My Monday ride was a 35miler over the Three Bears. I rode with my buddy Wes and he definitely put my in a spot of bother on the hills, however I felt pretty comfortable with the time (2:40) in the saddle, and the elevation gain (4482ft.)
Chris came into town to do some skiing on Tuesday, and we skied Wed-Fri, and made some sick turns. These pic's were taken during a hike along the ridge off the top of Alpine Meadows. It was great to have the lil bro in town, and give him his introduction to the High Sierra's.
We did a bit of swimming Thursday, and I am up to about a half mile of swim volume.
Sunday Garuna and I did a run along the American River in Sac. Unfortunately the thermometer topped out around 93'!! After about 25 mins of running we were both overheated and needed to walk a bit. We got the temperature down and managed to continue another 10 minutes to the water fountain on the bike path. Here we turned around, about 15 mins earlier than planned. We walked/ran the way back and the heat sapped nearly all the moisture and energy out of our bodies. Even though I didn't get the volume I had planned, we still managed to run about 7 miles, and it should serve as a good prep for the conditions for the WildFlower 1/2 Ironman which I'll be running May 3.
Post run nutrition was again provided by Garuna, and her Red Curry made for some serious recovery food.
Lessons Learned:
Pre-training nutrition and hydration is extremely important.
In-situ body temp needs to be kept low, maybe running with a waterbottle/fuel belt is necessary when temps rise above 80'.
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