IMAZ Week 14: My first 100mi bike ride!

14 weeks down, 10 weeks to go.

This past week was another milestone week. I finished my first 100 mile bike ride! Luckily the arctic blast fizzled out and we got to ride the Rosedale route on Sunday - weather was in the 50's and 60's with a sunny sky and not too much wind. Basically, perfect ride conditions! Not only did I ride 100 miles, but I felt great and averaged a solid 18mph. While I'm targeting more like 17-17.5mph for the actual race, I'm excited to be able to average 18mph in a training ride, and that's without my race wheels! I also did a great job on my nutrition because I never had any stomach issues and I only just started feeling tired on the last 10-15 miles. I'm still not quite sure how I'm going to turn around and do a marathon after riding 112 miles (plus the 2.4mi swim beforehand), but I'm getting closer.

During the past week I ran a little less and took some time to go to a yoga class and get a massage. I had a great massage at Performance Wellness - it was a deep tissue massage and had me crying out in pain a couple of times, but it was fantastic and I really appreciated the feedback that Lisa gave me during the massage, trouble spots, stretches I can do to help keep my muscles in good shape, etc. In fact, it was so good that I have joined their "Rub Club"!

Gordon and I also made sure to get our long run done on Friday so that we could go out for dinner Friday night and have some drinks, sleep in Saturday and have the day off from working out. It was fantastic!

Mon - Yoga (1h)
Tue - Swim (1.25h/3300m)
Wed - Run (0.75h/5mi) + Trainer (0.75h)
Thu - Swim (1.25h/3350m), Trainer (1.25h)
Fri - Long Run (13mi/2h)
Sat - OFF!!!
Sun - Long Bike (100mi/5.5h)

Weekly Totals:
Cyling: 7.6h / 140mi (Goal: 8h)
Running: 2.75h / 18mi (Goal: 4h)
Swimming: 2.5h / 4.16mi (Goal: 2.5h)