Man, I had to Dig Deep for this One!

So I started the day with a sore leg muscle--not from exercising, but from practicing for a homecoming staff skit next week--my god, what was I thinking?! As soon as I began my 72 mile ride I felt sluggish. I could barely exert the energy to ride 13 mph--and I was getting extremely frustrated. Six weeks until race day and this is how I feel? After 40 minutes I decided it was time to re-group. I pulled over and decided to drink an Ensure, do some positive self talk and get back to business. But once I got going again, I could not muster the strength to hold a speed greater than 13 mph. Something was definitely wrong! I pulled over again and checked my front tire--which was rubbing terribly on my brake!! After 45 minutes of trying to figure out why I felt so sluggish, I finally discovered it wasn't me at all, it was my damn tire--argghhhhhhh. I basically had to start over (mentally, that is) and finish a 5 hour ride. I ended up averaging 14.1 mph and felt pretty satisfied. After finishing the ride I ran 3 miles and was able to hold my usual 12 minute mile. I'm starting to get burned out on training. I forget what it was like to have a weekend with nothing to do! Tomorrow marks the last day of week #18 and I couldn't be more pleased!