Tough...

So today was my toughest training day to date. It is Saturday so another brick. Today though we bumped the ride up to 25 miles plus a 3 mile run on the Tobacco Trail. And a quick transition between the two I might add. To date, when we have finished a ride we have milled around for 10-15 minutes and then mosied to go do the run. Today it was all business. Bike, drop off your stuff, hit the trail. I was excited to get back on the bike as the weather has kept us from riding the past 2 Saturdays. Plus I just got a tune up at REI since I dropped my chain on the last ride and the gears were a little rattly. Anyway, my goal was to keep up with Tracey and Libba. I did well with that I must say. However my start was a little rough as I forgot to bring my gatorade. Thankfully Coach Joe handed over one of his bottle...whew! So we averaged about 15 or so mph on the ride down but a little slower on the return as we were headed against the wind. At the mid-point, I popped a pill. Actually, Libba was kind enough to give me one of those energy tablets. The 3 of us spread out going back. Unfortunately, my chain dropped off again which did not excite me. Back to REI. The rest of the ride was good. I rode fairly hard. The cool thing was that we landed in the middle of the Cary Duathlon race. So I guess you could say in a way I kind of did a duathlon today. Apparently they rode 17 miles and ran 3 miles, I believe. It was nice to have the police escorts. Kind of made things a little exciting.

So after the bike, Coach Tom took care of our bikes and we hit the trail. I don't know what it is about running after biking but my legs want to go fast. I think I averaged 8:15/mile. That is flying for me. Of course, after I finished, I felt like I was going to throw up which doesn't happen too often to me. I was exhausted! Then my lungs hurt or at least I thought it was my lungs. The center of my chest hurt for the next 2 days. Needless to say, it was a tough workout but I am proud of myself for making it.