Clyde's Comeback!

65 mile ride up around Gunlock and Veyo. Left the house at 3:50 a.m. Solid effort this morning as things clicked for the most part. It was super hot and I did drop one of my water bottles which sucked down the stretch... but still kept a solid grind without really feeling hammered. 

30 min's on elliptical after Mik'L got home. In the 45 min's while she was gone my hip got super, super, super tight and hurt just to walk. So I about bagged everything. But decided to get on the elliptical for a while and see if it would loosen up.

5 miles on the treadmill. After a half hour on the elliptical my hip seemed to feel runable so I switched to the treadmill to finish the workout. Didn't want to got outside as it was now around 90 F. Ended up running pretty solid by the end.

48.8 mile ride out to the airport and back (twice). I flirted with the idea of doing the same ride again as yesterday and even set my alarm for 3:30 to do so. But I woke at 3:15 and decided I wasn't going... at all. Fell back a sleep and woke at 4:30 to go potty. Then I re-commited and rushed out the door as fast as I could to get in as much as I could before 7 a.m. Legs didn't have much in them but I did get in a ride. 20.7 mph avg. 

7.2 miles on the treadmill after the ride. Basically got home and fed the chickens went potty, and changed my clothes. Then hit up the machine while Mik'L was out on her run. When she got home I was only 2 miles into it but just didn't feel like going out into the sun so I finished on the belt. 

15.3 mile run early this morning. Hit a few before and a few after solo and ran the middle DC loop with Billy boy. It really felt hot and dry. Even in the darkness of the morning I was super uncomfortable. Hip was killer today... hurt from about the second mile on. At times it was almost crippling. 

13 mile Super EZ ride after Mik'L was done with her stuff. It was at least an hour and a half after I finished my run that I got on the bike. Just really wanted to spin the legs out and try and loosen up the stinking hip. Seemed to help a little. 

The annual 4th of July run. Big group this morning. I think there was around 40-45 crazies who showed up to catch the vans at 4:15 a.m. It was super hot today. The hottest morning of the year so far. 93 F when I left the house at 3:40 a.m. But once we got up there it was a little cooler and there was a breeze. Plus some cloud cover kept the sun at bay until well after I'd got home. 

Took it really EZ for a couple miles but then worked into a groove with STeve and Tom. With just under 6 miles to go and after all the hill climbs were done Stephen dropped the hammer and was pounding the downhill to the finish. I fell back but then worked through the flatter sections to catch back up. Then we both just kind of jogged the final mile together. Still hit like a 7:02 avg or something for the run. Lots of climbing and ALL dirt roads+ half in the dark. 

Good run. My hip had sections of super painful jolts but as a whole felt pretty stable for the run. Happy about that.

75.3 mile ride up in Torrey. Actually had to do a full Tour de Wayne County to get the mileage. Took my Tri bike up and it was nice to get back on it after riding the BMC for the last 6 weeks or so. Had some nasty wind during the first 20 miles then it kind of tappered off. I really was sucking air on all the big climbs... the low part of my ride was 6,800 and up to 7,400 or so. A big jump when you live at 2,600 ft. But had a good ride and for the most part good weather in my old stomping ground. Ended with a solid 20.8 mph avg.

Got up and didn't know if I wanted to run or not... really didn't know if I wanted to race or not. Today was the Torrey Apple days 5k and when I'm here I usually run it. So I went out running about an hour or so before it started to get warmed up and see if racing would be an option. After about 3.5 miles I headed over to see what was happening at the starting line and there was no one there. I was a little early but still someone should have been there. So I looped around a little more checked again and still no one. Then I decided to just bag it and went back to enjoy the rest of the day at temps under 80 degrees and beautiful surroundings. Later that day I learned that I had the time wrong about the race and I had shown up over an hour early.... the race happened without me. Oh well.