2010 - Will the heart let me train?
September 11
September 10
September 9
Gonna wait for the official timing to come in to put it in the log, but by my watch it was:
2:15:54, 13th in AG, 88th overall. (That part was on the result board at the race, so I know that is accurate. Just need to wait for splits).
Swim was still my achilles heel and even though I did swim over 90% or so freestyle I just never got into a rhythm and time was around 31:40. Goal was under 30, oh well.
T1 was nyah because it was a long run to my bike and then we had to bag up all our stuff so they could take it back to the T2 site for later pick up - 2:18-ish.
Bike rocked and even though it took a bit to get my HR settled (you start immediately climbing out of downtown) I only got passed by one person early, and that was one of the West Pointers (who had two of the top 3 overall amateurs and I'm pretty sure that was one of them). 23 miles and I did it in 57:38-ish. I wanted to break an hour so that rocked.
T2 was not blazing again but I had some issues with my shoes not going on right and it was another longish run out - 1:59.
Run was mediocre at best as I just wasn't into it that much and didn't feel like really pushing. Just settled into a pace and sort of held it. Good news was that only three people passed me, and no one from my AG. Time of around 42:22 for the 6.3 mile course (slightly over 10k). I wanted to be under 40, oh well.
For the whole day I never got passed by anyone in my AG and passed buckets. If I was just better at the swim and not F up my transitions as much I would have easily been 5 minutes faster. And not slack on the run ....... That made it not such a great race for me knowing that I should have been faster. I was hoping to break 2:10 and wanted to be under 30 for the swim. But I had a great ride, which is always my focus and where I have the most fun. Really curious to see where my bike split was overall. I'm hoping it was way up there ........
- Health data: Sleep: 2 Stress: 3 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 3 Hours slept: 4 Overall Workout: 3
September 8
Rest day today. Got down to Annapolis to pick up my race packet and such yesterday, so I only have to rack the bike today and not worry about the registration. Since we are not sure how long the builder/lawyers are going to be here I want to try to minimize what I need to do for the race.
I did buy a cool cycling jersey that says The Annapolis Triathlon on it. It was a neat design and I can always use more jerseys.
Well, the "inspection" is done. 8 frickin' people needed to be on their team to walk through the house. But it really wasn't that bad. Kept the levity up with Mir and even made lunch for us right in the middle so they would have to see and smell it as we ate. ;)
- Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 2 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 3 Hours slept: 7.5
September 7
1 x 500 in wetsuit (8:42)
1 x 500 in speedsuit (9:25)
Just on the off chance that the swim wasn't going to be allowed in a wetsuit I ordered a Desoto Liftfoil speedsuit from Trisports last week and it came in Tuesday.
Glad to say that I have a body that doesn't look out of place in the speedsuit. Makes me look all fast and professional even though most 7 year olds are faster than me. ;)
- Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 3 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 3 Hours slept: 7 Overall Workout: 4
September 6
Dress Rehearsal
Easy spin out of the hood (about 2 miles) then hammer for about 7 on the bike in full get-up with 999's on the bike (so no speedometer on the bike, only cadence). Kept HR around 160-ish and was usually in the 53x16 or 17 (about 25 - 27-ish mph or so). Easy 2 miles home.
Recovery
Easy loop around the hood to just keep the legs going.
Flipped 1,000 miles for running today. Not sure if I'll make it close to 1,500 like last year but I shouldn't be that far off.
- Health data: Sleep: 3 Stress: 3 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 3 Hours slept: 6 Overall Workout: 3
September 5
Recovery
Easy out and back with Cheng to the Port. Warm out, but not ridiculous. Really hungry now ...
1 x 500 easy (really tired on this one, had to work just to barely maintain 2:00/100).
5 x 100 on 2:15
10 x 50 on 1:00 (1:00 break in between each set of 5)
20 x 25 with :10 rest - worked on distance per stroke for each one.
- Health data: Sleep: 2 Stress: 3 Soreness: 3 Fatigue: 3 Hours slept: 6 Overall Workout: 3

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Recovery
Easy loop around the neighborhood. Nothing was achey and legs weren't real fatigued, so I'm recovering nicely.