was waiting around for. She passed away peacefully with two of her sons at her side on Tuesday, and I am glad I had the time at home to reflect and think about her amazing impact on my life. I have more to write on Nana, and look forward to doing so when I am ready. I will miss my Nana for sure.
As Aiden was sick last weekend, I got the scratchy bit in my throat to let me know it was my turn on Monday. We started the state standardized tests on Thursday at our school in Longmont, thus I took Tuesday off in hopes of being up to 70-80% by the time those things got started. It was a sick crappy week, but I think it may have boosted the immune system in the end.
Swim: 4,400 yds
Bike: 7.7 hours/169.5 miles/604 TSS
Run: 24 miles (a new low)
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| Nana and her grand/great grand children in the ADK's - Summer 2011 |
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| A TBT pic - One of my first bikes? |
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| Marley is fitting in just fine |
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| Got this on Friday |
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| That's a YAWN |
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| Aiden going for a walk with the dogs and Mommy |
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| Aiden and his "running shorts" and new glasses |
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| Nana and Aiden - 2011 |
