{"id":7005,"date":"2017-06-12T18:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T00:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=7005"},"modified":"2017-06-12T18:00:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T00:00:05","slug":"open-mouths-and-open-wallets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/12\/open-mouths-and-open-wallets\/","title":{"rendered":"Open mouths and open wallets."},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, THIS week.\u00a0 This one happens every #offseason.<\/p>\n

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Energy+enthusiasm-a training plan to apply it to = open mouths (and open wallets).<\/em><\/p>\n

The fatigue from the season is finally gone, and it’s like a curtain being lifted from my eyes and I see ALL THE THINGS I can go do and it’s overwhelming in a good way.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ve gone from thinking ALL I wanted to do was jump back into IM training because everything else in life seemed so crazy to hoping I have enough time before I start training seriously again so I can tick all the amazing things I have planned off my list.<\/p>\n

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This week, I would consider my first one back into being a recreational triathlete.\u00a0 I did five days of training (4h30m), I followed a loose plan, and I even did a brick workout.\u00a0 It feels like nothing and everything at the same time.\u00a0 90 minute bike rides are plenty right now, though I will need to start ramping this up soon through the summer to do a 100.\u00a0 20 minute swims and 3 mile runs are also plenty, and since I’m *NOT* planning on doing any long races, they can be enough for a while.<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, I rode bikes on an F1 racetrack with hundreds of my closest friends.\u00a0 You would think of a racetrack as a flat surface, right?\u00a0 Nah.\u00a0 It has a killer hill right off the starting line, and a steeper, longer one just after that.\u00a0 That day, it was right into the wind.\u00a0 Lovely.\u00a0 However, there was a flat back straightaway section that was SUPER fun to cruise at 28 mph. We did six loops (totaling about 22 miles), taking the cheater way to skip the hill every other time, and then headed home.<\/p>\n

Saturday, we were going to ride and run at the lake, but poor sleep the night before (and frankly, a lot of the week) made us miss our alarm and snooze.\u00a0 Instead, we rode the trainer and ran around the neighborhood.\u00a0 I haven’t been on the trainer since… my birthday, I think, and I forgot how challenging it was.\u00a0 I couldn’t really handle it for the 4-5 hour rides, but now that I’m doing shorter ones, I think I’ll make some improvements by being able to push myself.\u00a0 Once I get some aerobic base back.\u00a0 Let’s not talk about the 2 mile run after at 11:09 min\/miles at a heart rate of about 170 bpm.\u00a0 Sigh.<\/p>\n

Last week:<\/p>\n