Training Tuesday: Two Week Wait

Tapering sucks. I didn't even train that hard and already think that this little fake taper will be the death of me. I found this graphic that perfectly encapsulates how my days have been going:

Via

Basically, easing off the gas training wise makes me feel fat, slow, achy and disproportionately tired. I'm not sure how I can bike 100 miles and run 18 and feel decent the next day, and this weekend after a 10-mile run/walk and 60-mile bike I'm like:

So here's what's going down, training wise. I'm still training at least once a day, sometimes twice, but dialing back distance on the bike in favor of intensity. I want to get in one last half marathon run, a leisurely long bike ride and perhaps make it out to an open water swim this weekend. In the meantime, my inbox is filling up with messages like this:

Time to find Ironbitch in here somewhere.