A.M. - 60 minutes on the TM, flat:
5 minutes @ 9.5 mph
5 mins @ 10.0
10 mins @ 10.5
25 mins @ 11.0
10 mins @ 11.5
5 mins @ 10.0
Very similar to the TM progression runs that I've been doing the past several Wednesdays. Felt good when I woke up and when I was warming up, but the run felt more labored than it has in a while. Not sure why. I guess you just have those days. Was peeved that I didn't hold the last 5 at 11.5. Wish I had those minutes back, but I was done after 10 mins at that pace today. Oh well, maybe a good thing with the race coming up. Going to try not to worry about it.
Planning on an easier ride this afternoon (if this never-ending dang monsoon weather cooperates). Then easier runs tomorrow morning and Friday morning.
P.M. - Relatively easy ride to half way up Emigration (to the fire station) and back (~40 miles). Weather was great. However, I did have a 'mishap' though. Kind of a half-crash of sorts.... On the way back home, I had been riding with some dude who had been coming down the canyon the same time I was. We were going over the walkway that goes over Parley's. I was went in front and started going down the path right before it does the 180-switch-back. I was going faster than I should have and was trying to peddle through the turn. My left peddle caught the ground and it immediately popped my left foot out of the peddle. I jarred to the right, but somehow stayed upright and got my foot out of the peddle too. Got both feet on the ground and slide across the path into the brush nearly hitting the fence. It all happened so fast. Amazing that I didn't lay the bike down. Super glad I didn't. However, my left leg and right thigh got scrapped-up in a few places (rasberries). No sure how because my body never made contact with the ground, but it must have just been the way I got knocked against the bike trying to stay up. The wounds aren't bad. I'm real lucky it didn't end up uglier.
I've been debating whether I need to invest in some new cleats before Lotoja. The ones I have are only a year old, but they were out from clicking in and out of the peddles and walking on the ground. Mine were in pretty good shape until this little mishap. Now they are pretty messed up and its clear I'll need to replace them. Fortunately, they're a relatively cheap replacement item compared to most other bike components.
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