Getting back to my regular schedule

These past two weeks' events completed...

Torture clinic:
Second day went well! The first order of business for the clinic is weighing in. THANK GOD, that miscalculated my weight on Tuesday (Seriously, I thought I gained 12 lbs in three days!). So ends up I lost "some" weight... it's in the right direction even if it's baby steps. Second on the agenda... the rollers. As I have mentioned before, I've never ridden on rollers before Tuesday. They help a rider hold their line by working on your balance. Tuesday, I needed my partner's help pretty much the whole time with at least one hand on my bike for balance. Thursday, however, Tom had to take off after my first 20 minutes on the bike. Coach said I still had another 10 minutes before moving over to the trainer. With Coach Robert's help, I got moving on the rollers, pretty soon he took his hands away (his tough love-gotta learn sooner or later), then he had to "step away" for awhile... next thing I know, I'm (scared to death) riding the rollers by myself! What an amazing feeling!

This past Tuesday and Thursday for class I quickly learned my lesson on being properly fueled for the session. Tuesday I bonked. I didn't eat enough and felt the result during the erg bike session. However, Thursday I bounced back when I ate dinner before the class. Other than simply being tired on my second session, the rollers, I felt ok. And I think the reason for my fatigue is I'm getting used to the class being added to my normal training schedule. Hopefully my endurance will pick up soon.

Speaking of my normal training schedule, I ran a long 21 miler this weekend. It felt good and I ran an average of 9:30. The last two miles I was tired, but at the end of the day I was happy. It took us under 4 hours and most of my runners hit a milestone... very cool.

I also got my Core/Strength Training classes in (one of the two thrusdays and a sunday-this sunday's class was canceled). Our test should be coming up soon and I get to see how much I've improved.

Today I was tired! We did go out last night a bit too late, but I think I was just tired overall. My goal has been to get a long ride in on Sundays and althought I did that last Sunday with a brick... today I slept in.

So this week's schedule:
Monday: Run, Yoga, core work
Tues: run and Torture clinic
Wed: core work
Thur: Run, Torture clinic
Fri: run
Sat: 10 mile run, MASSAGE!
Sun: Ride 30-35 miles, 20 min run, core work