June was a tough month!

Well, I apologize for going such a long time without writing a new entry but June was a tough month. I was sick most of it, starting with a stomach thing (during the BIG Lake Berryessa training weekend) and ending with a cough. It was pretty normal stuff except that it is not normal for me to be sick more than a couple of days. I just figure that my resistance was low and the training was not really allowing me to fully recover. Anyway, I'm nearly 100% now, so life is good again.

A couple of weeks ago I completed an 8 1/2 hour workout, another first (longest). It was a triple brick with a 2 hour ride followed by a 50 minute run, three times through. So that 8 1/2 hours does not count any transition or prep time, it is truly workout time. Needless to say I was tired when I finished but felt good about it.

I am now 5 days into my taper phase and the workouts are MUCH shorter. For example, this weekend I have a 2000 yard open water swim followed by a 10 mile run and Sunday I will do a 1 1/2 hour ride followed by a 30 minute run. It is nice to have more time in the weekends with the shorter workouts. Now I should probably pay attention to just how much I am eating too!