Call, day off, again

Worked 14 hrs today, day off.

Low back about 50% better.
Achilles pain free for 3 rides this week. Will try running very light and short tomorrow.

I will post my upcoming week overall workouts on Sunday. Olaf has me doing so very short rides and my long ride next saturday is only 50 miles. However, the intensity is difficult and I am uncertain if I can even do that. We'll see.

2 X 12 mile rides during the week is suprisingly short also, but heck, I was on the verge of discovering the secrets to shorter mileage anyway in training for Roth. A PR bike split off only two 100 mile rides over a 6 month perior leading into the race? Yeah, I think I was close, maybe 2 more seasons, to getting a firm understanding on competing in IM effectively.

As far as I am concerned, at 42 this year and Ann 37, I dont really want to wait a couple more seasons to figure more of this out. Olaf I will trust to accelerate my knowledge in this sport and I hope to post more PR's in this sport as I get older. We'll see.
For Ann, yes I have shown her my way and she has bloomed into a great age group athlete, undefeated in every race so far in 2007, in olympic, 1/2, and full distances. That's hard to believe but she is a fighter and I know she can get stronger.
I really have shown her the way on the run, twice breaking 3:30 is pretty damn good for a woman age grouper.
However, I dont think I can get her much faster on the bike. I just dont know how. Believe me, I know how to over train her, and I dont think piling on the miles and stacks of long intervals and over-racing is the answer. I dont know what the answer is exactly.

Hence, Olaf. We will trust a 4:17 cyclist, 8:15 IM, 1:04 41K, 29:10 10K (need I go on?) knows what the hell he's doing.

So my feelings on this bottom line? I love Ann. I loved coaching her to her 10:15. I love watching her run fast, beating me in the swim, all of it. But, I cant take her any further.
A 5:38 bike split is under-achieving for her. I know she can go well under 5:30 and couple that with a sub 3:30.
However, I am not the one that can take her to the next level. I just dont know how. This is why it's time to let her go.