This weekend we went back to The Natchez Trace but this time it was for a 75 mile ride followed by a 2.5 mile run. I've never ridden my bike 75 miles! Julie, Kathleen, and I suckered a few more of our fellow IMLP teammates into coming with us so we had a big group with a bunch of people doing different distances. Julie, Kathleen, Lisa, Rolf, Stephne, Bert, Rob, Dana, Gerry, Marti, and I. It was cold and being up in higher elevation with that darn headwind made it even worse. Flashbacks of Powerman Alabama were hovering in our minds. (insert photo...cold toes!!)
The ride was pretty uneventful on the way out except for a very graceful fall by Kathleen in front of a pack of about 10 male cyclists. It couldn't have been timed better and luckily she wasn't hurt too badly...except maybe a little dent in her pride and a bruised elbow. This time we decided just to stop at the rest stops on the Trace instead of venturing into my favorite little town of Fly, TN. Kathleen and I made the dreaded mistake on the way out of saying "man this is so much easier than last weekend." And that's when the Natchez Trace Gods said "hell no!" When we turned around to come back the headwinds showed up and made the ride back pretty grueling....not to mention a few people having to deal with dropped and broken chains. We stopped at a rest area and refueled and then hauled it back to our cars. My nutrition needs some tweaking before we visit the Trace this weekend...I was completely empty at mile 60. That's not good considering at the Ironman I'll have another 52 to go, oh yeah...and a marathon.
Sunday we ran the 11.2 in Percy Warner Park. It was a gorgeous day and the run was awesome. Stephne, Bert, Julie, Lisa, Kathleen, and I knocked out a good run and Kathleen and I were quite proud when we hauled it up 9 mile hill without walking. Coach Kathleen is training us well...all of this swimming, biking, and running seems to be working!
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