Brick 40k/10k today, another PR on the bike!

An awesome day for a great workout. Started an Olympic distance brick today at 10am. 60 degrees, sunny, and no wind. Truly awesome.

I got another PR on the bike route, beating last week's time by about 30 seconds. Finished my 40k route in 1:11:15. Felt good along the way, and I finally had an average cadence of 88, meeting my average cadence goal. I don't know why it's so hard to get that up there; it feels like I am at about 95 the entire time! This effort level was a bit lower than last week, and I think the wind had alot to do with it. I always wonder if winds really make that much of a difference because don't you get pushed as much as you push into it? Anywho.

The run was five minutes faster than my last 10k run after 40k bike. I had a 15 minute transition to talk to the guy doing my sprinklers, and honestly I think that was more detrimental than helpful. I was SOOO tight when I started running, much tighter than straight off the bike. The first two miles were much more painful than normal, but then I loosened up into a good stride. I averaged 165bpm once I got loosened up, and I didn't feel like I was running that hard. I'm really happy with this time because there are two hills on this route that I think add about 3 or 4 minutes onto my time; subtracting that gets me into the 48 minute range with a non-race effort. I really think I can hit 45 minutes on a flat race course. We'll see.

Tomorrow should be the first open water swim if all goes well.