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Thoughts - March 2 - No Beast, Yes Double Ironman, & Frankenbike

So, I have this conundrum about The Beast Series , and now I'm back to square one again. Everything has to do with transportation to Virginia. I do not want to drive for 8 hours to an ultra, do the exhausting race, then drive the 8 or so hours back to Staten Island. That leaves 2 options, commercial transportation and carpooling. Commerical transportation is a stretch at best. The best option is Amtrak, and the earliest train arrives at 8:30PM before the race (pdf) . The race venue is 25 miles away from the start, so that puts me in a bind. Renting a car is an option, but an expensive one. The bottom line is that commercial transportation turns out to be not very feasible when it comes to expense. So that is out. That leaves carpooling. I honestly don't know of anyone in the NY/NJ area who is doing The Beast Series. I will send some feelers out to see if anyone else here is doing it, but it doesn't look good. So that leaves me with my original plan. Forget about The Beast ...

March 1 - AM - 10 Mile Run

M Tu W Th F Sa Su Total Swim Off Off - - - - - 0 Bike Off - - - - - - 0 Run 4mi. 10mi. - - - - - 14mi. March 1 - AM Workout - 10 mile run Course: Bayonne Bridge Time: 1:32:55  Pace: 9:18 min/mile Weather: Northerly wind on way out with fierce headwinds on the Bayonne Bridge. Coming back was much easier with wind at the back. Comments: 47:28 going out, 45:26 coming back. Definitely wind aided on the return trip. Legs were strong throughout the run. I never felt any tiredness from the 21 mile run 2 days ago.

February 28 Log - AM

M Tu W Th F Sa Su Total Swim Off - - - - - - 0 Bike Off - - - - - - 0 Run 4mi. - - - - - - 4mi. Monday February 28 - AM Workout - 4 mile run Course: College Ave. Time: 38:45 Comment: Rest day from 21 mile run yesterday. Will be doing a longish run tomorrow after the easy day today.