Welcome to the Real World

Well, I'm down to 204 officially yesterday , but I have a feeling it will be more because today I was even lighter. For now I'll just say 204. Today I did my first outside brick and boy was that an eye opener. You get real comfortable in the gym, where everything is predictable and climate controlled, and you have a nice little cup holder on your stable bike for your water. Not today baby.

I thought I'd do my workout outdoors today but sadly it was raining, pretty steady this morning. So I waited it out until about 11:30 or so when the rain broke and got other things done in the meantime. As soon as I was out with a mile under my belt on the bike, it started to rain again and continued for 8 miles. I slipped, got soaked and dropped my water bottle and had to go back and get it at one point. After the rain stopped, the wind started kicking in which made it much harder to keep a steady pace into the wind. That taxed my glutes, so when I started to run, I was beyond rubbery and walked a lot. In the end, I took about 10 more minutes than if I was in the gym. But that's OK. That is the purpose of the outdoor brick. To practice in the Real World and deal with real world scenarios like dropping your water and forgetting sunscreen and getting rained on. It was fun. But I am zapped. Out in the heat and the humidity, it was a whole different ball game. I was frustrated with it at one point, but I just kept on. I thought to myself that it's better that I have this experience now than on the race itself. I was glad to have decided to do it outside, and I think I'll do more outside in the coming weekends.

The workout is going great during the week. The only problem is that I can't seem to get in the swim workout in the evening. I'll try to work on it this week. I recognize there are only so many hours in the day, but dang it, I want to do it all... :o)