Wburg Half Build 4

The last 3 weeks have flown by. I've definitely been pushing some limits for how much exercise my body can absorb, and did end up choosing sleep over exercise a few times in this build cycle.

I still feel strong, but the tired-ness has made it hard to consistently make rational food choices, so I think I'll be climbing up all the hills of Mountains of Misery with a few more pounds than I'd wanted.

So many hills!

Mini-goal assessment

• Build strength - Get to all scheduled bootcamps, and two SolidCore classes - Success! The strength is showing itself mostly in yoga, but I know my leg muscles are excited for this weekend
• Respect the event - Prep for Mountains with Culpeper ride and two weekday Alexandria-hills-toodles - Partial success. I rode well at Culpeper, enjoying my new 11-32 cassette, but didn't try my new hills-route out at all.
• Maintain health - Make PT appointments for hip and shoulder - Success! My hip is doing ok, and I have new exercises for thoracic mobility for my shoulder. It's exciting to think that after all these years of having a slightly angry right shoulder I could get it to feel better by doing some work on my own.

Review of last three weeks

• 8 Yoga
• 8 Strength
• Swam
• 5 practices
• 1 open water mile at Kinetic
• Ran
• 3 Run Lead
• 3 track practices
• 0 midweek easy runs
• 12 mi long run
• Biked
• 5 outdoor bike rides
• 90 mi long ride - Culpeper
• 50 mile long ride - Kinetic cheering

Mini-goals for next build cycle

• Build strength - Get to all scheduled bootcamps, and two SolidCore classes
• Do MoM in a 2016-brave-flexible frame of mind
• Maintain health - Do PT exercises for hip and shoulder 4x per week
• Look forward - The "A" race is Williamsburg - start race-specific work with a focused brick