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Race Report: IMFL 2008, my first Ironman
Well, I think I'm still in shock. I was/am thrilled. But mostly surprised at how well the day went, I worked hard, start to finish, but was not foolish and was, I thought, very careful to stay steady and not over excert. And that just compounded my surprise and reinforces important rules I have been tought by folks I have always known were very ( Read more... ) -
More intense?
Last endurance phase this past month (61.4 hours), moving next into the first of two intensity phases...
7/28-8/3: 15.5 hours
Swim: 2.5 hours
Bike: 6.75 hours
Run: 5 hours
Core/weights: 1.25 hours
8/4-8/10: 17.5 hours
Swim: 2.25 hours
Bike: 8 hours
Run: 5.75 hours
Core/weights: 1.5 hours
8/11-8/17: 15.75 hours
Swim: 1.25 hours
Bike: 7.75 hours
Run: 6 hours
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Regression Analysis; Reclamation
It’s been a challenging month with some new discoveries, particularly a new low. But it’s all good. Found it, learned a little (hopefully), experienced something new, and bounced lumbered back.
Specifically: came upon a longest, at the time, combined weekend to date (three weekends ago) - 90 mile Saturday on the bike, 18 mile Sunday run. On ( Read more... ) -
Finish Envy
I’ve come to the conclusion that I am missing something from my finish line experiences. I focus a great deal on finishing strong, on pushing all the way to the end. This is something that is very gratifying to me, something that is now an integral part of my racing strategy (thanks to great guidance!) and it helps me stay on track even from the ( Read more... ) -
Another chunk, done
Endurance Base 1, check. Just wrapped up a recovery week, feeling good, workouts are going well, feeling more energy overall, beginning to test nutrition, still dialing in workout intensity questions. Having fun doing it all. I am spending gobs of money, and missing some things, travel, family, friends, but I'm still very excited about my goal, ( Read more... ) -
Couples Tri
Quick Couples tri recap. This was a fun race, or a race for fun, although I raced on no rest, feeling it particularly on the bike. Still, it was fun. First race with the T3 team. Here’s the low-down:
Swim course was long, I’ve read by as much as 200-300 meters. This helps me, certainly, because if it was 800 meters as advertised, I did not ( Read more... ) -
Trouble...
Somehow, I find myself today on a ten days @ 22 hours jag of training...and tomorrow a race: Couples Tri. Should be interesting - I suppose this is what I'd imagine a "crash" week would be/is like. Hope to be back on track after next week.
Two firsts in this stretch.
1) Last Wednesday, a timed mile on the 364 meter track to start of the day's ( Read more... ) -
getting back to the journal
Coming back to LJ after a brief break, while I worked on getting new training underway. I enjoy logging entries, so next task is to get that practice back into the mix. Since it's passed bed time, and swim is at 5:30 in the am, here's a brief recap of June: 41.75 hours
6/2-6/8: 10 hours
Swim: 1.25 hours
Bike: 5 hours
Run: 3 hours
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Long day
Today, Wednesday, was a long day. It went as follows:
Up at 4:30am, on the pool deck at 5:30. This was my first non-clinic swim practice, and I was a tad intimidated going in. I had picked up all the requisite gear, paddles, pull bouy, kickboard, bag to put them in, etc, and I like gear so this was fun. Another bag of stuff to tote around, ( Read more... )