Lost in the flurry of house purchasing this weekend was a tremendously good weekend of training.
Friday ended with a sweet swim workout. I finished a 1000 (40 lengths) in 12:30 for a sustained 1:15 / 100y pace for the entire swim.
Saturday's run called for 13 miles. Why not make it an even 13.1 and compare it to last year's half marathon? I ran around Lake Monona in 1:52 and change, about two minutes faster than said half-marathon. The main difference was that this was a training run and last year I "raced" the half-marathon, expending much more energy. What a difference a year makes.
Sunday was a two-hour ride. I didn't quite trust the weather, so I popped X2 into the DVD and pedaled a good pace the entire 120 minutes on the trainer. It was much stronger than any previous ride this spring.
One last breakthrough was on the scale. Flirting with sub-180, I finally cracked the plane and saw 179 for the first time since the Ironman.
Yup, it was a good weekend indeed.
