We did our own mini half ironman in s.g. this weekend. We started off with.... 25 min. swim in the COLD Sand Hollow res. where the swim will be in 3 weeks. Felt great, no booties+much =faster swim. Then we rode from the res. to S.G. and did one loop of the course, 68 miles, 70 if you count where I got lost. Took 4 hrs. avg. 16.5 mph. Right on track, felt good, tried to pace myself. Not so sure I can do another loop though and then run a marathon! We then ran 6 miles of the very hilly, hot miserable run course. Avg. pace was 9:20 which was good considering I felt like I wanted to lay down and cry. My legs were heavy and tired. I did feel better and better as we went though which gives me some hope. I only had a little water and no food on the run and by the end I wanted to die! It was also 85 degrees which it will be when I run in 3 weeks, ahhh! It was so hot! I am truly very scared now!!! It' s going to be so hard!! One more hard week and one more long weekend is all I have, then it';s time to see if it all was worth it!
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