Aquaman #1 and Bike 2 Work

Week of 6/24 Recap

After the exciting, and tiring weekend of tri’s and 14ers – I definitely noticed I was pretty tired all week.

Monday

REST

Tuesday 

Aquaman! 

This was my first time at Aquaman and a Without Limit event. You have lots of options between the swim/run. I did a one mile swim then 5k run. The mile swim was two loops in Cherry Creek Reservoir. It was definitely the hardest swim I’ve done, both because then length but also because there were a lot more waves and I definitely noticed it!

getting ready!

 You started on the beach and ran in, I did not enjoy this. My breathing started to get fast and I had to just walk and calm my breath. The first loop around was hard and I was wondering if I’d be able to do the second. After running out of the water and then back in to the water, I tried to re-start…and couldn’t. Luckily I could still stand – I took about 10 seconds, and started doing the breast stroke. My breath was so rapid I had trouble, but after a few breast strokes, I got it under control and finished in about the same time.

Next was the transition (2:41) and off for the run. I was definitely tired and breathing heavy. It was an out and back with water at .5 and 2.5 miles. I walked to get my water and then at the turnaround and for the second water. I ended up getting 32:19 (10:25 pace) – which I was pretty happy with.

They only do gender results, but I did my own calcs, there were 3 people in my age group…and I finished 3^rd haha. For overall gender I finished 9 out of 12…this seems about right.

holy tired...

Afterwards we got pizza and snaffle, it was phenomenal. This week I am going to park outside the park and bike in, because it is $9 to get in!

Wednesday 

Bike to work! 

The best commute day of the year. There were two good stations on the way. AA and I were the first ones, at 6:30 to whole foods. They had an amazing spread: muffins, coffee, granola, yogurt, bars and more! I even won a bike light. The highlight of the 2^nd station was a pancake :-)

he is so excited for a picture....

Lots of things to do!

Thursday 

AM run! Made the whole route to Wash Park, 1 loop, and home = 4.5 miles. Not fast, wasn’t watching time, but I was happy!

Friday 

Rest – wanted to swim, but I couldn’t get up.

Saturday 

Bike course for the Boulder Peak Tri! I was nervous about this, with the 15% increase on Stage Coach!

big hill! 1500' overall

I left the reservoir in Boulder a little after 10 for my ride. The first 6 miles aren’t easy. I was trying to get in the grove and it’s a slight incline as you make your way to the hill. The craziness starts around mile 5. It’s super steep, I was even zigzagging across the hill to make it less steep. My per min/mile was about 16 minutes..usually its 4-5 minutes! Luckily the pain didn’t last too long, and the views at the top were amazing. Miles 6-16 are amazing, you just coast and enjoy the scenery! The last 6 or so miles are rolling hills and you have to get back in to the grove of things…but definitely doable! I finished 25 miles in 1 hour, 50 minutes. I did about 11 miles in the first hour….and the next 14 in about 50 minutes!

some pics! beautiful views

Sunday 

after Saturday night’s bike pub crawl for Kelsey, not much in the way of training happened :-( FAIL

somehow got no pictures...16 of us riding one bar to next

wish better ones

Outlook for the week:

Monday – Bike – check! 40 minutes on the spin bike, did small hill intervals for 1 or 2 minutes every 5. Sweating up a storm!
Tuesday – Aquaman, long course!
Wednesday – bike 2 work, or bike @ work
Thursday -  RUN
Friday – Swim & bike
Saturday – hike with mom!
Sunday – LONG run, maybe swim?