Week 16 - 8 weeks to go - Petty good week

3/14/16 - 3/20/16

Swim - 3
Bike - 3
Run - 2
Strength Training - 1
Weight to lose - 23.5 lbs
Mileage (weekly / 2016)
Swim - 7200 yds / 43,050 yds miles
Bike - 61.2 miles / 453.4 miles
Run - 11.64 miles / 102.85 miles

For the most part the week went well however my long bike and run did not go as I wanted it to go. I had gotten up early to get my bike and run in before my on-call shift started but from the beginning of the ride I just felt exhausted, my legs felt like lead blocks and I just couldn't get going. At the 2 hour mark I got off the bike and did some stretching hoping that would help but it just wasn't working. I decided to cut the bike short and bail in the run.

I'm very disappointed and frustrated, at 8 weeks this is not what I was looking for, I was hoping to have a solid ride followed by a decent run but it wasn't there. This kind of puts a damper on the rest of the week, which went well. Of course so may questions go through my head and I worry what this means for the race. When you have bad days, the fear of failure can be overwhelming!

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