Maiki and I had a climbing extravaganza-weekend. And we loved it. Lots of hills with a little virtual-ironman-spectating (Ironman Florida) thrown in equals a fun-filled weekend for us.
Yesterday we did “Saturday Mt. Lemmon Day,” riding for a few hours, including our weekly Mt. Lemmon time trial (25-mile mountain climb). Then, after a little transition run, we hurried into Le Buzz, a yummy coffee shop near the mountain, to get on a wireless connection as soon as possible. There was no time to drive back across town, because we might have missed our friends in Florida finishing the race! So we settled in with our triple-shot soy lattes and salads for an afternoon of live video coverage of the race . . .
The highlight was BH’s 20+ minute PR of 9:35!! The wedding-week smashfest paid off! She was super-strong all day and finished in eighth.
Hillfest weekend, naturally, included running hill repeats today. This was a new workout from Coach Muffin–long hill reps–and it enabled me to show Maiki one of Tucson’s finer training venues, which he had yet to experience: ‘A’ Mountain, also properly named Sentinel Peak (pictured at top). It’s a lovely quiet road that wraps around this mountain, and is a favorite location for cycling hill rep sessions. Today during my “easy jog down” on the my running hill reps, I discovered what a crazy-huge view of Tucson the top of the mountain affords–I usually miss it while descending on my bike! It is an incredible view! Oooh and I also became painfully familiar with exactly which sections of the road are the steepest, etc….It hurt so good. I loved the smashfest and also especially appreciated the way that my Oakley Thump (mp3-playing sunglasses) covered up my dying animal noises. Poor Maiki. I only know because I heard them during the small silences between songs . . . Another big week of training in the books and it is time for bed! 6:30 AM swim tomorrow morning.
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It is nice that BH decided to carry-over her color scheme from the wedding to the race. It is fitting she wore white.
Hillary you ARE an animal!!!! When I am dying in the workouts that my coach gives me I think of what your coach has you doing and I think to myself “It could be worse”, dig in and keep pushing!
Thanks for being inspiring!