43 Days!

It's been 3 weeks since I finished my half iron and I have completed some difficult workouts since then.  In fact, my tripceps and lats still feel shaky after my double workout on Tuesday.  However, despite these accomplishments I can safely say I am getting more and more nervous, and feeling less and less prepared for November 17.    Part of this is due to general stress in school and life, but jeeeeeeeeeeez I can't seem to find the time to fit these long workouts in.

Hopefully I will be this happy at IMAZ!

For example, tomorrow is a triple brick workout totaling 90 miles cycling and 15 miles running.  Do I dare try to complete that even though I have to study for 3 medical school finals next week?  I guess I'm going to have to get up at the crack of dawn to get that done :(

But enough bitching!  It has been great weather this week for runs and I completed my best mile pacing workout to date: A total of 9 miles, with the middle 5 at pace.  I was able to do those 5 miles at under a 7 min mile pace!  The 5th mile might have been right at 7 minutes, and I had to stop and almost die before finishing my last, slow 2 miles, but I was REALLY happy with that workout :)

Furthermore, because of the furlough, national parks are closed...or at least the roads are, which will lead to some great cycling in Rock Creek Park with no traffic!  While doing my 15 mile run yesterday, I saw a bizillion cyclists in the park taking advantage of the car free roads...I definitely need to do the same.   This will be a perfect reprieve from my normal fear of being run over by a car while cycling!

All in all, these next 43 days leading up to the IronMan will undoubtedly be filled with stress, but I need to keep looking at the positives and the FUN parts of these workouts!  T-minus 43 days!