Busy Weekend

I decided to hit it hard this weekend. Most of it came from wanting to get a long run in as well as run a dry run through the mach tenn course.

Nearing the end of a rainy Friday at work i decided to leave a little early to both try to avoid the post work traffic on TN-127 and i had a small window where it wasn't raining. So i headed out to the recreation center on woods and knocked out the course. I hopped on the bike and road out, it was pretty humid as the sun was out and it just finished raining. Road the loop, nothing special, i got it done in 51 min. Got back and put the bike up and started running... This running with tired legs is rough, much like last time, it took me about a mile for me to tell my legs that they were running come hell or high water... The rolling hills aren't really so bad. It was my longest run since the CMM as well. I've been concentrating on running the trail at work with some people that are faster than me and they only run 3.5 miles at lunch. The 4 mile run on the course took me 37 min. The sun was beating down on me the whole time. There was really no shade the whole time.

So on to Saturday... I got up early and road in the dogwood ride. 62 miles through Franklin county. I got rained on pretty good right before climbing up the hill at alto. I'd never been up that route before. It was challenging and pretty good scenery as well. Overall the ride went well. Took my time, and stopped at the aid stations for some snacks. I was supposed to head out to Fayetteville for a BBQ with Jessie later that afternoon but it was canceled due to the forecast of rain. So exhausted i went home and slept for a few hours then i was off to Jessie's for dinner.

Sunday again i got up good and early for a 10 mile run. I ran a route i ran before which included 3 laps of the 3 mile loop out of the rec center with one of the laps taking a spur over I-24 before heading back towards the rec center. I was pretty impressed with my performance after the first lap. I guess it took me a little while to get loosened up, etc. It was a nice and cool morning for the run, it was around 60 degrees. I wasn't complaining.

After the running, Jessie and I headed up to the resonance fair. It was a good time. Threw some axes, and ate food that should kill a man... i don't think anyone was ever supposed to fry a milky way bar. :S

I'll take it easy this week and I'm looking forward to testing myself on memorial day.

Weekly totals:
Swim: 4650 yrds
Bike: 88.1 mi
Run: 21 mi