Sunday, July 6, 2008
Sunday OWS
Today I did a simple open water swim with Gorilla Multisport. I did 4 loops which added up to approx 1200 yards. I forgot my watch, so no time.
Double Duty workout
Went out with DSU for a simple 60 mile ride and had to be rescued by my wife. The shame of it is too much to bear. Ha. Ha. I had a little mechanical problem with my bike. After about 10 miles of harder than usual work I noticed that my rear tire was rubbing against my seat stay tube. I thought I fixed it, but the tire and the shavings proved I had not. On the way back from the Ballpark I noticed it was rubbing again. I toughed it out for another 15 miles, but eventually lost the group and succumbed to exhaustion. Bike is at the shop getting yelled at by the mechanic. Hopefully it will listen and behave for Disco.
Totals:
2:40 Minutes
44.5 miles
1 new tire
Max hr 163
Avg 135
Totals:
2:40 Minutes
44.5 miles
1 new tire
Max hr 163
Avg 135
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Back to work!!
After two weeks of Active Recovery(goofing off) as dictated by my coach, it is time to get serious again. I have officially signed up for Strength Training with Amy Goddard to help develop some core strength, a tremendous weakness of mine and have made steps to join a Master's swim program in Flower Mound, much needed as well.
As you can tell by my Kansas and Playtri times, swimming is a BAD event for me. This will be my major concentration for the next several months to hopefully get me closer to where I want to be in the swim. I am shooting for a 1:15 IM swim. This will means I will have to shave about 10 minutes off my 1/2 IM time and also become strong enough to hold that pace for the second half. A tall task, but it has to be done in order to hit my other goals.
The bike will be just another LONG ride. I will concentrate on getting a good base and developing a solid nutrition and hydration strategy.
The run plan is to RUN as long as I can. I want to limit the walking as much as possible. I know walking will be an integral part of the race, but I want to walk because it is in the plan, not because I am too tired.
Mentally I am ready to take on this challenge. So bring on the training.
As you can tell by my Kansas and Playtri times, swimming is a BAD event for me. This will be my major concentration for the next several months to hopefully get me closer to where I want to be in the swim. I am shooting for a 1:15 IM swim. This will means I will have to shave about 10 minutes off my 1/2 IM time and also become strong enough to hold that pace for the second half. A tall task, but it has to be done in order to hit my other goals.
The bike will be just another LONG ride. I will concentrate on getting a good base and developing a solid nutrition and hydration strategy.
The run plan is to RUN as long as I can. I want to limit the walking as much as possible. I know walking will be an integral part of the race, but I want to walk because it is in the plan, not because I am too tired.
Mentally I am ready to take on this challenge. So bring on the training.
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