Hello followeres-I am headed to bed at an insanely early hour. I did a mega workout today consisting of a 1.2 miles swim and 45 miles on the bike. There was a large separation of several hours (roughly 6 1/2 hours) so no it was not done all at once, but it was done, and I feel pretty great that I did it!
Because the bike portion took me 3 hours to complete, I had a lot of time to think. Fortunately I picked a bike route, where there were manly walkers and seniors that were riding these giant bicycles resembling tricycles. It made me sad to think that these folks have reverted back to toddlerhood but happy that they had the gumption to get out and ride. 40 yeears has almost gone by for me and in another 40 years God willing, that could be me on the trike. It sucks getting old!
On another note, I have noticed that when I do the long rides, my fingertips become numb. This lasts for several days and kinda freaks me out. I don't know if I am putting too much pressure on my hands when holding on for dear life or if this is a common malady. I think I will take a trip to my local bike store to see what they say/reccommend, oh and of course must consult the internet. Anyone who knows anything about any of this, please comment, as your feedback would be extremely helpful!
On yet another note, I did practice drinking from my water bottle some more. The heat got to me (I think it was over 20degress in the city today!) and I succeeded in getting the bottle out of the cage and drinking just fine. But putting the bottle back resulted in losing it twice to the pavement. Obviously I still need to work on this. I was also set to try and pee....but was so dehydrated that there was only salt left in my bladder! I suspect that if things continue the way they are, I could conceivably do the whole 70.6 miles without ever having to pee!
Speaking of peeing-I now do have to go, so I will say goodnight as I have a long run ahead of me tomorrow bright and early. Cheers!
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As long as it's only the water bottle being lost to the pavement and not you, I can live with that. Were you going to practice peeing while on your bike? If that's the case, I'm sure you'd be getting a lot of woeful looks from the continent seniors tooling around on their tricycles... Either way, good on you for getting back out there today because I know you haven't been feeling up to par this week!
ReplyDeleteQOTD: “Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.” - Douglas MacArthur
hi Donna
ReplyDeleteIf your fingers are going numb and staying numb - its either because you have too much body weight on your hands or you dont change your position enough, or both. Your fingers might go tingly but they should never be numb or stay that way. I'm glad you're getting your setup looked at. congrats on doing all that training yesterday! when is your race?
sounds like carpel tunnel you are probably over flexing your wrists sometimes keeping your wrist straighter can help but this happens to me too
ReplyDeleteThank you my friends for the tips! Shirley I have started a duathalon series, and my first short tri is June 13-the Big Kahuna is on Aug 1st (1/2 Ironman)
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