A Hard Week ended with a Half Mary

Only one swim this past week but just got done with a nice 4,000 yd swim this morning and felt like I could have kept going for another hour :) The weather here in CT this time of the year is all over the place. We have some nice days and a lot of not so nice days so getting outside is not very predictable which means I need to juggle my schedule around. I got in 3 trainer rides this week...7 hours on the trainer.....spells torture. I had a 3 hour trainer ride on Saturday and I had a great 1.5 hour ride, then the rest was blahhhhhhhh.....it sucked. I averaged 240 watts for 1.5 hours and felt really strong. I was holding back too, knowing that I had a long way to go. My ego got in the way because I was riding with some other guys so I challenged myself to kick some butt. Mission accomplished but the payed the price after the fact....oh well. Sunday (yesterday) I planned on running in the Danbury half marathon but only as a training run. My legs were pretty shot from the 3 hour trainer ride the day before so I just wanted to run in my aerobic zone, keeping my HR under 150 which is a comfortable pace for me but definitely not racing. There was a 2 to 3 mile stretch somewhere around mile 8-11 that the hills come and keep coming. I felt strong going up the hills but my HR definitely went into anaerobic but I was sure to try to recover on the downhills. I ran steady the whole way and decided to run strong for the last two miles. Finished 1:39 with a 7:30 pace. I have a sub 1:30 half marathon in me....just need to lose 10-15 pounds and find the right course. Cooled down with another 2 miles so got in 15 miles....nice long run. Mission accomplished. Another decent week ahead!!!