Last Week was a recovery week which meant testing once again. My performances were not great, probably due to increased fatigue from hard training. My first test was the bike, where I averaged 270 watts for 20 minutes, which, after a Wednesday race, Friday intervals, and Sunday long and hard ride, I was pretty happy even though I did 272 last time. The run was the next day, Thursday, where I was able to average 5:28 for 4x1 mile with 90 seconds rest. I started out conservatively in 5:33 and tried to bring it down from there. The swim was Friday, and was probably my most disappointing effort. I swam an 800 time trial in 11:02, 23 seconds slower than last time. I am buoyed though, by the knowledge that I hadn't shaved my legs for a couple weeks and that swimming in the boiling hot water at the Y is a lot different that the cool water at TCU where I can see my splits on the wall clock under the watching eye of Marcin.
Saturday was the Firecracker 100K. After a hectic start left me off the back of the main group, I found myself sitting in with the main Broken Films women. I'm happy to say that we fought hard and they earned second and third in the women's race.
After a Sunday long run, Tuesday brought the beginning of another hard week. I biked to the track at Aledo Middle School and immediately proceeded into a run of 16x400 @ 82-83 on 2:00. But I didn't do 82-83. I felt good. Just cruising I was able to average 79.04. It was great! I was just rolling and felt comfortable the whole time.
Wednesday was the return of the Wednesday crit after a week off for the 4th of July holiday. I attacked several times with Caleb of Lone Star but we couldn't get away. My only consolation was a relatively useless prime for an overly expensive bike fit. Next week I'm going to go for it and try for every prime, sprinting like it's the end. Today it's a hard swim and run then the Peach Pedal tomorrow. It's going to be great!
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