taste of summer

After having the neuro shelf exam on Friday, and our neuro final exam today, I'm ready for summer!  250 neuro questions in two tests is alot of fun...One more final on Friday but this week should be pretty relaxing (mentally at least).  I had a low volume training week last week and the plan is to hit these next three weeks hard, in terms of volume and intensity.  By then I should be good and worn out for my first race, the Apple Duathlon, at the end of this training stretch.  The first race back is always a little intimidating; I'm the kinda guy who likes to race myself into shape so I wont be expecting anything great, especially since I haven't done a running "workout" since last fall (besides a random track meet in January that I ran for some odd reason...).  But my running came around last summer just from bike training so I'm banking on that again.  

I started the week on a good note, putting in a swim this afternoon after the final, followed by a 45 mile bike ride that included 3x5.5 miles at threshold pace.  The threshold pieces had a few hard climbs, but it was mostly flat (and windy!).  The third rep was the fastest and felt the easiest.  My speedometer is broken, but I have the segments measured out.  Ended up averaging 24.75 mph (did  the 16.5 miles in just under 40 min).  Can't complain with that for very little threshold work!  Once I get my "aero-ness" back and a few races under me, I think I'll be making some nice improvements on the bike this season.