Actually, the more I am thinking about it, the more I think EVERY work week should be like this. Why do we only have a two day weekend but a five day work week? Everyone knows that
Anyway, I don't know where I was going with this but back to the track. So due to the start of the school year, I realized after leaving work that I would not be able to get on the track until at least after 6. Because I am so busy and important and so many people rely on my awesomeness*, that just wouldn't work for my schedule. In reality, I had a Hose Company meeting last night at 7:30, which would have been cutting it a bit close for the planned workout if I wanted to shower and not offend the noses of those around me.
But then I remembered that my new triathlon shoes would be arriving so I sped home, hoping that they would be waiting for me on my doorstep, eagerly anticipating my first workout in them. However, mostly because I am unlucky, my doorstep was empty of any packages and I was bummed. No track workout. No bike ride in my new shoes. I guess I might as well just sit here on the couch watching mindless television for a few hours and wallow in self-pity while doing no training and telling myself that it's all because "I'm in a taper".
And I did just that - for 45 minutes. Then I realized that waiting around to see when my shoes would be delivered would do me no good, so I dragged my lazy ass up off the couch, got changed into running shoes and went out for a run.
It was fantastic. The heat wave from Monday had disappeared over the course of the day, and by the time I ran that evening it was absolutely beautiful. I ended up banging out five miles at a 7:30 clip and then ran an easy mile cool down. And whaddya think was waiting for me on my doorstep when I arrived home? Yep, my brand-spanking-new cycling shoes.
Now I just have to break those puppies in before Sunday, which means an easy spin today or tomorrow to get the feel for them and see if they are set-up properly and then another one this weekend before the race just to make sure everything is good to go.
I still would like to get my track workout done but it's getting close to race time - and I am in a taper, ya know. It's either today or tomorrow for that one, and since school is out tomorrow, I am leaning more towards tomorrow. I'm not doing 1600 repeats, but rather 800s and 400s, so the intensity will be high but the duration will be shorter. I'm also only running a 10k as part of the tri on Sunday, so I don't need to put in the longer repeats like I need to do for my marathon training. And you should totally trust everything I say because I am a highly respected and famous coach.
*Read: not important, but I stand by busy and awesome!
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