With a race weekend and then taper, today was the last chance for an over-distance bike ride. If the 70.3 was going to involve 94km of riding (the bike course is a little long), I need to be comfortable for more than that. So I went out for about 110km, and had a decent ride. By the end, I was getting a bit burnt out, but I think that stems from being a little underfed, and hammering the second half of the ride into a strong headwind. Rolling terrain for 25km in a straight line, all against the wind, takes a lot out of the legs. Even controlling my heart rate, I was more tired than I would expect to be. There's no way I would have run a decent half-marathon at that point. I think it's fair to assume that the last two weeks have emptied the legs, so the next three will be used to fill them back up. If this is my only shot, I need to make it my best.
Bike: 111km, 31.7km/h average
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