So this week has been interesting. I had to put the training on hold this past weekend because I was volunteering at Crossfit Regionals. That said I was on my feet for most of the weekend so it's not like I was just sitting around. So Monday my sister, Lesley and I head out on a long bike ride. We started off at home (Ash and I) and met up with Lesley at Trinity Commons. From there we went up to Caledon East and I went off with some C3 friends for some more riding and Ash and Lesley went off on their own. I knew I wanted to be out for at least 3 hours so I added on more time with my C3 training buddies. We ended up riding down to Castlederg Sideroad to Hwy 27 and then turned around and head back. From there we went up Mt. Pleasant (BRUTAL) - I actually had nothing left in my legs and just could not get to the top of that hill so I actually got off and walked about a 1/3 of the hill. I did however get to enjoy going back down that hill (50k/hr down the hill) at which point I left and went home. From there it was about a 30km ride home so all in all my grand total on Sunday, drumroll please… 102km!!!! First big ride of the year for me and although I struggled a bit around 60km I'm really pleased to have pushed through the suck and got it done.
For this ride I was using some home made treats, as well as water and a mix that Ash picked up at regionals. I've decided though, after talking to the rep from Infinit Nutrition to try their products. Basically they look at your size, and how much you sweat and how long you are training/racing and customize a drink for you. The drink has literally everything you need in it so fingers crossed this will be a good option for me! I'm talking to them tomorrow and should get the product fairly soon after that.
So Tuesday I guess the weekend and Monday's ride caught up to me and I literally did NOTHING! I was just to drained so I listened to my body and took the day to rest.
But the rest was short lived. Met up with some training buddies this morning and had an awesome ride from Caledon East to Erin (about 60k round trip). Heading out to Erin is tough - especially going along Old Base Line from McLaughlin to about Creditview. HOLY HILLS!!!! Totally painful but really satisfying when you get to the top. Stopped in Erin at the Bakery for coffee and treats and then head home. Coming home was a blast - so fast!!!!! All those hills you climb to get to Erin are much more fun when you are heading back down them! What a blast - I love that around the badlands (on Old Base) you can literally pick up enough speed to actually be going fast enough on the bike to be above the posted speed limit. The limit is 40km/hr but today I was able to get up to 50km/hr coming down that sucker!!! So fun to have that sign flash (SLOW DOWN) haha - I'm not the best at going downhills, as I generally get a little nervous but some hills that I know what to expect on - I just leave my breaks alone and let it fly. It's just such a cool feeling to buzz down the hills!
So after the ride I finally got around to sending out an email to start the fundraising for Ironman. HOLY CRAP - totally impressed by the generosity of my friends! Seriously within about 20 minutes I got over $400 worth of donations! So great! Just gives you such a good feeling to see donations coming in - and really motivates me to keep the training up! Mt Tremblant 70.3 is about a month away and Ironman is only 3 months away. It's crazy how fast the time is going by - it really will be here before I know it and that is a little insane! First things first is the Ride to Conquer Cancer - 3 weeks away and I just got checked in today so I should get my kit soon. The jerseys are awesome this year so I'm really pumped to get out and ride!!!
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Thursday, May 15, 2014
training,and of course falling on my a$$
So it's been an interesting week so far. Monday I took the day off to recover from the weekend. Tuesday was a big training day - started off at 6:15am with a swim, it was a tough one. 100 FAST (1:16)followed by 10x100 on 1:45 where I was able to hold 1:20's, then another 100 fast (1:14), followed by 6x 50 on 45 seconds. Then - thanks to Kim, another 100 fast which I believe was about 1:18. I was DONE at that point. My arms had just about enough and my legs were already beat up from a couple consecutive weekends of racing. I was pretty happy with my speed and surprised that the 1:20's felt tough but comfortable if that makes any sense!
Then I joined my C3 teammates for a tough speed work session in Caledon East on the rail trail. So we started off with a 2.5k warmup, nice comfy easy pace. Then on to drills - here was where it got interesting. The person in front of me stopped suddenly and I literally tripped over his foot and ended up flat on my butt. It was kinda funny and kind of embarrassing at the same time. Got up and kept going - the 'main set' was 14 x 400 fast on 3:30. Holy crap was that ever tough! My legs were just about done by the time we finished, ok no in reality they were done by the time we hit the 4th repeat. But I pushed as hard as I could and finished the workout. Man is it ever tough when you are the slowest one out there and have people literally blowing by you. Ah well - it is what it is, gotta keep working hard if I want to get faster.
