Last week was by far the toughest yet & a good taste of whats to come. My total number of hours training was just under 20. The hardest workout was on Saturday, 4 hours on the bike with a :30 transition run. The weather was beautiful, Josh & I met up at 10:30 then headed east. I had a long route in-mind that went out through Factoria, May Valley, into Issiquah, Redmond then backtracked through Renton & back to Capitol Hill. Josh hung in for about half the ride then he broke off & headed for home This was the first ride that I was using Carbo-Pro for fuel. I think this may be the ticket for sustained fuel without GI issues. For the first time I wasn’t starving on a long ride. Other than the last half an hour with a bunch of hills I was strong throughout & averaged a little over 19 miles an hour.
The transition run was another story…it hurt, it hurt really bad but I think that’s what its there for. As the training goes on throughout the summer they should start to get easier. (Or at least I sure as hell hope so) After four and a half hours of training I was dead.
Sunday I planned to get my first open water swim of the year in. Looking for the warmest water possible Josh, Lincon & I met at Green Lake to swim. I was looking forward to this to see if all the time in the pool was going to translate to the pool. All-in-all I felt strong & comfortable in the water. We swam right at a mile & it took about 35 minutes.
Sunday night I still had an hour run with some intervals that I had to force myself out the door to accomplish. Surprisingly I got the work done stronger than I expected.
Monday was a different story, I could feel the volume of the previous weeks work…
Memorial Day weekend Harmony & I are off to Walla Walla for the Onion Man Olympic Triathlon. The forecast is calling for sunshine & warm temperatures…cant wait.
As of today (5/21/09) Ironman Canada is 100 days away. Theres a LOT of work to be done in the next 100 days…
