Great workout today. I did several things different. For fun, I stretched the bike to 56 to say I did a half bike distance and the run to 5K because it's so close anyway. I planned my hydration and nutrition well. I still came up 2 lbs down afterwards, wait, no more than that. My weight was down 2 lbs, but I'm not sure off the top of my head what that translates into down on my water. I'll figure that out later. Suffice it to say, I still more water, but I did all I could today. Filled my two bike bottles and wore my bottle belt on the bike and refilled my belt for the run. I'm on my way later to Dick's to look for a camelback. When I got down, though, I wasn't completely debilitated like I was last week. Yeah! I think the hydration really helped and also deciding to consume half my burned calories. I did mostly GU, but 150 calories worth of jerky. I really like jerky on the bike. Getting more sodium I'm guessing helps me too. I was faster on the bike, 13.2 vs. 12.9 last week and I didn't have to walk at all on the run. It was a real confidence booster today. I went back to my old seat for comparison with the demo John gave me. The demo is definitely better. But, the question is it worth $275 right now? I survived and wasn't miserable just a little uncomfortable. Will that additional comfort help me be better for the run? Needs some thought. My recovery was really good. No soreness of significance 4 hours later. We'll see tomorrow. My back had some discomfort coming on during the ride along with my shoulders and neck. However, right now, I'm doing fine except maybe just a little discomfort here and there. We'll see how I am tomorrow. I did take a naproxen just before starting, so that may have helped. But, at least no need for any Ben Gay. Also, I didn't attack the hills as vigorously as I have been. I'd been proud of myself able to go up more hills not in my lowest gear. But, this time I nearly always did, but I also tried to pedal going down hill as much as I could, whereas the last couple of weeks, I'd been having to rest going down hills. I think my approach today helped a lot. John at 90+ suggested I do that to help train for the flats of Waterman's where there is no "recovery" periods of down hills.
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