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August 9
August 8
Rest day.
August 7
Awesome. I've been fighting off a cold since Wednesday and now it is here. I found out my niece has one as well. I bet one of those 12 kids at the birthday party last Sunday was sick. Hopefully it doesn't get to bad and I can do my race on Sunday.
Going to take today and tomorrow off to hopefully get over this head cold
Going to take today and tomorrow off to hopefully get over this head cold
August 6
Run
- 35m
- 4.08 miles
- 08m 34s /Mi
Ran on a treadmill at lunch today for the first time in months. Treadmills aren't fun. This is all I had time for as well.
Swim
- 36m 28s
- 1936.00 yards
- 01m 52s /100 yards
Swim in the lake. Current was pulling out from shore pretty good. Took almost 5 minutes longer coming back in.
Going to get a run in at lunch and a swim in the lake tonight.
August 5
Swim
- 17m 31s
- 1000.00 yards
- 01m 45s /100 yards
1000 Straight. All I had time for
Bike
- 1h 00m
- 19.75 miles
- 19.75 Mi/hr
Did a 15 Minute Warmup
15 Minutes at 65% Threshold
15 Minutes at 75% Threshold
15 Minutes at 95% Threshold
5 Cooldown
For the first 5 minutes of each interval we were allowed to see what our power was. For the next 10 they covered it up. This was a test to see if we could ride the correct power based on RPE. It was interesting. I was within 4 watts each time.
I have another VQ torture session tonight. Should be a good time.
August 4
Run
- 34m 46s
- 4.01 miles
- 08m 40s /Mi
Recovery Run
Going to run tonight probably 4 miles. I need to get some swims in. I've been slacking on that lately. I'm just too lazy to get up in the morning now.
August 3
Didn't sleep well last night. It was really windy and our furniture on our roof deck kept blowing around. I was too lazy to get up and go tie it down. I would just fall asleep and then hear a chair go flying across the roof.
I may try and get a short ride in tonight as my legs are tired from yesterday.
Rest Day Today
I may try and get a short ride in tonight as my legs are tired from yesterday.
Rest Day Today
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- Ironman 70.3 Steelhead (Triathlon)8/4/2013 Benton Harbor, Michigan
- Naperville Marathon (Run)11/10/2013 Naperville, Illinois
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No effing way this was an Olympic Distance. My last two 1/2 Ironman's have had faster swim times. Considering I can hold a 1:50 pace for IM, this was way off.
Swim course was terrible. No bouys to sight off of, directly into the sun, disgusting murky and weedy water. I hope I don't get a disease from the water.
Bike course was short. Extremly hot and windy. My stomach was jacked from the swim and I ended up throwing up at mile 6, which killed my race.
This was just survival. Heat was unbearable, my body was struggling from no fuel. I took a few GU's during the run which helped. They had plenty of water, but the sports drink was HEED at the point of boiling. Couldn't stomach that crap.
This was a lot of walk\run. I would run a couple of minutes and walk a few minutes.