Saturday, June 26, 2010

welcome to hell!

yep, today was hot enough to fry an egg on the road. the last 30 miles, according to weather wunderground was 97.5 degrees but on my cyclocomputer, the heat coming off the road was registering at 105.7 and let me tell you, it felt every bit of 105! i will say this though, i am getting acclimated to the heat more and more every day. that doesn't mean i like it but that i can and will survive in it. here is our ride from today:

we ended up with 83 miles. it was me, my J-man, the squirrel whisperer (aka: Le Roi) and J-man #2. we did one quick refuel at about mile 54 and then finished up. overall, this ride gets a 9 out of 10 stars. it would have gotten a 10 but because it was so freakin hot, a 9 will do.


after we got back to the truck, i did a quick transition and off i went. i only did 2 miles but that was my plan. no more, no less. i used the heart rate monitor feature for the garmin today for the first time and i found it interesting that on the bike my max heart rate was 171 and it was the exact same on the run. coming off the bike to run was not a problem at all. yes i was tired but my legs were able to switch gears easily. even before i decided to get back to doing triathlons this year, i always did bricks (for fun!), so it really isn't all that hard of a transition for me to get used to.

wow! after reading tons of blog posts this week, i can't believe how many of you all are racing this weekend. i would love to do a shout out to all of you but i may be sitting at the computer for hours. so here is one big shout out for all of you:
sending tons of positive race vibes to all of you! i look forward to all the race reports tomorrow and monday.

i especially want to give a shout out to 2 awesome chics who are doing their very first IM at Coeur d'Alene tomorrow...Paula @ Adventure Junkie Mom and to Angie G. who doesn't have a blog (yet!). i will be stalking you online throughout the day. race smart and strong ladies!

hope everyone is having a fine weekend. much love and peace out!

19 comments:

  1. wow! That IS hot!!! I think my shoes would melt! How much liquid did you drink?

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  2. Jon, i went thru 4 of the bigger water bottles(2 water/2 powerade w/nuun) and the a water and G2 at our refuel stop. I took a bottle of water on the run and drank most of that, then dumped the rest on my head as i got closer to finishing. I never felt like i was dehydrated.

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  3. OMG. I was in Orlando for the past three days - and I'm so glad that the whole conference was in the resort. The only time I went outside was to jump in the pool :)

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  4. Awesome job on the brick run today!

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  5. What a great ride and added brick! nice work.
    -Derek

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  6. You are crazy girl!

    Smart on getting acclimated to the heat though. I am forcing myself to do that through our afternoon workouts. Our heat is not anywhere near yours though!!!!

    Keep up the good work! You will be so ready for the Full!

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  7. awesome ride in that heat and way to finish it with a run! I was thinking the same thing as Jon...the liquids must be key in weather like that. And for me suntan lotion as well :)

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  8. I am thinking of taking an egg out on my driveway right now to see if that would happen -- I bet it would!

    Great brick KC and way to suck it up in the heat. I started to get dizzy and during my run yesterday after my bike ride and actually had to find a tree for shade and rest for a few minutes -- got to be careful in this heat!

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  9. Hi Kristine,
    Way to be a super star and get out there in the heat, bust out a super long bike ride and then a brick:) I don't know how you do it!?! Peace out Chica!

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  10. Brick workouts for fun?!?! Now I've heard everything!

    Great work getting out there despite the heat!

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  11. Holy cow, that is so hot. I couldn't take it, seriously. I am such a wimp with heat!

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  12. dang! I am sure it was worse down there today. I had to coach a swim meet today near VA Beach and just standing in the sun, I was dripping with sweat. It was def triple digits today. I left around 7:30p this evening, and saw a Walgreen sign that read 98 degrees. Today sucked. lol

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  13. You ran a 16:20 after 83 MILES on the bike!! Good Lord!!

    Thats amazing!! Great job!!

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  14. Our heat certainly is something down here. The past two summers I dedicated a lot of my posts to it; I'm try to hold back this summer. For whatever reason, my blog posts haven't helped and it's still hot. LOL! That being said, I suffer terribly in the heat and would like to move to Alaska (or at least San Diego).

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  15. The heat has got to make us stronger... at least that's my theory. Since we have no choice, I'm sticking to it.
    Stopped at the mall, huh?
    I may double up this weekend and do 40 or so with you guys.

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  16. Wow, that is hot and I will now get bitchin' about the heat in COS!

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  17. That is one thing I do not miss about Arizona is the heat!!! I know exactly what your talking about

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  18. It was angry hot in NYC this weekend, had a 5mile race in Central Park and NYRR gave out popsicle's at the finish. Awesome.

    iRunnerblog.com

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