Day in the Life of EB

Well here you go, I’m going to give you a little inside into my day and then talk about my race this past weekend.  Today I woke up at 6:30 to ride and meet up with a couple of other studs, and I mean studs. An Olympian, Best Short course athlete on planet, and a top ten Kona stud! Felt like a little kid going to tryouts.  I got up, showered, had a bar and was on my way.  I totally needed a coffee before the ride so I got there a bit early.  We rolled out right on time.  We rode 90k, about 56 miles for those who don’t do things in kilometers.  In the ride we did 7x10 big gear hills and then 5 minute easy. The ride is called peak to peak and climbs to 9000 ft.  It’s high and hurt a ton.  The ride took about 3 hrs so I came home very tired! That ride is like doing a leg workout in the gym for a long, long time. Got home, ate a bit but clearly not enough! I then sat around working on my new web page, which will be up soon.  After that, it was time to fix the bike and then out the door again at 1:40 to meet up for another 1:30 ride. This time, we were doing a 25-30 min time trail up the mountain.  This was tough, as the legs were shattered a bit already.  A very good day on the bike.  Nothing like riding with the best and getting pummeled.  Rode home and met Michael Lovato only to get right in the car to go to the pool.  I just wanted to get in an easy cruise swim.  I did exactly that, really all I could do, 2k easy.  I was starting to "see things" as I was swimming and realized that I had only had 3 bars, two egg sandwiches, and some Gatorade.  What I am saying is that I was totally cooked!  Next, to the grocery, thank God, for all I wanted was something to eat so I had some pizza! Got home, an hour later, Mrs. Lovato cooked up some buffalo steak, pasta, and salad. Not such a good idea to cram all of your calories in at night!  I look to be in bed by umm 9 at the latest, for it will all start bright and early again tomorrow.  As for the race this past weekend, I did an Olympic distance and really needed to get in a race being that my last one was about a month and half ago.  This race was in Windsor, Colorado, which is about 1 hr north of Boulder. The weather was cold, overcast, and misty.  There was a stud Ironman guy racing, Chris “Big Sexy” McDonald, who won IM Wisconsin last year and will be racing there again in two weeks.  In the swim, I just wanted to get on his feet.  I got gapped a bit but then came back and got on them.  As for the bike, he is an uber biker.  So, all I wanted to do was keep him in sight, and hope I could run him down. He biked a 57 and I was 57:50 so he came out of T2 with a lead.  It’s a bit hard to run at altitude, so I eventually caught him at the 21/2-mile mark then went on to run a 33:20.  I believe things are coming together and I am really enjoying my training here. Not many places in the world where you get the opportunity to train, learn, and see how the best in the world do it. How fortunate I am, and lucky the Lovatos have opened their home for me to stay and train.  Well, till next time, you know the drill -Dream Big.