Musselman Half Ironman is only 2 weeks away now, oh boy! As of today, I finished my max out week and it definitely had it challenges that I wasn't totally ready me but, as always I did my best to adjust accordingly.
First challenge of this was I hard with seasonal allergies that knocked me for a loop that I called off of day on Tuesday. My only thought was this SO NOT WHAT I NEED right now. I got some Claritin, Flonase, Mucunix as well as Day/Nightquil just to keep functioning. Still manage to get my run and bike ride in.
Second challenge of this week was on Thursday when I did OWS because the winds were coming out of the South somewhere between 15 - 18 mph so, Kershaw (which is on the North end of Canandaigua Lake) was VERY choppy. It was so bad that there were a couple that waves were pushing me towards the buoys with every stroke. I choose to stay with the beginner/intermediate group (i.e. more drills and short distance overall) because I don't have a lot of experience with OWS and this help me to get more comfortable with it. Much thanks to Finger Lakes Triathlon Club for offering the OWS group, I definitely appreciate it.
Third challenge of this week was on Saturday, I did a "drop ride"/preview course ride with FLTC and others not associated with that club. We were just about out of the State Park in Geneva and my rear tube on the bike popped again, UGH!!!!!!!!!! I was about a mile away from the bike shop and it meant that I wasn't going to be able to do the preview course ride with the group. So, I headed back to the Geneva Bike Shop, I met two very nice ladies that were walking along the lake, which help me pass the time walking back to the shop because I was disappointed and frustrated in that this was third tube that had popped in the last month. Finally, got back to the bike shop, and thankfully the guy at the shop was able to fix the problem with the bike (there were a few), I had to replace my cleats because they were done especially that walk. The shop guy suggested how to extend my aerobars and how to adjust my handlebars.
Fourth challenge of this week was also on Saturday, since I wasn't able to do the preview course ride, I did a ride from home and little did I know that I was going to have extended amount of time of headwind that was again somewhere between 15 - 18 mph out of the South as well as going to get really sunburned. When I started the ride it was overcast looking like it was going to rain and that lasted about for first hour after that it was sunny so, I ended up very burned. I started the ride from home heading towards Canandaigua so, the wind was behind, got to the end of RTE 247, turned right onto RTE 5&20 heading towards Geneva, once I got to Geneva turned right onto RTE 14 (about 17 miles) BOOM the headwind hit me and hit me hard. I finally made it back to our house (about mile 33.50), changed my socks because I was getting hot spots on my feet/toes and honestly I needed a breather from the headwind for a few minutes. I got back on the bike and continued with the ride towards Naples probably should have headed back to Canandaigua because from our house to Naples was just more headwind. I had every intent to ride to Naples then head back to High Tor park where Bill was going to pick me up. I got just pass Naples Community Park on RTE 245 and my body was physically done for the day. Instead of pushing through like I normally, I was at the time frame that my training plan called so, I was ok with stopping.
Total mileage for max out week was 72.42 miles
