Today marked the beginning of Phase 4 of my training plan. Now it's a matter of standard workouts that are race specific and work directly towards my limiters like being able to bike hard uphill and muscular endurance for the run. Open water swim comfort level is no longer an issue, as I completed that change in May and June.
I thought my calf was about 90% this morning, and I was right. I set out for a 6-mile run today, and at mile 5 I could feel it weakening, so I walked the rest of the way. The first five miles went well, but I could feel I've lost some endurance in the last three weeks of tapering for races and then taking a full week off last week.
I biked the Portland simulation route tonight. Very slow...six minutes slower overall than my average. I would like to blame the 40mph hours that were swirling around, hitting me on the front, tail, and side and every other direction in complete random. Very strange, and very hard to bike. And my bike computer is still broke, so no data on cadence and mph. I've realized I'm going to have to buy a new one.
Anyway, I got started for this phase that focuses on my races in August. It was a rough start, but I hope to be back to where I was three weeks ago in about two weeks, and then from there it's five weeks to make gains.
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