I did it! I biked Mountains of Misery conservatively, and ended up with a total time of 9:15, 6 hours of which, I was in Z1! I'll have to go back again some day to try a bit harder and see how much faster the day could have been.
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| So many hills! |
After MoM, I was both elated and a little wistful that I'd potentially been too conservative. The next weekend, I turned that around with a hard brick, where I tried out riding at my HIM goal power, and then running how I'd like to run the last hour of the race. I hope that the flatter WBurg course helps me see the speed outcomes that I'd like to see, but at least I know I can put out effort, and as long as I'm not making myself into a non-aero wind-block while working hard, it should be a great day.
Mini-goal assessment
- Build strength - Get to all scheduled bootcamps, and two SolidCore classes - Almost -- I only made it to one SolidCore class, and missed bootcamp the day after MoM.
- Do MoM in a 2016-brave-flexible frame of mind - Success! Even at the end, when the penultimate hills shoed up, I was ready to see what they held for me.
- Maintain health - Do PT exercises for hip and shoulder 4x per week - Success! I have some tune-up appointments scheduled for this next build, but overall, I've at least been slowing the rate of injury on my own
- Look forward - The "A" race is Williamsburg - start race-specific work with a focused brick - Success! After Mountains I am a little worried that I haven't spend enough time biking and running at a harder effort level, so I dialed it up with a challenging brick
Review of last three weeks
- 8 Yoga
- 4 Strength
- Swam
- 5 practices
- 1 open water half mile at Rock Hall Sprint Relay
- Ran
- 3 Run Lead
- 3 track practices
- 0 midweek easy runs
- 12 mi long run
- 6 mi hard run as part of brick
- Biked
- 3 outdoor bike rides
- 100 mi long ride - Mountains of Misery
- 30 mi long ride
- 24 mi bike commuting
Mini-goals for next build cycle
- Maintain health - Do PT exercises for hip and shoulder 4x per week
- Focus on "A" race - Make a race plan and get a hotel already!
