Ah ha! Proof that it IS all about the bike!

I haven’t written a post in a while about my training because it’s been soooo busy between work, kids, training and coaching, but I had to write this today.  I will try to catch up on the other posts soon!

Something crazy happened this weekend.  You may or may not know that my strategy for the past year leading up to IM FL was to focus on the bike.  Get a lot of biking in, stay steady in the swim, and do what I can on the run.  This strategy was critical for my “getting there” without injuries due to my spondylothesis in my back and my 2 ACL reconstructions on my left knee.

So, that’s what I’ve been doing.  Biking a lot.  This week I did not taper at all.  It was actually one of my highest volume training weeks.  I even rode 61 miles on Saturday (the day before a Sprint tri).  I did the Wild Dog sprint tri yesterday.  We won’t discuss the swim, but all I can say is that it was THE ROUGHEST water I’ve ever “swam” in.  It took almost 9 min for me to do 1/4 mile swim!  You actually couldn’t swim.  The waves were too high.  People were holding on to the buoys for dear life. It was scary.  Anyways….

The bike went OK, my quads were tired from biking the day before, but I still averaged 19.4 mph because it was pretty flat- except the head wind on one small hill (it was a 3 loop course).  But, why I write this is the RUN!  Even though my quads were tired, I had the best run I’ve ever done.  my legs were so happy to get off of the bike and use my hamstrings more, I just cruised. It was weird.

I ran a 7:40 pace.  This was without taper.  As a matter of fact, I ran hill repeats on Fri morning too!  My point is that I’ve been so focused on the bike that my legs have gotten so much stronger, that it has transferred to my run.  Due to my ACL Surgeries, I really have to minimize my run training, but it hasn’t hurt me one bit!  Atleast on the SDT!  We’ll see next weekend at Cranberry for the ODT.

I was just amazed at this and thought I’d share

Keep it going…..