This weekend we rode the 100 mile route at the 12th Annual Harpeth River Ride. To say that it was tough is an understatment. I think the organizers found every hill in the area and made us climb them. The ride started at a church in Thompson Station and made a big loop throughout Williamson and Davidson County. The plan for the day was to do race day simulation so I was going to ride hard and only stop one time to pee and fill up my water bottles. I wanted to see if I could do the ride with only one stop because in Lake Placid I only plan to stop one time at the half way mark to pick up my food for loop number two.
The ride was crazy hilly. Some of the hills were kind of laughable...did they really expect us to ride our bikes up these hills? I made it up every single hill and stuck to my plan of only stopping once. The worst hill was at mile 75 and at the top they had a rest stop and a guy taking your picture as you got to the top. I wanted to give him the finger but I smiled and kept on going. There was a nice section of newly paved road that was awesome. I got up to 43 mph on my bike which is a record for me. After the ride I had to run 2 miles which I was dreading but it felt sooooo good to get off the bike and run. I did those two miles at a 9 minute pace I think because my legs were so happy for the change.
On Sunday Dana, Bert, Lisa, Rolf, Julie, Kathleen, Rob, and I met at Percy Warner Park to knock out a 20 mile run. I had a bad run last weekend so I was determined to make this a great run. We ran from the stone gates, to the back of Radnor Lake, back to the gates, up in the park to do the 5.8 loop, and then finished off the last mile or so on Page Road. I only stopped 3 times to fill up on water and I didn't walk at all...even on 3 mile hill in the park which I was hitting at about mile 15.5. My legs and feet were killing me by the end but I'm glad I had a good run. I averaged about a 10:28 average per mile which is pretty good considering the distance and what I had done the day before. After the run we went for breakfast at Whole Foods and then went to the Maryland Farms YMCA to float in their cold pool. It was awesome.
Sunday night (after a nap) we met at Bert's to watch our Couer D'Alene Ironman friends cross the finish line up in Idaho. It was great to watch everyone on the live feed online and see them finish such a huge race....very inspiring...very motivating! 4 weeks to go until Lake Placid....
The ride was crazy hilly. Some of the hills were kind of laughable...did they really expect us to ride our bikes up these hills? I made it up every single hill and stuck to my plan of only stopping once. The worst hill was at mile 75 and at the top they had a rest stop and a guy taking your picture as you got to the top. I wanted to give him the finger but I smiled and kept on going. There was a nice section of newly paved road that was awesome. I got up to 43 mph on my bike which is a record for me. After the ride I had to run 2 miles which I was dreading but it felt sooooo good to get off the bike and run. I did those two miles at a 9 minute pace I think because my legs were so happy for the change.
On Sunday Dana, Bert, Lisa, Rolf, Julie, Kathleen, Rob, and I met at Percy Warner Park to knock out a 20 mile run. I had a bad run last weekend so I was determined to make this a great run. We ran from the stone gates, to the back of Radnor Lake, back to the gates, up in the park to do the 5.8 loop, and then finished off the last mile or so on Page Road. I only stopped 3 times to fill up on water and I didn't walk at all...even on 3 mile hill in the park which I was hitting at about mile 15.5. My legs and feet were killing me by the end but I'm glad I had a good run. I averaged about a 10:28 average per mile which is pretty good considering the distance and what I had done the day before. After the run we went for breakfast at Whole Foods and then went to the Maryland Farms YMCA to float in their cold pool. It was awesome.
Sunday night (after a nap) we met at Bert's to watch our Couer D'Alene Ironman friends cross the finish line up in Idaho. It was great to watch everyone on the live feed online and see them finish such a huge race....very inspiring...very motivating! 4 weeks to go until Lake Placid....
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