by Leslie Myers

Man, was I dehydrated when I started biking this morning. DE FRIGGIN HYDRATED.  It's not like I did anything last night to facilitate that. I guess that living in Las Vegas, I have to remember that the desert climate can just zap you of your liquid stores. Today's workouts (more prep for the race but Coach Kurt thankfully was a little easy on me)--3 hour bike ride which I started at 8:30 a.m. (97 degrees at start time and climbing. NOTE TO SELF: get your ass out of bed and on the bike by 4:45 a.m. and you will be ALOT cooler)

Breakfast 6:45 a.m. (slept in)

• 2 piece Brown Rice Bread, toasted spread with
  
• 1/2 Avocado 

Pre Ride 8:30 a.m.

• 2 Medjool Dates
• Hammer Race Caps Supreme (2)
  

Bike Ride

• 3 Water bottles FROZEN. 2 with Gatorade Endurance (125 Calories each plus electrolytes)  drank all of them during the first 2 hours of the ride. I am so opposite of a camel. Gulp Gulp Gulp Gulp.
  
• 2 Medjool Dates at about the 2 hour point
• 1 Large Grape Powerade Zero (didn't finish, just reloaded bottles with this and ice) I usually stay away from this stuff but it looked so refreshing.  
  

Transistion run--In the perfect "training for triathlon" world, this run is supposed to be right off the bike (no fussing around) in order to simulate a race situation. I admit I was feeling really hungry (prob didn't take in enough calories on the bike), hot and sweaty. Decided instead to strip down, cool off, and make a smoothie. Run will come in a few, uh, minutes.  My behavior in small circles is known as "Leslie's BROKEN transition run.  Wanted to complete a blog for today, so in the buck, smoothie in hand, I started typing. Way more fun. I am not sure why I have this aversion to transistion runs. Oh yeah, I do know why. They HURT!

12:15 p.m. 1/2 of Recovery Smoothie

• 1 banana
• 1 Cup Plain Soy Yogurt (been having a yogurt craving lately)
• 1 Cup Frozen Blackberries
• 1/2 Cup Frozen Mango Chunks
• 2 Tbsp Ground Flax Seed
• 2 Tbsp Raw Hemp Protein
• 1 Tbsp Raw Goji Berry Powder

2:00 p.m. Finished Tranistion Run (THANK you Ipod!)

• Other half of Recovery Smoothie
• Slew of vitamins and chlorella

4:00 p.m.

• GT Komboucha Strawberry Serenity--popped it open while still grocery shopping--I was sooooo thirsty. 
• 2 Brown Rice Crackers (Desperation move for salt--out of the bulk bin--I was seriously delirious) 

5:00 Trader Joes--I SOOOO love this place!

For the record, I have to rule out samples and tastings. I exempt them from my "diet" watch. Great thing about TJ's, Las Vegas, is that they have wine tastings on Fridays and Saturdays. Sometimes Mondays.  I caught the tail end of it (a little wine and a lot of good political conversation with Tony, the wine manager).  Had a few bites of freebie cheese and a piece of something that resembled chinese takeout in chicken form--TJ's is always sampling something!  Let me return to my mantra (or use it as a crutch) "be mindful but not militant". Bought some toiletries, dog food, tuna, Clif Bars and a good piece of raw milk Roquefort cheese!

6:00 Finished making the Sangria I started last night.  

Summer Sangria

• 3 btls dry red wine
• 1 bottle fruity white wine
• 2 oranges, cut into small pieces
• 2 Cups diced (small)canteloupe
• 1 apple, diced small

Method: Macerate overnight then add puree

• 1 pint strawberries
• 1/2 canteloupe

Add to wine mixture with:

• 1 small bunch whole basil
• 4 packets of Stevia (now you can leave out sugar and the hard stuff which is found in most recipes)

Leave in large glass jar in refrigerator. should last you a while

6:30-7:30 p.m.

• 1 small can of Tuna
• 2 glasses of Sangria

(don't forget that I had my hors d'oeurves at Trader Joes)

Note to self--didn't eat a large salad or green smoothie.  Sometimes life just gets in the way. Will regroup tomorrow. 

Have a great night! Train hard, eat well and be real!

-LM