Long week............heat is here

Longest training week I've ever had. 12.5 hours of swimming, biking, running and lifting. Did a 2000 meter swim and felt very good but need to add at least a 2nd weekly swim. Ran 30 miles and biked 110. 2 lifting sessions. This week will be a bit of a recovery week and I'll need it. The heat/humidity arrived with a vengeance this week. During my 10 mile run on Sunday I drank 16 oz before the run of Cattapult, 40 oz of Cytomax during the run and 30 oz of H20 and still ran out. Drank another 32 oz of Recoverite when I finished which helped me bounce back. According to the weather station down the street, it hit 81 degrees dew point during my run. Temp hit 88.

Like with my first 1/2 Ironman race, Muncie in 2002, I will not have to worry about the temps at Steelhead. After spending 2+ months training in 92+ degrees and high dew points, Michigan weather will seem cool no matter the temps.

Have the Sunset race(2 mile run, 1/2 mile swim, 1 mile run) this Friday night. Looking forward to it as it should be fun. No real goals but would like to break 8 min pace on the runs and 16 minutes on the swim. Not knowing how much of the runs are in the sand it's hard to know how realistic that is. Plus, I also plan on riding 30 miles at lunch that day so we'll see how it goes.