Slight confidence boost

I ran for about 2 hours after work yesterday. That's the longest I have run in a while. I think when I was in New york in March I maybe ran about 2 hours one day around Central Park. I am not sure how far I ran last night but in was in excess of 20 k for sure. I have been a little uptight about my upcoming half ironman because i haven't really run any half marathons since the fall. Sometimes, I have a hard time mentally with getting geared up to go running. I don't really look forward to it. Then when I do it, I have no problems physically and usually feel great. I don't really understand why I don't look forward to it. Last night was like that. Once I got going I enjoyed it and I enjoyed it more as it went along. I let my mind wander and I often think about how I would feel if I were racing at that particular time. I didn't run particularly fast but I felt like I had lots of "gas in the tank" and could have run faster had it been a triathlon. I would like to run 1:45 or less in my upcoming half ironman. The last time I did the Mooseman my half marathon time was 1:45. I am a little stiff this morning from the run last night.

Now my swim this morning was not a confidence boost. I was aiming to swim 3000 m and complete one the ironman swims that I am supposed to do this week. I didn't have enough time this morning and only got through about 2500 of it. And, I didn't feel super strong in the water. I felt a bit heavy and didn't have a lot of energy. I am was pretty much alone at the pool this morning and sometimes that has an effect as well. When there are more people around, my competative instinct kicks in and I tend to have more energy. My plan for tomorrow is to bike for about 3 hours and 30 minutes. I am going to add going to Stanley Bridge onto my normal Charlottetown to Cavendish, New Glasgow back to Cahrlottetown route.I will follow that up with a half hour run.