Today, I participated in my own little triathlon..only in backwards order! I ran the Love the Run You're With 5k...then met up with Phil for an awesome bike ride...and then had my third session of a swim clinic for triathletes I signed up for. I call it the trifecta :)
Lets take it from the top!
Last night we celebrated my friend Bill's birthday by bar hopping with a group of my college friends. Phil and I hung out for a while and had a few drinks but went home earlier then everyone else (which was still past my bedtime!) since we both had plans in the morning.
After not nearly enough sleep I woke up on Sunday morning and walked over the start line of the 5k. Its awesome living 3 blocks from the start line! My legs were screaming- I think the fact that I missed all of my workouts last week combined with drinking wine on Friday night, running 16 miles on Saturday, having 2 or so beers on Saturday night and not going to bed until almost 2 am did not help me run a fast 5k. Actually, I ran the slowest 3.2 miles of my life. It was more so a recovery run than a race for me. I was there for the shirts, friends and brunch :) But look at me and the girls in our awesome shirts we made on Friday night!!
After therace recovery run we headed to a local pub for the brunch buffet.
Despite being sore from the waist down, after brunch I met Phil at Hains Point for a few laps on Pink Lady.
Hains Point is a flat 3ish mile loop in DC with little cars. Many many bikers do laps around Hains Point.
I am getting more comfortable riding the aero bars. I also love riding with Phil because he is such a strong rider and gives me wonderful tips and also reasonably pushes me to go a little faster, keep my heels flat, ect. We held a 16-18 mph pace for the first 2 laps while my legs loosened up. Even during those 2 laps we did sprints where we held a faster pace for about 30 seconds. Once my legs loosened up we picked up the pace quite a bit and did another lap.
And then treated ourselves to oreo milkshakes :)
After an hour long nap and grocery shopping, Phil and I were off to our 3rd session of "Freestyle for triathletes" swimming clinic.
Phew! I am tired and my legs are sore. off to bed for me!!
Lets take it from the top!
Last night we celebrated my friend Bill's birthday by bar hopping with a group of my college friends. Phil and I hung out for a while and had a few drinks but went home earlier then everyone else (which was still past my bedtime!) since we both had plans in the morning.
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| Me and the birthday boy! |
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| super stars |
After not nearly enough sleep I woke up on Sunday morning and walked over the start line of the 5k. Its awesome living 3 blocks from the start line! My legs were screaming- I think the fact that I missed all of my workouts last week combined with drinking wine on Friday night, running 16 miles on Saturday, having 2 or so beers on Saturday night and not going to bed until almost 2 am did not help me run a fast 5k. Actually, I ran the slowest 3.2 miles of my life. It was more so a recovery run than a race for me. I was there for the shirts, friends and brunch :) But look at me and the girls in our awesome shirts we made on Friday night!!
After the
Despite being sore from the waist down, after brunch I met Phil at Hains Point for a few laps on Pink Lady.
Hains Point is a flat 3ish mile loop in DC with little cars. Many many bikers do laps around Hains Point.
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| random map I took from google! |
I am getting more comfortable riding the aero bars. I also love riding with Phil because he is such a strong rider and gives me wonderful tips and also reasonably pushes me to go a little faster, keep my heels flat, ect. We held a 16-18 mph pace for the first 2 laps while my legs loosened up. Even during those 2 laps we did sprints where we held a faster pace for about 30 seconds. Once my legs loosened up we picked up the pace quite a bit and did another lap.
And then treated ourselves to oreo milkshakes :)
After an hour long nap and grocery shopping, Phil and I were off to our 3rd session of "Freestyle for triathletes" swimming clinic.
Phew! I am tired and my legs are sore. off to bed for me!!
amazing!
ReplyDeleteI think you should also make mention of how many blog followers you encountered at Bill's bday. I counted about 5 who had read your last post! Keep it up, Lauren!
ReplyDeletei know! it made me soo happy when Brennan was like "dont you have to run in the morning!?!?" haha. :)
ReplyDeletei think i saw you guys at the race! nice shirts!!
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