Rocketman: Gonna Fly Now!

Olney,MD 
Today
Sunny High 67FLow 41F
  • Temp: 55F
  • Hum: 44%
  • W: 9mph WNW
SUNDAY
Sunny
High 71F
Low 44F
MONDAY
Sunny
High 73F
Low 41F
TUESDAY
Light rain shower
High 75F
Low 57F
WEDNESDAY
Sunny
High 76F
Low 64F

August 12

First rest day since July 4; I'm tapered, rested, and ready to Tri!

August 11

Swim
  • 16m 53s
  • 1093.61 yards
  • 01m 32s /100 yards

good, short, fast swim, last before Sunday's race

200wu: 3:48
2x100 fast: 1:39 (fastest 100 ever?)/1:45
4x50 fast: 48/50/49/50
12x25 fast: 22/24/23/24/23/24/24/24/24/24/23/24
100cd: 1:47

Bike
  • 33m 34s
  • 8.51 miles
  • 15.21 Mi/hr

easy does it

August 10

Bike
  • 34m 34s
  • 9.46 miles
  • 16.41 Mi/hr

10min warmup
2x: 2min hard/3min easy
10min cooldown

August 9

Run
  • 32m 46s
  • 3.05 miles
  • 10m 44s /Mi

felt a bit tight

1mi warmup zones 1&2
1mi sprints into zones 3&4 with zone 2 recovery
1mi cooldown zones 1&2

Sport #1
  • Core Training
  • 05m
Sport #2
  • Stretching
  • 05m

August 8

Swim
  • 40m 55s
  • 2405.95 yards
  • 01m 42s /100 yards

great swim!

250wu: 4:53

400 moderate: 7:51
2x50 fast: 0:47/0:50

300 moderate: 5:48
2x50 fast: 0:49/0:50

200 moderate: 3:47
4x50 fast: 0:50/0:51/0:51/0:51

2x100 easy/moderate: 1:56/1:51
4x50 fast: 0:49/0:52/0:52/0:51

250cd: 4:54

August 7

Run
  • 55m 08s
  • 5.01 miles
  • 11m /Mi

almost noon when I started; stupid time to run, but I spent the morning taking photos at the DuThe2 race. Not a bad run considering the heat and humididty

August 6

Bike #1
  • 15m 06s
  • 3.67 miles
  • 14.58 Mi/hr

warmup

Bike #2
  • 1h 19m 36s
  • 23.16 miles
  • 17.46 Mi/hr

great ride on the Oly bike course, but I think I was beyond race pace. Probably need to be closer to 1:22-1:24 for the race to still have legs for the run.

Bike #3
  • 26m 03s
  • 6.25 miles
  • 14.40 Mi/hr

cooldown

Assigned:
0.5hr warmup
1.0hr attack the hills
0.5hr cooldown

Actual:
15min warmup
1:19hr attack the course
25min cooldown

HillSlugger's Training Log


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