Zzzz

I am tired. Just plain tired. I did go to the brick last night, and even muscled through a pretty solid workout. I did 5 Middlebrook laps (or 15 miles) on the bike. For the middle 3 laps, I rode hard, maintaining 19-20 mph despite going into the wind, on the "out" leg and recovered on the "in" leg. In the end, my average was 18.6 mph, which is faster than I usually average during the bricks. The pickups were good, and I feel like they will help me improve my speed. After a couple minutes to gulp more water and change shoes, I headed out for a 2 mile run. I felt very tired, but I ran reasonably well. I walked for a minute at each half-mile mark. I did the mile out in 11:31 and the mile back in 11:32, so I was consistent. And while the pace is slow, it's typical for me for the early evening, hot-as-hell run off the bike.

The workout itself went ok, but afterwards I was utterly spent. I drank some water, Gatorade, and even chocolate milk (my favorite recovery drink), but for the rest of the evening, I was exhausted. I felt like couldn't fully catch my breath. Actually, that's not quite the way to describe it, but it's the closest I can come. I just felt extremely fatigued. I fixed dinner, but then plopped myself on the couch for the rest of the evening.

I haven't been working out more than usual, however, a lot of my workouts have been of pretty high intensity. Two duathlon "race sims," my first longer-than-4-miles run in months, a couple run/walk workouts where the run is done at fast pace, a couple interval bike workouts. Who knows. Anyway, I've decided I'm taking today and tomorrow off, and we'll see how I feel on Saturday at the Lunar Rendezvous 5K. I am still undecided (aka have not signed up for) the Webster Duathlon on Sunday, but I'm sure I'll end up doing it. I can't resist. And all the BAMmers will be there.