Scored a personal best on my bike this past Friday night - 20 miles around Prospect Park at an average speed of 19.6 mph. My previous high average speed was 19.3. There's no question in my mind that the running has been a huge contributor to my bike speed.
Last week, I had a hard workout on Monday followed by a 3.5 mile run on Tuesday, a 7-mile run on Wednesday morning and then an 8.1-mile run on Saturday evening. The interesting thing about Saturday's run was that came less than 24-hours after biking on Friday. I was definitely feeling some minor pain afterwards. But by the middle of Sunday, everything was pretty much back to normal.
These figures exceed all three of my training calendars: NYRR, Runner's World and Hal Higdon.
Still working on my diet. It's tough because I really have no concept of portion size. I am focusing more on what I eat and less on how much. A Powerbar before a run definitely make a difference.
At one point during the week I weighed in at 172.8, which is the lowest weight I can remember since 2003.
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