EN Birthday Challenge
Some people like to celebrate their Birthdays the traditional way....with cake, ice cream, perhaps some drinking, but why be traditional. After all you are an athlete right? Why not celebrate your Birthday with a Challenge.
Birthday Challenge
Overview
You can pick any flavor of this challenge to mark your personal milestone. (if your Birthday as passed, do not worry, we will accept retroactive birthday submissions)
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I just need to do one more swim loop than everyone else
Friday - I got in 5300m total. Morning workout was a 2000yd TT with warm up and cool down, total 2500yds (2250m). During lunch, felt a bit sore so I did 30 X 100 with 100s as Free; kick: IM: kick and so on for a total of 30. I put in the extra 50m at the end to make it 3050m for a grand total of 5300m. Lesson learned - this takes a LONG TIME.
Saturday - 53mi bike, nothing unusual. However, I picked the hottest day of the year and the run ended up as the minimum of 3miles. Original plan had 5.3miles, but just melted and 3 sounded just fine. Lesson learned - change birthday to a cooler day next year.
Bottom Line: done as a borderline sane birthday boy!
ok so I gave it a go as a reverse tri. This morning did a 5.5 mile trail run in 55:55. Then 55 miles on the bike in 3:15. Then 5500y swim in 1:55.
Started the run while it was still dark and ran through sun up to a leisurely T1 that included a breakfast of oatmeal with protein powder and fruit/nuts. The ride started out chilly but soon was pleasant and took me past a farm stand selling apple fritters so I bought a half dozen, managed to resist eating all 6 and brought 3 of them at home for my wife. Got a flat today. The swim was not nearly as fun as the run/bike. Haven't swam since the middle of August, at all. Brought all the toys: pull, fins, paddles, kickboard. Used them all. Free and back. Really didn't want to finish but kept saying 'just do another 20 length set then stop". Finally finished 11 x 20 length sets.
Running in the early morning dark through sun up was lovely and reminded me of all the things that are good about running. It was a beautiful fall day for a ride, lots of foliage carpeting the local hills and other than the flat was wonderful to get in a ride before the weather makes outdoor riding increasingly risky. I normally am able to lose myself in the rhythmic repetition of lap swimming, not today. It was like the water was thick. Guess I shouldn't be surprised it was hard given how little swimming I've done lately.
Congratulations!!!
You all have given me some good ideas for my b-day, which is next month. I'm loving Nemo's idea of taking the day off to live as a pro triathlete. Now...have a month to decide swim, bike, run...or run, bike, swim. I'll only be 47, so the distances are so bad ;-)
Sooo my B-day (47) is in the 27th the day after Vineman Full (July26th)...does "walking" after the IM distance Tri count as a 'challenge'?
Dave H