Whew! After a long break both from work and working out I joined the rest of the team for an early Saturday morning workout. I almost talked myself out of it because we just got back in town and there was a lot of other stuff I could be doing. But get serious, the race is going to be here before I know it and I got to get back to training for real.
On the drive up to Edgewood and Canada my car reported it was 4 degrees Celsius (I'm converting) and I was hoping I was going to be warm enough. I don't really over dress to workout because I know once you get going you'll have to start taking stuff off. Therefore I try to dress knowing I'll start out a little cold but once I start working out I should be comfortable.
This was my first bike combined workout. I thought we were going to ride, then run so I left my running stuff in the car. Turns out we were going to bike, run, bike again, and finally run again. No big deal. We started off the bike headed from Edgewood to 92 then back on Canada Road. That was almost 8 miles. OMG it was cold!!! My clothes were wicking the sweat but the sweat was crystallizing. My hands were aching they were so frozen. I must remember gloves. Ow, Ow, Ow!
We hopped off the bike and started our run (after I got my stuff from the car). Hopping off the bike was quite a surprise. My legs nearly gave out, at least my right knee did. I took notice and figured this is what folks meant when they said you really had to learn to transition well. The run was short, a total of 10 minutes. I noticed that running back was much quicker, uphill/downhill didn't really matter.
Back on the bike we headed the other way. Coach Mike stopped me as I started out and adjusted my bike seat. He said "Your really going to hurt your knees." My knees felt okay but I was much more comfortable with the adjustment. We rode towards Woodside Rd (84) and then back. This ride was much warmer. Not sure why but I always felt like I was riding uphill. I felt good on this ride but I think I was the very last biker. While that wasn't really true, I was at the end of the pack. Not sure how this happened because not too many passed me.
We then ran for another 20 minutes. In total I ran a 5K and rode the bike for about 24K. This is about half what we are going to do on race day, oh and a swim. "I'll be ready, I'll be ready!"
When I got home, my knees were hurting. Was it the first bike ride or did Coach Mike jinx me??? We'll see I guess.
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