Smartasscamp, Day 2
1894 days agoOk, ok mom, there’s more. I still haven’t taken any pictures, but I swear I will try to take some today or tomorrow. Jodi has some on her blog (Day 1 and day 2) if you want to look at photos.
I will bring you up to speed though. Yesterday we had The Dread Long Brick. We grouped up at 8 am, with workouts of 4 to 5 hours with varying main sets. I had three times 30 minutes zone 3 in a 4 hour ride. We rolled out together into a stiff headwind – I can’t stress the stiffness of this headwind enough. I am feeling pretty used to windy weather these days, and I’ve ridden in stronger headwinds from time to time. But this was right up there. It’s not every day that I have to push 270 watts to go 16 miles per hour.
So anyhow, I turned around at the 2 1/2 hour mark and rode home with a booming tailwind, which was awesome. Then I ran forty minutes off the bike, unless Paulo is reading this, in which case it was 35. It was a hard workout for sure but I wasn’t nearly as cooked as some other times when I’ve done the same thing. Maybe it’s the camaraderie.
After a rest we had an easy 3k swim (with “triathlon 50s”, it’s a good thing no one got hurt) and went more or less straight to bed. Tired!
