Man, I just had an absolutely horrible brick workout today.  Let's begin with the beginning first, though.  I got up early to ride and as soon as I walked outside, I say some dark gray clouds to the south of my house.  Unfortunately, that was the direction that I was planning on riding today.  I went back inside and got on the trainer.  Man, that's boring.  After about 35 minutes, I couldn't stand it anymore.  I looked outside and it looked pretty decent.  Then, I checked the weather and there wasn't any rain to the west.  Screw the training, I'm going outside!  I went outside and rode for another 2 hours and 25 minutes.  I did 2x30min at race pace with 15min easy in between.  Nothing special there but I'm glad I rode because the sun starting coming out after the clouds cleared up.  That was the nice part of my workout.
Now, the hellish brick run.  I don't whether I was dehydrated, bonking, not use to the heat, not well rested, or whatever, but that run completely sucked.  I couldn't breathe very well.  My heart rate was sky high as well.  I felt like I was running really easily but I would look down and my heart rate would be at 170bpm.  What the hell?  I ended up getting just over 4 miles in about 42 minutes so I was S-L-O-W.  Hopefully, my long run tomorrow will be a lot better.  I just can't figure out what happened to me.  It definitely wasn't mental alone because my heart rate was so high.  It had to be dehydration.  I usually drink a liter of water in the morning before I work out, especially when it's hot, but I didn't do that today.  I also lost 4 pounds of weight while I drank 4 liters during all of my workouts.  It had to be dehydration, possibly with a bit of bonking.
New Balance mileage: 46.5 miles
Nike mileage: 59.5 miles
Saturday, July 7, 2007
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Gah... trainer in the summer = the suck
Sorry you had a shit workout... I am sure you will perk back up. Sometimes they just suck. At least you finished!
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