training alone

Its rare these days that you are ever truly alone. I biked yesterday on the "seaway dike": the small 10km stretch connected to the ice breaker bridge. With all the leaves off the trees I could see far into the distance - and there was no one in sight. It was slightly intimidating (you're alone, I can't get someone to pick me up (cars can't get on), it was getting dark (~3pm), chilly and windy etc.) but at the same time it feels so good. You're out there, chugging along training when not many others are.

So... Friday: run, didn't do the whole thing ~1hr run. Sat: spin (maxHR-170bpm haha). Sun: swim (felt like CRAP, no really, a ROCK.), bike outside ~2hrs, run ~1hr. I thought yesterday was windy - it was nothing. My commute to work was horrendous. Headwind while going uphills, I was just grinding gears...