Week 27 Wrap-up

This week has been insane—craziness at work coupled with a high-volume week has made me absolutely wiped at this point. I’m definitely feeling the impact of my co-worker being out on maternity leave (she had a baby daughter Thursday night), and the three projects I’m accountable for (either directly or indirectly) all had major milestones and/or hiccups this week. I helped out Erin at a plant trial on Wednesday—I left a little early at midnight in order to get home by ~1 am…and still managed to get in both my swim and run workouts on Thursday, although I was completely dead on my feet. I ended up having to make up my Wednesday bike ride Friday morning, which meant I didn’t have a complete rest day—probably not the best idea, but I managed to get in all of my workouts this week, at least.

It was warm enough Saturday to run outside in shorts—probably should’ve taken Tack out on the open road as well, but I ended up doing my long ride on the trainer again. It was the longest ride I’ve done so far, and my butt can tell—the worst part about riding on a trainer is that you don’t change positions that often, and, even with a great saddle, it’s just a long time to sit on a bike.

I stopped by the Bike Shop Saturday—picked up my set of Zipp 303 wheels and some other necessities, so I think I’m ready to go for the season (although I’m sure I’ll be back in for random items.

My Sunday long run was also pretty decent…until I headed back directly into the headwind that had apparently been carrying my sorry little butt along my merry little way up until that point. Still—decent 12-miler, and considering the higher volume week, I’m feeling pretty good about where things stand.

Happy news—Vardo found a bike—check out her blog for the details (www.imwisconsin.blogspot.com in case you forgot…).

Here’s the roll-up for the week…

Swim: 2:59:00 / 7950 meters
Bike: 5:55:30 / 93.71 miles
Run: 4:14:13 / 26.29 miles
Total: 13:08:43 / 124.94 miles

Goals for the upcoming week…enjoy my first massage (yep—finally caving to what Vardo, Sue, and Michele have been raving about…and hopefully my hamstrings can finally relax a bit), survive the 15K trail run Saturday, and hopefully get Tack out on the open road for the St. Pat’s ride on Sunday. Bring it on….