Just an Average SKIRT

On Wednesday I had my long ride, it was the longest I’ve ever done but it certainly didn’t feel that way. I felt excellent the entire time…we’ll keep this post on the positive so I won’t say how long this took me or my average speed. Let’s just say I won’t be surprised if Ironman is more like a 15 hr day than the pie in the sky 13 hr I’ve set my sights on.

Woke up to downpours, thunder and lightening at 4:30 - not to worry, I knew it would be a great day. Hopped on the trainer at 6am and rode for 2 hours then headed out towards the canyon for some climbing. I was dressed perfectly but had a ton of shit with me - hat, gloves, balaclava, heavy gloves, nutrition, bag o’money and incidentals….etc. etc. Tons of shit.

It was fine until the sun came out and I needed to ditch my legs and jacket. Finished strong and hit the pavement for 2 miles. Pleasantly surprised, my legs felt light, no pain, no aches, no problem. I thought ‘I could run 5 miles, naaaa, 10 miles….naaa, 15, naaaa I could run a freakin’ marathon right now’. That was a good feeling. It wouldn’t have been pretty (by the way, neither will ironman) but I would have gotten the job done.

I was quite impressed with the comfort of my vogue shorts during the ride and how I felt afterwards. Also went complete vintage Skirt for my run, felt good to get back to the basics.

Thursday I hit masters - here’s how it went down:

Jessica: ‘hi, I’m Jessica, I’m here for masters’

Masters Class: ‘great, here’s your ass’

Jessica: ‘great, thanks for handing that to me, let’s swim bitches’.

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