easiER brick sunday

So to wrap up our 'recovery' week, we did a brick that was way less intense than the last 3-4 weeks, although still fairly challenging. Today was a 2 hour ride, all zone 1-2, so I started out trying the little bit of the race course we haven't really been practicing on too much by turning right at the hwy instead of left. Biked to Mauna Lani and turned around, only 4.5 miles, but the whole 9 mile out and back to Hapuna took almost 40 minutes! Lots of harsh headwind with crosswind gusts with some steep rollers made this part of the ride really annoying and slow. It got better once I reached Kawaihae, and I went north just past mile marker 9 and turned around. Heading back I felt pretty good and strong, and overall my return to Hapuna was fairly windy but not nearly as bad as the earliest part of the ride.
Run was 1hr, made it to the Puako catholic church and back, about 5.6 miles. It was supposed to be low intensity as well, like z1-2, but I really struggled this time. It looks like I didn't drink enough water on the bike, and even though I brought plenty with me on the run and I was drinking as needed, I think it may have been too late! I was fine for the first 35 minutes or so, but then I started to feel queasy, especially after eating some orange hammer gel (I have now given this flavor to Todd, can't handle it.) Then I started to have some overheating problems and just felt like crap. It was REALLY hot, but was it any hotter than previous weeks, or was it just me? In any case, walked during the last mile during one of the steeper hills so as not to overheat entirely/puke. When I was finally approaching the parking lot, I thought to myself, if this is how I feel on race day at mile 6, I am not going to be able to finish! Must be sure to finish BOTH water bottles on the bike, I think that's my lesson for this brick. I think it was windy enough on the ride that I wasn't that hot, and was also distracted -- wasn't paying attention to how I needed to be drinking more.
Afterwards, swam around lazily in the ocean for a while, and floated on my back, and felt a million times better.