On the walk back to the car after the run the skies opened up and poured rain. Thankfully we were done but still ended up completely soaked. I guess such is the life of a triathlete - training outside is great when the weather cooperates but sometimes it can totally suck.
Then yesterday I met Kim and we went for a fairly short 1:14 bike ride. The weather held out until about the last 15 minutes when we got caught in a downpour. Winds picked up, temps dropped… which ended up sucking quite a bit. But still very happy to get out for a ride even if it wasn't a long one.
Today I'm actually heading out to the C3 brick workout - it'll be a first for me so fingers crossed it doesn't pour rain on us again… Legs are feeling a little heavy but I'm sure that is something I will have to get used to as the training ramps up. August is only 3 months away - Ironman will be here before I know it and the thought of that is terrifying! EEK - but also super exciting!
Then I joined my C3 teammates for a tough speed work session in Caledon East on the rail trail. So we started off with a 2.5k warmup, nice comfy easy pace. Then on to drills - here was where it got interesting. The person in front of me stopped suddenly and I literally tripped over his foot and ended up flat on my butt. It was kinda funny and kind of embarrassing at the same time. Got up and kept going - the 'main set' was 14 x 400 fast on 3:30. Holy crap was that ever tough! My legs were just about done by the time we finished, ok no in reality they were done by the time we hit the 4th repeat. But I pushed as hard as I could and finished the workout. Man is it ever tough when you are the slowest one out there and have people literally blowing by you. Ah well - it is what it is, gotta keep working hard if I want to get faster.
On the walk back to the car after the run the skies opened up and poured rain. Thankfully we were done but still ended up completely soaked. I guess such is the life of a triathlete - training outside is great when the weather cooperates but sometimes it can totally suck.
Then yesterday I met Kim and we went for a fairly short 1:14 bike ride. The weather held out until about the last 15 minutes when we got caught in a downpour. Winds picked up, temps dropped… which ended up sucking quite a bit. But still very happy to get out for a ride even if it wasn't a long one.
Today I'm actually heading out to the C3 brick workout - it'll be a first for me so fingers crossed it doesn't pour rain on us again… Legs are feeling a little heavy but I'm sure that is something I will have to get used to as the training ramps up. August is only 3 months away - Ironman will be here before I know it and the thought of that is terrifying! EEK - but also super exciting!
Monday, May 12, 2014
Big weekend!!!
So - it's been a busy few days!! Thursday of last week was a bit of a write off - I went to the pool but got a call to work at a school that started at 8:07 so I had to bail on most of the workout (only got about an hour in) and then didn't have a chance to do much else on Thursday or Friday just because of work commitments. Saturday morning I went out for a ride with my C3 teammates - ended up doing 65k in about 2.5 hours. Talk about a tough one, it was suuuuuper windy. The route we took started in Inglewood and went up through Glen Williams, into Limehouse, then to Erin (for a coffee stop) and then back to Inglewood. The route was fine, some decent, challenging hills but what was the most difficult challenge was the wind. It was absolutely insane how windy it was. There were points where it felt like the wind was going to blow me right off my bike!! But I stuck with it and got a decent ride in. Had a good group of people to ride with so that was nice, always helps to have good company!
Then Sunday I raced the Sporting Life 10k race. It was a race I've never done before. The timing of it has always been either the week before or the week after a half marathon/marathon so it's never worked out. But I decided to do it this year since Ashley is going to be volunteering at Camp Ooch this summer and the race supports the camp. With the week of training I put in, combined with the half marathon last week my expectations for the race weren't super high. I started with my sister at the back of the blue corral and figured I'd likely end up running with them. My 10k PR was set a few years ago (at the only other 10k race I've done) at 52:14. I didn't really expect to be anywhere close to that, even with the downhill course since I really wasn't rested or tapered even a little bit. I ended up feeling pretty good at the start so I left my sister and her friends and decided to see what I could do. With 27,000 people running the race it was really congested at the start and so it was a little slower then I would have liked because I had to weave in and out of people for most of the race especially at the beginning. I had to stop at the water stations because with the shear volume of people in my wave, combined with some seriously poor race etiquette there was really no other way to actually grab the water. That was fine - I wasn't seriously shooting for a big PR anyway. I ended up crossing the 5k timing matt around 27 min (26:54 technically) and realized that I had a real shot at cracking 54 minutes so I kept pushing. The last couple km hurt a bit and it was a bit of a mental victory to finish the race without stopping but as it turned out I ran the second half of the race in the exact same split as I ran the first half. Ended up with an overall time of 53:46! It's about a minute and a half over my PB but all things considered I was pretty thrilled with the result.
