Progress?

Well it seems as though I might be making a little progress.

Sunday's long run went pretty well despite going into it with tired legs. I need someone to remind me I am not Arnold when I am at the gym. I ended up running 80min total at 153 Avg HR and covered about 14km which worked out to about 5:36/km. The run started out smooth and I felt lighter than usual on my feet but by about 20min in that feeling vanished quickly and I was left with two lead anchors. I ended up pushing a bit too hard and let my HR creep up a bit too much at times but I am happy with the result.

Today, Monday, was the long ride. I didn't get to it until almost 6pm because I am madly trying to get the store year end books done. My plan was to do an easy to steady effort for 150min on the trainer. This would be my longest trainer session this winter. I was a little worried about saddle sores as I have been having a hard time getting the backside leathered up this year. The Sports Balm Chamois Balm got me to about 120min then it was will power from there on.
As for the workout. Once I got going I found that I was actually feeling pretty good and ended up putting in some solid efforts keeping my HR down and held some slightly higher watts than usual.

I still need to get some core work in before bed so I better get to it.