Rebecca's 'Turning Forty' Triathlon: Recovery Ride with Andy

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Recovery Ride with Andy

I pampered myself yesterday after the tri simulation. My leg was pretty tender so I took a hot bath and then did some contrast hydrotherapy and used the foam roller on the muscles around the back of my knee. My left calf was really tight and sore....I am guessing because I was not pushing down on that heel very much when I rode. I was also in bed by 8:30 last night....so pooped!

This morning I met Andy at LongBottom Coffee in Hillsboro and we did a really nice, flat, easy ride out toward somewhere...god, I am really bad with my geography in that area! Lets see...I know we went through Verboten at some point, and we rode by the Hillsboro Golf Course...and then we finished up passing the Hillsboro Airport and even saw a bit of the airshow.

My leg was still pretty tender today on the ride so I kept my cadence really high and pushed harder with my right leg. I still think I will be fine for the race because its feeling better each day. The biggest issue I had today was feeling really shaky in my legs, especially during the last half of the ride. At first I chalked it up to the tri simulation yesterday, but then I realized that I wasn't actually feeling fatigue like I usually do (I know it well by nownow!), I was feeling low blood sugar! I just didn't eat enough this morning (one piece of toast with peanut butter), and I dont think I ate enough yesterday after the simulation either. I was so tired and working so hard to soothe my knee that I kind of forgot to pay attention to my nutrition. And I didn't have any food on my bike at all!

By the time we got back to LongBottom I was ready to eat the car. Luckily, they have amazing food and I polished off a huge order of Eggs Benedict, a side of bacon, a large fruit plate and a triple latte....how about that for a breakfast of champions?!! Then we had Kincaid's 8th birthday party where I ate two slices of his cheesecake birthday cake, followed by an IPA when I got home, a big bowl of pasta and a chicken breast for dinner, and an ice cream bar to finish it off. Hey, I don't feel shaky any more! My plan is to eat like a Queen for the next eleven days or so because I think my body needs it to get ready for the big event. How fun!

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WHAT YOU WILL FIND ON THIS BLOG

This is a diary (complete with photos) of my experience training with Team in Training for the Pacific Grove Triathlon on Sept. 12, 2009. I am participating to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and to get my ass in shape! There is nothing that says turning forty shouldn't herald the best damn decade of your life.

I hope you will visit often. If you do, you might just catch a glimpse of my team running with pringles between our fingers, or on the pool deck doing plank in our speedos!

Although this triathlon is a personal fitness journey, it is more importantly an opportunity to give back to the community by raising money for an incredible organization, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). LLS is helping children, families, and individuals fight the battle against blood cancer; all of us at one time or another have known someone who has struggled against Leukemia, Lymphoma, or Myeloma. In my life, its been my grandmother Virginia, a little boy who goes to school with my kids, Zachary, a grandson of a co-worker, Ethan, a sister of a dear friend, Cindy, and the brother-in-law of a colleague, Tom. Now it is also our team's honored teammate, Dean who is in remission, but is struggling to surmount the side effects of his treatment. You can help out too. Please donate to my fundraising campaign by following this link: http://pages.teamintraining.org/or/pactri09/rramsay . All the money goes directly to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and then to children, adults and families who need all the support we can give them.

I am participating in memory of my grandmother, Virgina Wrigley, who died of Leukemia.

Tri.ath.lon

A triathlon is a multi-sport endurance event consisting of swimming, cycling, and running in immediate succession over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall course completion time, including timed "transitions" between the individual swim, bike, and run components.The demanding nature of the sport focuses primarily on persistent and often periodized training in each of the three disciplines, as well as combination workouts and general strength conditioning to ensure the highest levels of endurance, strength, and power possible come race day. Proficiency in swimming, cycling, and running alone is often not sufficient for success in triathlon.....truth be told, what is really needed is an almost unnatural capacity for denial and an unruly belief that anything is possible...(a good masseuse, buckets of himalayan bath salts, and an iron stomach capable of tolerating extremely high doses of Ibuprofen are the other critical prerequisites).