I ended up having the opportunity to swim Sunday night as there weren't a lot of people who came to the workout. It was good to get the swim in since I had to bail out on last Thursdays swim. My legs didn't want to fire properly when I tried to swim a little faster - but they definitely didn't hurt and really aren't hurting today either. Looks like my conditioning is starting to improve which is seriously exciting. This weekend will be tough since I'm volunteering at crossfit regionals this weekend. But I'm going to try to get a long run in earlier in the week and a long ride in on Monday of next week. We were really lucky that this past weekend we had amazing weather (FINALLY) outside of the crazy nasty winds. It's supposed to rain a lot this coming week and be cool next weekend but I'll get as much as I can in and see how it all goes! Feeling pretty positive today about how training is coming along and where I'm going from here!
Then Sunday I raced the Sporting Life 10k race. It was a race I've never done before. The timing of it has always been either the week before or the week after a half marathon/marathon so it's never worked out. But I decided to do it this year since Ashley is going to be volunteering at Camp Ooch this summer and the race supports the camp. With the week of training I put in, combined with the half marathon last week my expectations for the race weren't super high. I started with my sister at the back of the blue corral and figured I'd likely end up running with them. My 10k PR was set a few years ago (at the only other 10k race I've done) at 52:14. I didn't really expect to be anywhere close to that, even with the downhill course since I really wasn't rested or tapered even a little bit. I ended up feeling pretty good at the start so I left my sister and her friends and decided to see what I could do. With 27,000 people running the race it was really congested at the start and so it was a little slower then I would have liked because I had to weave in and out of people for most of the race especially at the beginning. I had to stop at the water stations because with the shear volume of people in my wave, combined with some seriously poor race etiquette there was really no other way to actually grab the water. That was fine - I wasn't seriously shooting for a big PR anyway. I ended up crossing the 5k timing matt around 27 min (26:54 technically) and realized that I had a real shot at cracking 54 minutes so I kept pushing. The last couple km hurt a bit and it was a bit of a mental victory to finish the race without stopping but as it turned out I ran the second half of the race in the exact same split as I ran the first half. Ended up with an overall time of 53:46! It's about a minute and a half over my PB but all things considered I was pretty thrilled with the result.
I ended up having the opportunity to swim Sunday night as there weren't a lot of people who came to the workout. It was good to get the swim in since I had to bail out on last Thursdays swim. My legs didn't want to fire properly when I tried to swim a little faster - but they definitely didn't hurt and really aren't hurting today either. Looks like my conditioning is starting to improve which is seriously exciting. This weekend will be tough since I'm volunteering at crossfit regionals this weekend. But I'm going to try to get a long run in earlier in the week and a long ride in on Monday of next week. We were really lucky that this past weekend we had amazing weather (FINALLY) outside of the crazy nasty winds. It's supposed to rain a lot this coming week and be cool next weekend but I'll get as much as I can in and see how it all goes! Feeling pretty positive today about how training is coming along and where I'm going from here!
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
ouch, ouch and more ouch...
So you would think 2 day's post half marathon I'd be resting and recovering and taking it easy. Sigh… I miss those day's. Nope training for Ironman apparently means building on top of tough workouts/races. So today I got up - went to the pool and hammered out a bunch of fast stuff. It was
warm up
3x100 Fast
200 ez
2x150 50 fast, faster fastest by 50
100 ex
300 fast
warm down
Speed endurance is a painful workout to do… especially when your legs are still wrecked from a half marathon on the weekend. Every time I pushed off the wall it hurt!!! But got the workout done and was actually moving fairly well given that my legs were toasted. So of course I rewarded myself with some awesome bacon and eggs - best post workout meal EVER!
Luckily I was also able to get a massage in today - it was pretty desperately needed so I'm glad that I got that done. Legs felt a little better afterwards - but was a little worried as to how they would hold up at the speed workout. Barrie basically said - forget easy - it's Ironman training you have to suck it up and work hard tonight lol… soooo off I went. Tonights workout was I.think.I'm.going.to.puke.brutal.
