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IMTX April29th to May5th
OK its week 18. Last week of real training and then its taper time.
2700yds in the pool... 500 wu , 10 x 200 , 200 cd.... Rest and Recovery from the weekend for the remainder of the day!
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OK its week 18. Last week of real training and then its taper time.
2700yds in the pool... 500 wu , 10 x 200 , 200 cd.... Rest and Recovery from the weekend for the remainder of the day!
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Holy Schmoly....the back end of this week is MAY!....aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh can't wait
( I will admit to a few butterflies seen flittering around my stomach)
3500 in the pool this morning at steady (race?) pace - 1:05...
Maybe...maybe a light run later today...maybe.
Is there and EN meet-up in Texas? I'd love to meet you guys that I've been virtually training with while I'm there.
@Tom, good luck with the OWS.
Rainy weather here put me on the tread mill. I almost canx'ed it because its a slightly different movement and I didn't want to mess with the mojo this close to game day, but in the end, I gave myself a can of shut up and work. 5.8 in 43 minutes with 15 @ Z3 and 5 @ Z2. Looking to swim tonight if the pool schedule and I can come to agreement.
Keep after it, but make good decisions with an eye to showing up 100% come start time.
Well light drizzle...thought I felt good so I went out for run...definitely feeling some cumulative fatige in the legs...very easy warmup...picked it up to between z2-z3 for a couple miles then cruised another mile before callin it a day......no need to overdo anything today.
Packing up and headed to the Woodlands tomorrow... Day off for travel!
Looks like they are getting cool spell for a few days... I want some HEAT!
Put in a good 60 minute run this morning and hitting the pool for 3K at lunch. Having a hard time concentrating at work anymore...excited and nervous. Mostly about RR Saturday ... really want a good one.
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@JK LOL well its gonna be hot .... its just a matter of how hot?
@Dwight.... yep early..... going for some acclimation training...... I'm actually on a waitlist for the local sprint tri this saturday too... not sure I wanna partake though we shall see.
@Dwight, good luck this weekend. Slow and steady!
Today's run done and dusted. 7.5 in 58 with 3x1 mile @ TP. Light drizzle felt nice but the track was soggy. Trade offs.
Heat pace calculator is up in the wiki. Might be of use in the Woodlands.
https://www.box.com/s/0sh530z6qjcf8k0oe4cc
Some days turn out better than expected...I was feeling kinda tired and sluggish all day...and having some speed on my run agenda...well...I wasn't really feelin' it....weather was nice and I was on one of my favoriet "TT" routes an out & back ..out along dirt towpath & back on the otherside on the road...I needed a couple of 7min/miles and figured I would warmup easy 3 out and try to hit the speed on the way back...first mile and I was feelin' sluggish but hit the mark at 7:50 okay...about halfway through the second warmup mile I get passed by some youngster with a friend pacing him on a bike...now...I don't get passed often (not cuz I'm fast...just is a fact..I'm fast enough that not many people out where I am are runnin' faster)..anyway....he gaps me quickly by 20yards...and well...I don't like getting passed...so I figure I need to pick it up a bit...which is stoopid cuz I'm still warming up...but hey...ego matters...I hit mile 2 7:25 and the turn around mile 3 6:59...I never closed the gap but the guy was there takin' his shirt off and breathing heavy...(for all I know he just finished up 20 miles..) anyway I thanked him for the pacing and made my turn ...feeling good now...I came back 6:58,6:49, then eased of 7:00 for 6 @7:10 avg...not bad for being tired and sluggish all day....ya just never know.
Thanks all...was thinking this morning...Kinda amazing how the body's energy develops an ebb & flow through weekly training cycles...Monday being sooo dang tough after the big weekends...then slowly tuesday better...wednesday...better as you build the volume and effort again Thursday---Sunday...and then start all over again...cool.
3000yds this morning...felt so much better than Monday....20x100(25)/10x50(20) all at T-5/10'
Can't believe we are so close...
Everyone disappeared!....LOL
Solid Hour of riding last evening @ 90+IF (20mi/21mph/203NP)..
Long Run tonite...then deciding on Day Off tommorrow before final RR and long swim on Sunday ...or Long Swim Tommorrow...will decide....tommorrow morning.
Did my last ride on the &^&%* trainer this morning
**NOTE: I type this BEFORE my long run tonight
Taking tomorrow off work, the kids and I will sleep in before taking them to school, and I'm looking to swim race distance straight. Then a whole lot of nothing.
Keep on it everyone. Sounds like everyone's getting ready for taper madness!
I can feel everyones fatique...
12 tonite @ 7:32's (1:30)...didn't warm up enough...then didn't drink enough...and legs tired...
Still trying to decide on day off tommorow pre-RR & 4k swim Sunday or 4k swim tommorrow and Sunday off...currently leaning towards Sunday swim.............
Looking forward to the RR...and the Taper!
Got to the Woodlands yesterday... car rental and room problems... got all settled and drove the course last night... It was hazy hot and humid with zero winds....checked out the course and then ran 4 miles to wrap up the day.
Today hit the local YMCA (very nice) got a free pass with 30 visits since YMCA member in NH... 2200yds this am.... Waited till this afternoon to go for a bike ride (had to put together bike etc and was waiting for the warmest part of the day) Shoulda went this am.... Ended up with a wind advisory in affect (winds out of the North opposite normal wind) , so I put my disc cover on and went for it LOL.... I freaking froze my ass off and I'm not even kidding... My hands were so cold I couldnt eat my gel or put my running shoes on for my brick (thumbs not working) ended up with 48.8 miles done on the northern loop of the course , rolling little hills and more rough pavement than I would care for but not bad , most of the southern portion of the course is very nice , quick 3 mile brick after.... Back to the pool in the am for an IM swim pre-weekend...