Saturday, May 22 2010

woke at 5am (in dubai its 7am so I basically slept until 7am) — slept great

breakfast:  oatmeal with soy milk, 3 small pieces of brown toast and two large strong coffee

BIKE:  180km Nice ironman course — about 8 hours (including 30 minutes we stopped for food at a cafe and 20 minutes we stopped to change mario’s flat tire — he had 3 flat tires today)

comments:  Mario rode with me.  Although he told me many times throughout the ride to eat, I didnt eat during the first 80-90 km of the ride because I had a upset stomach.  Also, I could only carry two water bottle — so at 69km I experienced something I dont think I have experienced before, I completely ran out of gas.  I had to stop 3 times on the 2nd long climb and rest for a couple of minutes …I even wondered to myself if I could hitchhike down the rode and get someone to drive me back ….I have had better days

Its the 2nd time I rode the first 80-100 Km of the Nice IM course which seems to be all up hill …in the beginning, one long climb which becomes one massive climb (at least for me) followed by another long rolling climb entirely up hill.

When we reached the top of the toughtest climb … I was very dehydrated and although i didnt feel hungry, I guess I was hungry because I had zero energy.  Even going down hill was exhausting.

About 120 km in to the ride, we stopped at a cafe to get a coke, water and I got a waffle with nutella (this breaks my vegan diet, but I needed the energy … and salad was the last thing on my mind.)

After the coke and the waffle with nutella – I felt much better and the rest of the ride went by ok.

Today was hell, but a great experience because now i know I need to drink and eat, even on the long long climbs.

I was scheduled to do a 30 minute run immediately after the ride, but only ran about 5 minutes and walked 10 minutes or so.
I came home and swam for 20 minutes.

I have been hammering the squats in the gym and wonder if another reason for my poor performance today was because my legs were dead tired, but Mario says my lack of energy was because i didnt eat or drink.

I must admit … I thought many times today how I was going to cancel my Nice IM … but I was just being a total bitch.