Still Cold

It was so purty and sunny out, so I went for a ride.

And froze my beans off.

I stayed out for 45 minutes or maybe a bit more, but my core temp dropped and I couldn't get warm for hours!

Ah well. Good spin I s'pose.

Legs

Drove over to TL and did a run-squat program.

1.5 miles uphill - 50 squats

1 mile downhill - 50 squats

.75 mile up and down - 50 squats

.5 mile down - 50 squats

Drive home

Happy birthday kiddo!!

Saint George

Woke up, ate a continental breakfast, fell asleep on the couch there. Woke up again and ate another egg and some juice. Grabbed a banana and went back to get my bike.

On the road at 8:30 am.

27 min or so to the reservoir. Potty. Half snickers.

On the course at 9:07.

Slight head/cross wind heading back to hurricane.

First 22 miles in just over an hour. Not much wind to speak of. Hilly and turny.

Stopped at Ivins City park for some Agua and potty again. Took off the knee warmers.

1 full snix and 1 banana down so far.

Another snix at Gunlock. Relentless hills. Warming up quick.

Much needed food stop at Veyo. Sandwich, Donut, Powerade. Took off gloves.

Up a little more! 3:02 at the 56 mile. Bad news!

Then, as feared, the downhill had a headwind. Almost killed by a hay truck on a sweeping left curve above Snow Canyon. Brutal course. Just did the one loop. 67 + miles added to the 9 to get to Sand Hollow.

And Diagonal Street is violent! Bumpy. Threw the bike in the car and went for a quick 2 miles out and back Diagonal. About 16 minutes. Fine.

Went to lunch and drove home.

Quick trip!

Pinch me, I'm swimming

There was no green this AM as I came late to masters and just got in a little under an hour.

Warm up 400

2 ladders:

25, 10 sec rest

50, 15 sec rest

75, 20 sec rest

100, 30 sec rest

and back.

Then

25 butterfly, 15 sec rest

50 backstroke, 20 sec rest

75 breast, 25 sec rest

100 free, 30 sec rest

and back.

Felt good. Then we drove to Saint George at like 5 pm.

5k pr?

Oh it was glorious weather today. Pretty.

So I went to some yoga again (finally) and that was good. It was a tad more advanced/challenging than the one I usually do. And I liked that a lot. Strange thing happened, too. Afterward, I talked to Steph, the instructor and she said, "Andy, right?" I had never met her before. She must have some seriously aligned shakras.

Then I went for a quick run. at 3.1 miles I believe the clock said 21:39 or so, I should double check.

The average was 6:57 min mile. I do believe that's a pr, but I've never paid super close attention either. I only had a quarter mile more to the Big O, so I walked across the street and sprinted the last minute or so. Felt great.

ho hum

Spinning in the dungeon with Pete has gotten way old. It was a rather pathetic 45 minute spin. So I went upstairs and ran a 1 mile time trial on the treadmill, barefoot. On my baby foot.

Started from a dead stop and hit one mile after 5:43. A new record! But I can't really count the treadmill. It's not the same. I'll go for it again sometime soon on the Earth.

Snowboard

Even just for me to go and ride is a logistical nightmare. Imposing on others' free time is always a definite.

But I got to ride with my bros and dad til about 1 so that was good times.

Beautiful day!

Thanks Carolyn!