Multitasking

I am a multitasking fiend lately. At the moment, I'm writing this blog, recording in my training diary, occasionally talking to family on the phone, all while wishing that I was home in bed. Between my training schedule, trying to buy a house, taking time to play with the family, (oh...and I really need to sleep sometime soon) time hasn't exactly been on my side. The last couple days workouts went well, and yesterday I tried commuting by bike to work. It was still a little chilly, but I made it both ways without major incident. I did pop a tire on the way home, but didn't find out till tonight.

The big outdoor ride that I was so looking forward to tonight, was all but cancelled due to high winds. No one really showed up. I suppose its a good thing for me anyway. It forced me to take a day off when I really needed one. My body is pretty beat up from hard training and lack of sleep, and me falling over (twice) because I couldn't get my clips out in time. My coworker suggested taking them off, but I absolutely rejected that plan. I love those things, especially on the hills. On the way home last this morning, I rocked up a hill that normally would have kicked my butt. I had to hammer on the last little bit, but as it turns out the spin classes really helped me more than I thought. Not only did they improve my endurance, but they really improved my pedal stroke on both seated and standing climbs. I'll have to try that 15mi bike course again this weekend to see just how much I've improved. Personally, I think I'll do much better on my hill than before.

Tomorrow, the plan is to try my run in the newly calculated HR range. I'm not sure how its going to go, and I"m a little worried about it, but if I'm right about this, I've been training with too low a HR and need to kick it up a bit. On the plus side, I should very well set a new best for that course. Pretty soon I'm going to have to start training with some "brick" workouts. Maybe next week. I have too much on my plate this week. I really don't know how people training 3 hours a day for ironman do it.