First, a quick recap on Rev3 Quassy, a tough course, over 4000 feet of climbing on the bike and over 1000 feet of climbing on the run! No PR's, BUT I had a 10 minute PR on a 13.1 in a 70.3 distance, which made me happy. Steve also ran the fastest he has ever run in a 70.3 and got second in clydesdale!
Ok, now onto more recent events. We just got back from spending 5 days in Lake Placid (the greatest place ever), with 4 days swimming, biking annnnnnnnd running! We lucked out and had amazing weather.
Wednesday we got into town around 3 pm, and I had to get another picture of this view, which never gets old. This is the view on the out and back of the run course that we will get to see. It's so amazing to see ski jumps in real life, they are huge!
It was a bit hot and humid on Thursday, but nothing we couldn't handle. Thursday we had a Swim TT, with one loop in Mirror Lake, the loop right now is about 400 meters longer than it will be on race day. After the TT we headed out on a ride down the road that runs along White Face Mountain (gorgeous), then all got grouped together on the second out and back of the race course, and did a painful 4 mile bike TT. By painful, I mean the hurt box, it ended on a nice hill where Tim Snow was screaming his face off encouraging everyone, it was awesome! Once I finished and got off my bike, I almost hurled. What a great feeling! We then road back into LP and had to go up along side White Face, which is the last 12 miles of the bike course, and it's all up hill, with a couple of little downs and "flats", but about 90% up hill. Talk about a good time. Then we trainsitioned to a run, we all had different times based on our training schedules.
Friday was the day I was very, very nervous about, the long ride day. We started off with breakfast and an early 6:45 am swim in Mirror Lake. I had a one loop recovery swim. Then I had an hour to think and go over the long ride, ahhh! Then we were off. I did the full 112, which was a huge confidence booster for me. Phew! This day was even more great because Courtney, Pat Wheeler's wife was in the sag vehicle and waited for us at miles 20, 40 then back at the house, then again for the second loop. We were able to refill with Perform, dump our trash and get more bars and gels. That made for smooth ride, no need to stop at a store, etc etc. So thank you Courtney! Her and Pat also know Pratt, my college friend! Small world! Then we went out to eat at the Dancing Bears, came back for a Q&A with the coaches, which was awesome. Good information was gained from that, in fact, all weekend, we all got some quality time with the coaches and were able to pick their brains.
Also, a HUGE thank you to Mary for staying with me during the long ride, I'm painfully slow on the bike and she is not. I'm not even sure she got her HR up to her ZR pace! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Saturday was two loops in Mirror Lake, it ended up being 3.3 miles, haaaa! That's really all I have to say about that. Who in their right mind swims 3.3 miles in open water? We did. Oh, speaking of swimming, we finally got to use our sleeveless wetsuits, annnnnd I'm in love. It was so nice to feel the water on my arms, it cooled me off a bit. We then did a recovery ride, with loops on the out and back of the run course, then a nice T run around Mirror Lake. QT2 provided us with dinner (every night), and this was catered with all sorts of delicious items that I have no pictures of. Let's just say there was a corn and black bean salad that I ate pretty much the entire thing of, some chicken, pesto bread (to die for) and chocolate chip cookies that were so big and thick I could only eat half of one. Let's be honest, I only ate half because I didn't want everyone else to see what a fatty I really am and can probably eat more than half of the people that were there.
Sunday, we had a recovery ride and the long run! Courtney again had the van waiting for us on the run course so we could fill up with perform and pick up any gels or bars. Then we ate lunch, and headed home. Sigh. Steve and I both cannot wait to be back there in a month!
This camp was awesome, living the life! Didn't have to worry about scheduling workouts around work, just wake up, eat, then train. QT2 did a phenomenal job, they provided massages and bike fits (which I got one with the Wizard), food and all the nutrition we needed for 4 full days of training. Plus it was in LP. Steve and both are very happy we went with QT2 and the amazing things that are in store for us in the weeks, months and years ahead! Thank You!
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