Good training day, today. Today was a great day on the bike. I only did my regular 22-mile lunch time route, but I felt great on the bike. I managed to average 20.5 mph over the course of the 22 miles. There wasn't much wind, so it was pretty much all me. Even after the ride, though, my legs felt pretty good. I was a bit surprised at how good I felt. Last Thursday's run left my legs and back a bit tight and my muscles REALLY sore. After my training Saturday, I thought I'd never be able to shake off the soreness before the race this weekend.

That reminds me . . . Saturday's workout was great too. I had planned on doing a 50-mile bike ride, but I missed my Wednesday swim class with Texas Iron (turns out they canceled it because of weather, anyway). So . . . I went to the Texas Iron Saturday bike class instead. It was an interesting workout. We did interval training on a short 2-mile loop. Several participants are racing at Iron Star, so we backed off the intensity a bit. Basically, we just did four laps at 80% of full throttle. There were some short hills in the course, so the workout was great on the legs. Normally, that's good, but I was so sore from Thursday's run that the hills killed me! To top it off, Jamie had us run 30 minutes after the bike workout. I know it was good for me, but DAMN it hurt.

Well . . . I'm now 6 days from my first Half Iron distance race. I'm getting pretty nervous about it, but I'm also pretty excited. I'm sure I'll have a heck of a good race report, regardless of how I do.

More to come later.