Well the countdown is officially on and Ironman Mt. Tremblant is fast approaching. It's amazing that it seemed so far away but now it's down to 117 days and I know they are going to FLY by. I've decided to blog after my workouts or after they are done for the day if there is more then one on the docket.
Today was a fairly long swim, got in 3.7k today. Workout wasn't particularly hard, just long continuous swimming.
2 x 100 swim
50 drill
100 pull
50 kick
6 x (5 x 100 1:50, 1:45, 1:40, 1:40, 1:35) alt each set swim odds/pull evens
100 non free wd
I was pretty consistently averaging at or just under 1:30/km which is pretty much where I would like to be at Ironman so thats pretty good. Oh who are we kidding I'd really like to average a little faster then that at Ironman, but not much so this bodes well that I was able to do it this early in training.
Followed that up with a nap (taking advantage of a day with no supply calls) and then a 9k run which came in just at 52:15 which is a 5:50 avg. Not bad at all, nasty headwind slowed me down and I was really just out for an easy run which is exactly what it ended up being. Didn't push to hard at all - but got the run in which is always a good feeling. Weather was cool at about 11 degrees and overcast but pretty much perfect to run in! Not going to lie during the run I was really thinking OMG how am I ever going to do an Ironman… it's just so seriously daunting. Lots of cycling to do in the next 117 days.
Got out for my first outdoor ride on Sunday, it was nice to finally hit the road. We rode about 55k to Erin which was quite a nice ride and had more then it's fair share of hills. I know that I need to do a LOT of riding in the coming weeks but thankfully I've got a new saddle which made Sunday a whole lot more comfortable!
Luckily now I can kick my feet up and relax - tomorrow is a web cycle day but there are only 2 left and then hopefully the weather cooperates and we can be riding outside! It's getting real now!!!!
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