Yeah!! Last long run before taper time! It was a WINDY 25km run. The day before a tornado touched down in the town next to us. We were still feeling the after effects of the storm with strong wind gusts all day.
I enjoyed the view from the sandy beach but the swim was going to have to wait!
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
~Road 150km followed by a 20 minute run off the bike~
To say we were looking forward to our last long ride before taper is an understatement!!!
It's hard to believe Ironman Tremblant is only 18 days away but we are more than ready for race day to be here. After many long 7 hour rides, week after week, we are starting to mentally and physically feel the toll of it all.
Let's just say we are starting to get a little grumpy! We have...
Thursday, July 24, 2014
It's been great to get some open water swims in since it's waaay different than swimming in a pool!
Especially since we'll be swimming this Ironman in a wetsuit so it has been good practice to swim in our wetsuits.
The water lately has been quite choppy. White cap choppy!
I got in a few 70 minute swims. Besides seeing one fish, the swims have felt long and uneventful!
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Thursday, July 10, 2014
Today's long ride was a near perfect ride. The weather could not have been any better for cycling. Not much wind,it was overcast and not too hot.
We found some new beautiful quiet roads in the country to keep things interesting.
Both Lisa and I tried some new items for fuel. Lisa brought along pretzels along with her power gels and power bar gel blasts. ( she loved the pretzels ) I brought a power bar ( which was awesome) and power bar gels,...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Today's training session was all about short intense hill training. I road out to a hill and did 6 hill repeats on a fairly long climb. Then road home and switched out my tri bike to my mountain bike and road to another hill that local runners refer to as " horror hill"
The dirt hill doesn't look like much in the photo but it's a killer! I road up the hill in my mountain bike and even in my granny gear I was hurting.
I ran up and down...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
After a day's rest the plan was to wake up early and get a 30km run done.
It could not have been a nicer morning for a run. They were calling for thunderstorms, however the rain held off and it was an overcast cool breezy morning.
I ran loops for 3 hours in cottage county and felt it was one of my better runs so far.
What a difference weather, location and having proper fuel can make!
I am so glad Chris's leg injury is starting to feel...
How could it be anything but a beautiful ride... we were in cottage country!!
We set out early with a map as our guide since both of us were unfamiliar with many of the roads we were about to travel.
Chris road up to the cottage the day before on his bike. Unfortunately he was met with brutal headwinds for the entire 140km ride so he called it a day at 110km and I picked him up in the sag wagon! ;)
We found a nice flat out...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Chris and I celebrated Canada Day by going out for a nice 30km evening ride. Conditions were near perfect until about 15km in to the ride we heard the dreaded sound.. "BOOM !!!"
Chris get's a flat :(
Chris tried changing his tire but his spare tube wasn't compatible with his new upgraded wheels.
I rode home with the company of my shadow to go and get the car. " Let's see how fast you can ride" Chris say's to me. No pressure!!!
Luckily...
Recovery week is always a welcomed week, yet we always hope we will feel "recovered" and we never quite feel recovered! We remember this feeling all too well from when we trained for our last Ironman. As our LONG training day's start to increase in time/distance and we begin the bulk of our heavy training it can take a toll on oneself both mentally and physically.
Feeling tired, sore, bored, injuries, you name it, we are starting to feel...