What's with the bike?

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Hello World-

So are you thinking 'what's up with the bike, Brooke?'  I do other things than run people!   :) Some may argue that I don't do other things often enough but when I do, watch out, because I have plenty of cardio power...

After doing an easy 8 miler, Chris and I did an amazing Saturday morning bike trip  -- hours before anyone else in the household woke up.  We took off through Old Town and linked up with the new pedestrian path taking us across the Potomac River on the North side of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge to Prince George's County.  Great views and well done!  My only complaint was that the bridge seams along the way were deep and wide so a biker, in particular, had to watch out for those so as not to catapult oneself over the railing!  But, back to the positive, the path was wide, well landscaped with historical makers and places to take a rest or check out the beautiful scenery.  We rode to National Harbor and then back over the bridge to the Belle Haven Marina -- yea, the water station is back in operation -- and then headed north towards home.   We took a few hours to rest and watched Serena defeat Venus in the women's finals and then Chris and I decided to play some tennis ourselves...

All this leads up to why my legs feel like lead!  You'd think that I'd rest up before the first long run of the season (Sunday).  You know, take it easy, rest a little bit...  but that's the problem when you feel good, you can't help yourself and you go out and do a Saturday like I did.  So, I met up with the group Sunday morning at 7 at Fletcher's Boat House.  We divided up into our distance and pace groups and took off for our 16 miler.  Eight miles up through and past Bethesda and back.  It's a constant uphill on the way out and at the turn-around I made the mistake of asking what our average pace was (7:50).  All I can say is that the group took off from there, dropped the hammer...  I was the second to last to come in and I clocked my last mile as a 6:30...  Ice bath...

Today on the track my legs still feel like lead, but got it in...  We did a 2000 (7:37), 1600 (6:08), 1200 (4:39), 800 (3:01) and 400 (1:26).   Another ice bath...  Hopefully, I'll recover in time to feel great for Friday's tempo, only a 10 miler and a mile swim to go...

Cheers and it's a beautiful day for a run!

RunningBrooke

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