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November 25

Run
  • 1h 01m
  • 6.11 miles
  • 09m 58s /Mi

Bagpipe run with RunFit Club. Meant to only do 5 miles, but ran with Stan, and we went farther up Equestrian than the rest of the group, then went around instead of back. Nice run, but I hurt more from a fast 6-miler than from the 15+ hours of IMAZ!

November 24

Does housecleaning count as a workout? :)
 

November 23

Swim
  • 07m
  • 250.00 meters
  • 02m 48s /100 meters

Felt great to stretch out the shoulders in the pool. Braced myself for the cold water on jumping in, and after IMAZ, the indoor pool at LTF is like bathwater!

Sport #1
  • Elliptical Training
  • 25m

Just a little activity to loosen things up. Was really cramped up and sore when I got out of bed this morning, but felt good after the elliptical trainer. Used the stretching seats at LTF to stretch EVERYTHING and then spent some time foam rolling. Back and shoulders are still sore just sitting, but nothing else hurts until I move. :)

Sport #2
  • Stretching
  • 15m

Just a little activity to loosen things up. Was really cramped up and sore when I got out of bed this morning, but felt good after the elliptical trainer. Used the stretching seats at LTF to stretch EVERYTHING and then spent some time foam rolling. Back and shoulders are still sore just sitting, but nothing else hurts until I move. :)

Hey guys, thanks for all of the inspirees! I'm going to get to answering each of them soon, and to complete the race report before I forget everything, but unfortunately I have to get some work done. :(
 

November 22

Rest day. Kept moving and on my feet all day to keep from cramping up. Cleaned out my closet (switching out summer and winter clothes) and bagged three bags of clothes for donation to Goodwill. Had to buy so many clothes over the years from weight gain (and then loss), and most of my winter clothes were too big, even after last year's big purge (last year I purged Mediums, this year I had to purge Smalls in favor of Extra Smalls). Now almost all of my summer and winter clothes fit in the closet at the same time! The other big laugh --between IMAZ and IMSG, about 1/3 of my short sleeves have K-Swiss on them!
 

November 21

Swim
  • 1h 39m 20s
  • 3850.00 meters
  • 02m 34s /100 meters

IMAZ swim. Not sure the exact distance in meters, but the IMAZ calculation is 2:37 per 100, which I'm pretty happy with considering the cool temp (61 degrees) and chop.

Bike
  • 7h 55m 18s
  • 112.00 miles
  • 14.14 Mi/hr

Rough day on the bike. Most disappointed in my performance here. Very windy (reportedly gusting 35 mph or higher) with intermittent rain showers. Legs were cramped from swim for first 1.5 loops, which made for an even more difficult day.

Run
  • 5h 41m 25s
  • 26.20 miles
  • 13m 01s /Mi

Considering I probably blew up my legs on the bike, and I screwed up nutrition on the first loop of the run, I'm not too unhappy with the run. Still, it's 41 minutes slower than my goal. Need to work on this.

November 20

Swim
  • 26m 31s
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Ironman practice swim in Tempe Town Lake. With booties and neoprene cap. Cold, but glad I did it. Booties are definitely the way to go.

November 19

I feel absolutely awful this morning and skipped going to the gym with Dean, but that's a good thing in a way. I had been worried about the conditions at IMAZ being exactly the same as the ones that interfered in my IMSG swim. Fortunately my monthly visitor is a couple of days early, which means by Sunday I'll be great and ready to rock and roll. Hopefully that also means the extreme pain I was in at the IMSG swim will not make its appearance at the IMAZ swim. The water should also be a little warmer  (not much, but a little). 

My goals (since Dean's published them already anyway):

7:00 a.m. start
1:40 swim (out at 8:40 a.m.)
T1 10 min or less (on bike by 8:50 a.m.)
Bike loop 1 2:15 (11:05 a.m.)
Bike loop 2 2:20 (1:25 p.m.)
Bike loop 2 2:30 (3:55 p.m.)
T2 10 min (on run by 4:05 p.m.)
First loop 90 min (5:35 p.m.)
2nd loop 95 min (7:10 p.m.)
Third loop 100 min (8:50 p.m.)


I really want to finish before 9 p.m., and it looks very doable assuming nothing really out of the ordinary happens. Even if I get a flat or two, the times will be off by a bit, but I'll be well within cutoffs to finish the race. 
 
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