It was one of those days when I should have just stayed in bed....

I was up all night with the rain, thinking about how scared I was to run the Ironman course in the wee small hours of the morning...especially after the bike!  I had invited a friend to run with me, so that I wouldn't be alone (not allowed to run by myself in the dark), but I kept wishing we would get rained out and not be able to do it.  By 3AM, having not slept AT ALL, I decided I should just text her in the morning and sleep in.  But when the alarm went off at 5:00, I was wide awake and it wasn't raining, so I decided I'd better just do the run, then come home and sleep for the rest of the morning.  Ben and I drove to the rec center and hopped on the bike to get started.  My plan was to bike 30 minutes, then run 10 miles of the course.  But I had barely started when my friend called and said she was too tired and was not going to make it!  Which means I couldn't run, because Ben had to go to work, and I'd be alone.  Well, I didn't want to get too many miles on the bike and wear myself out for the week, so I decided to do the 30 minutes I had planned, then head over to the Zumba class  while Ben finished his ride.  I waited for 15 minutes over there, but the Zumba instructor never showed up, so I felt like my morning was a complete waste!

Luckily, Ben agreed to meet me at lunch to run with me.  So even though it was mid-day and very humid, I was able to get my IM course run in...only 8.4 miles, but it was enough.  I was averaging about a 10:30 on the way up the hill, and 8:00-8:30 on the way down...probably a little faster than I'll be doing the actual Ironman at, but I felt pretty good about the run as a whole, and glad to get to know the course a little better.  Our total time was 1:20:11.

This evening we swam 2500 yards at the SHAC...  :D

We did our hill workout at Pioneer Park this morning.  I did a 1 mile warm-up, 6 hill repeats with 10K pace going up and IM pace going down, and then a cool down to total 6.05 miles in 1:01:21, including over 12 minutes of walking.  I ran with my friend Tige all morning...it was really nice to have someone to run with who goes about the same pace as me and who distracted me with conversation so I could forget how TIRED my legs are this week!

I needed to get a bike ride in, so I rode to Ivins for my voice lesson and then back home again, for a total of 25 miles in 1:33:20.  I am really, REALLY tired.  I need to rest up so that I can ride the veyo loop again on Thursday, and run the Las Vegas Ragnar Relay this weekend.  :S

5.5 miles in :45:30.00 on: road
(Pace: 8:16.4/mile) Heart Avg: 164 Heart MAX: 178 Time of Day: 11:30 AM Where: Las Vegas Ragnar Leg one...it was hilly! I started 1/ hour late, but was able to almost catch one of the other teams. :D

3.65 miles in :36:20.00 on: road (Pace: 9:57.3/mile) Heart Avg: 159 Heart MAX: 175 Time of Day: 4:02 AM Where: Las Vegas Ragnar Leg 25...this was a tough run. It was uphill almost the entire leg, and was pretty steep toward the end. I hit the last of the steep hill, and I was done. I think I walked for 4-5 minutes. I was SOOO glad when this was over! :)