Warm-up was fine nice easy run - but then 3k for time (16:04) followed by 4x1km avg 5:30 with a minute between repeats (thats about all I could manage) I was having a rough time tonight and seriously wanted to give up - but I pushed through - and managed to keep my pace pretty consistent. It was a gorgeous day for a run - although could have done without the wind - that kind of sucked. It was so incredibly nice to run in capri's and a t-shirt. I'm glad the weather seems to FINALLY be turning around. It was 15 degrees today - thank goodness. Hopefully the weather will stay nice - so far this year has really sucked as far as weather goes - seriously worst winter/spring ever! But I'm so looking forward to enjoying the weather and getting out to run and ride as much as I can. Today was a big night - it hurt, and it wasn't pretty but I got about 10k done and about 7k of that was hard… Now I think it's time to crash… sleep sounds so good!
warm up
3x100 Fast
200 ez
2x150 50 fast, faster fastest by 50
100 ex
300 fast
warm down
Speed endurance is a painful workout to do… especially when your legs are still wrecked from a half marathon on the weekend. Every time I pushed off the wall it hurt!!! But got the workout done and was actually moving fairly well given that my legs were toasted. So of course I rewarded myself with some awesome bacon and eggs - best post workout meal EVER!
Luckily I was also able to get a massage in today - it was pretty desperately needed so I'm glad that I got that done. Legs felt a little better afterwards - but was a little worried as to how they would hold up at the speed workout. Barrie basically said - forget easy - it's Ironman training you have to suck it up and work hard tonight lol… soooo off I went. Tonights workout was I.think.I'm.going.to.puke.brutal.
Warm-up was fine nice easy run - but then 3k for time (16:04) followed by 4x1km avg 5:30 with a minute between repeats (thats about all I could manage) I was having a rough time tonight and seriously wanted to give up - but I pushed through - and managed to keep my pace pretty consistent. It was a gorgeous day for a run - although could have done without the wind - that kind of sucked. It was so incredibly nice to run in capri's and a t-shirt. I'm glad the weather seems to FINALLY be turning around. It was 15 degrees today - thank goodness. Hopefully the weather will stay nice - so far this year has really sucked as far as weather goes - seriously worst winter/spring ever! But I'm so looking forward to enjoying the weather and getting out to run and ride as much as I can. Today was a big night - it hurt, and it wasn't pretty but I got about 10k done and about 7k of that was hard… Now I think it's time to crash… sleep sounds so good!
Monday, May 5, 2014
Ouch…
So the title of this entry pretty much says it all! My legs are seriously feeling the pounding from yesterdays race. All that downhill sure results in crazy soreness today. Sean had me scheduled to ride easy for an hour today. So after I finished work tonight I came home and got on the trainer. My legs felt ok while I was riding, sore and super tired but that faded fairly quickly. I stayed on the trainer for an hour, basically just soft pedalled for an hour. Got off hoping maybe, just maybe my legs would feel better after the flush, but nope - no such luck today. But it's time in the saddle and that is important at this stage in the game.
I was/am feeling a little concerned that yesterdays run wasn't what I'd have liked after all that training but it is still fairly early in the training and I keep reminding myself that by the time IMMT gets here I will be ready. I've had several people tell me not to worry - Ironman is different and it will all be fine. So I'm just really trying to focus on that and the training just one day at a time. Clicking off each workout as I do them and really trying to hit them as best as I can. I'm supposed to swim and run tomorrow which I will definitely do - but not sure the run will be all that great - unless my legs loosen up a bit. It may turn out to just be a run just to run kind of thing but the plan is to at least attempt whatever it is that I'm supposed to do.
Alright - I'm still exhausted from the weekend and work today - so this is gonna be a short one.
I was/am feeling a little concerned that yesterdays run wasn't what I'd have liked after all that training but it is still fairly early in the training and I keep reminding myself that by the time IMMT gets here I will be ready. I've had several people tell me not to worry - Ironman is different and it will all be fine. So I'm just really trying to focus on that and the training just one day at a time. Clicking off each workout as I do them and really trying to hit them as best as I can. I'm supposed to swim and run tomorrow which I will definitely do - but not sure the run will be all that great - unless my legs loosen up a bit. It may turn out to just be a run just to run kind of thing but the plan is to at least attempt whatever it is that I'm supposed to do.
