I now have an odd appreciation for Mondays, even though mondays you usually associate mostly with starting another long work week. I appreciate Mondays because it's my only rest day & a quick break from my final week of intense training. So today is all about recovery & resting the body enough to keep on pushing forward...
26 days until Ironman NY & I am really getting to a point in training that is mentally/physically beyond what I have ever experienced. I have never pushed my body to this extent in my entire life & during long training runs start doubting what it's going to take to run a good marathon after the 112 mile bike. I have worked up 2 weeks ago from 15 hour per week training to a little over 18 hours a week. The swim workouts get 30 minutes longer, the run workouts get hours longer and I feel that I have spent more time on my bike the past months than I have driving my jeep, which is true. A little over 200 miles on the bike per week & now averaging in the low 40's running, with a good 6 miles swimming. I hope to have enough energy left to get me through this week & get to the starting line aug 11th fully recovered and ready to roll. The finish line can't come soon enough.
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