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Mama said there'd be days like this...



7:15 am, Saturday morning brick. Cold, tired and the first "practice timed Duathlon" of the season. I'm excited! Not! Dreading the pain, yet motivated by the challenge. 

This simulated race will be my "benchmark" for the subsequent monthly Duathlons that will occur. The goal; practice managing yourself effectively for race day! 

So with that in mind, I am geared up and ready to run. The race pattern for the course will be run, bike, run, bike, run. The run is relatively flat but the bike is NOT. The bike starts with a fun fast descent with gradually climbing that moves into a very steady climb that after a few runs has your legs feeling like bricks!

Brick normally does not begin till 8am but I am here extra early because I have workshop I am facilitating and need to be home by 10:30am. My agreement with Coach  was that I would start at 7:30am and complete as much of the training as I have time for. While I did agree to it, I was also not looking forward to the alarm that would go off at 5:45 am on a Saturday morning to get me to Newcastle where brick was. 

I also told Coach I would text him when I left my house so he would have an ETA for me and could get me started at the 7:30am start. So that is what I did, I sent him the text. I got a reply...

"This is one of those days you show your commitment to Ironman. Getting up earlier than everyone else just to get your workout in."

To that I say...Thank you Coach.

I had a great brick that day, I felt like I accomplished a lot.

T.








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