10-mile run on Saturday; 20-mile Bike on Sunday!

We had an unseasonably warm weekend, here in the great state of North Carolina!  Sunny and in the 70's both days!  It was nice to see so many people out getting their fitness on, on our new greenway trails!!  Lots of doggies too!!

The rest of the week was pretty good too.

• Monday, I had an almost record setting 3 mile run - just under 10-minutes per mile.  Remember: I'm slower than molasses in January, so don't expect any crazy fast times.  
• Tuesday, I broke out my Fluidity Bar.  I bought this thing several years ago, and really loved it - but for some reason stopped using it; I think I got married, and it was in storage for awhile - I have no idea.  As a side note, my sister-in-law, Heather, said about it "that looks like something you see in a yard sale."  I.e. - purchased in January for the resolution season, sold in July when the Resolution has no hope of coming to fruition.  ha!  Anyhow, I broke it out, and remembered how much I really like it!  So, I've decided to incorporate that into the training for my core and general strength training.  
• On Wednesday, I was able to get my lazy carcass out of bed to get in a 6.6 mile run before work!! Whoo-hoo!  
• Thursday, I had planned to do 4 miles before work, but I was not feeling so great so slept in, thinking I'd get around to it that evening...but, kept feeling a little less than good - so Arjay and I just ordered Chinese and called it a "Do nothing but watch Numb3rs on Netflix Streaming" night.  Good call.
• Friday was an off-day.  
• Saturday 10 miles!! I'm pretty pleased with that run altogether - I ran at an 11:30 pace - which is much faster than my training runs are supposed to be, based on heart rate - but my heart rate kept steady at about 158 - a little high, but not by as much as the pace would suggest.  
• Top it off with Today's 20 mile bike-ride, and I think I had a pretty good training week, all things considered.

An interesting note: I gained 2 lbs this week, which seems odd, given the activity level, and the fact that I haven't changed my eating that much...so, weird.  Also, went to give blood today, but got the big "No Thank You," onaccounta my iron being low.  So - steaks on the grill it is!  With a side of steamed spinach.  YUM!

Goal for this week:  all training runs in the morning.  I'm very nervous about Saturday - it will be the farthest I've ever run - 15 miles!  I'm taking it out to the trail on which the marathon will actually be run.  So, that should be interesting!  If I am still able to type after that, I will tell you how it goes!