I'm now officially training for an Ironman.
I'm not actually doing an Ironman. Just training for one.
My good friend--and reall amazing triathlete--Nick is entered in the St George's Ironman. I train with him, so... I'm training for an Ironman!
Since Christmas, I'm doing well. Steady training, building mileage (and meterage in the pool), and getting ready for the part I'm really excited about: Big Fridays.
Every other Friday between now and May, we are spending the entire day training: one hour swimming, building up to 6 or 8 hours on the bike, then a long run.
Awesome.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Long Time No See
So, it's been a while...
Since my last post, I accomplished one goal: I did the Augusta 70.3 on September 26. It was great.
I started tri-ing to get back in shape, and by September I was in as good a shape as I've been in years. Not where I wanted to be, mind you, but not bad.
It was an excellent race. I had several personal goals:
1. Survive...check
2. Under 6:00:00...check
3. Under 5:45:00...oh, well.
I had a good swim. Of course, that's my strong suit. In fact, I came out of the water about 220th overall. Not bad out of over 3,400 entrants.
Then the bike was...well, amazing! I had put in a lot of time on the bike and it paid off. I wanted to finish the bike in under 3 hours, and I finished in just under 2:45.
Then came the run. I'm not much of a runner. And, apparently, the bike was too good. Got off the bike, got through T2, and as soon as I started running my quads cramped. I had to fight off cramps the entire 13.1 miles.
Lessons learned.
Then, I basically took October-December off, gained weight back, fell way out of shape, and am now (you know, New Year and all) starting to train again.
Lessons learned.
Since my last post, I accomplished one goal: I did the Augusta 70.3 on September 26. It was great.
I started tri-ing to get back in shape, and by September I was in as good a shape as I've been in years. Not where I wanted to be, mind you, but not bad.
It was an excellent race. I had several personal goals:
1. Survive...check
2. Under 6:00:00...check
3. Under 5:45:00...oh, well.
I had a good swim. Of course, that's my strong suit. In fact, I came out of the water about 220th overall. Not bad out of over 3,400 entrants.
Then the bike was...well, amazing! I had put in a lot of time on the bike and it paid off. I wanted to finish the bike in under 3 hours, and I finished in just under 2:45.
Then came the run. I'm not much of a runner. And, apparently, the bike was too good. Got off the bike, got through T2, and as soon as I started running my quads cramped. I had to fight off cramps the entire 13.1 miles.
Lessons learned.
Then, I basically took October-December off, gained weight back, fell way out of shape, and am now (you know, New Year and all) starting to train again.
Lessons learned.
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