Alright - I'm still exhausted from the weekend and work today - so this is gonna be a short one.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Toronto Half Marathon
When I signed up for this race I had hoped to be able to run a fast race. But with my focus this year being Ironman in August that changed to more of a - lets see what I can do on tired legs kinda day. After yesterdays 3 hour ride, and a pretty solid week leading up to it I really wasn't sure what my legs were going to let me do today.
Got to the race and the weather was pretty solid. Nice and sunny - but with a nasty wind (more on that laster). Started the race with Kathy, felt pretty good at the start so enjoyed the downhill and got off to a pretty quick start. Hit Hogs Hollow 3km into the race, it's a pretty nasty hill - but I took my time and managed to run up the whole hill. I'm pretty sure that is a first for me as I tend to walk up some of the nastier hills I encounter in races. I forgot how hilly the first half of the race is. Yes there is a lot of downhill - but there is also quite a bit of uphill as well. At 10k I was at about 56 minutes which was on pace for a sub 2 hour half… but the downhills in the first half combined with all the training this past week - well lets just say at about 13k the wheels came off. I ended up walking quite a bit - in the last 8k but I forced myself to run as well. My legs were just toasted. The of course we turn to go West along Front/Lakeshore towards the finish line and that is where a NASTY headwind decided to rear its very ugly head. I struggled, I really did and I felt like how am I ever going to do Ironman if Im this tired after a 3 hour ride. I know that I have to trust the training, and that today was just another training day in the grand scheme of things. But despite that I would have liked a bit of a faster result today.
That said - if I can run a 2:10 half marathon after a 90k bike at the Tremblant 70.3 at the end of June I will be in a very good place. That alone would shave about 20 minutes off my time from last year.
I think what's hard to remember at this point is that there is still about 3.5 months before Ironman. There is lots of time to get lots of training in and I am completely committed to doing it. I have a great support team around me and a great group of training buddies as well. The ride to conquer cancer at the beginning of June will be a great boost for my bike training with over 200km of riding over 2 days.
I also really have to start figured out my nutrition plan for the longer training sessions to make sure I'm maximizing my training. That said - I stopped at Chipotle on my way home and MAN did that ever hit the spot :) I think thats my favourite part of running/riding long - making up for the calorie deficit after its all over!!!!
I'm so exhausted - this weekend was a pretty long one - so I'm going to get to bed early so I can be ready for whatever coach has to throw at me this week!
Got to the race and the weather was pretty solid. Nice and sunny - but with a nasty wind (more on that laster). Started the race with Kathy, felt pretty good at the start so enjoyed the downhill and got off to a pretty quick start. Hit Hogs Hollow 3km into the race, it's a pretty nasty hill - but I took my time and managed to run up the whole hill. I'm pretty sure that is a first for me as I tend to walk up some of the nastier hills I encounter in races. I forgot how hilly the first half of the race is. Yes there is a lot of downhill - but there is also quite a bit of uphill as well. At 10k I was at about 56 minutes which was on pace for a sub 2 hour half… but the downhills in the first half combined with all the training this past week - well lets just say at about 13k the wheels came off. I ended up walking quite a bit - in the last 8k but I forced myself to run as well. My legs were just toasted. The of course we turn to go West along Front/Lakeshore towards the finish line and that is where a NASTY headwind decided to rear its very ugly head. I struggled, I really did and I felt like how am I ever going to do Ironman if Im this tired after a 3 hour ride. I know that I have to trust the training, and that today was just another training day in the grand scheme of things. But despite that I would have liked a bit of a faster result today.
That said - if I can run a 2:10 half marathon after a 90k bike at the Tremblant 70.3 at the end of June I will be in a very good place. That alone would shave about 20 minutes off my time from last year.
I think what's hard to remember at this point is that there is still about 3.5 months before Ironman. There is lots of time to get lots of training in and I am completely committed to doing it. I have a great support team around me and a great group of training buddies as well. The ride to conquer cancer at the beginning of June will be a great boost for my bike training with over 200km of riding over 2 days.
I also really have to start figured out my nutrition plan for the longer training sessions to make sure I'm maximizing my training. That said - I stopped at Chipotle on my way home and MAN did that ever hit the spot :) I think thats my favourite part of running/riding long - making up for the calorie deficit after its all over!!!!
I'm so exhausted - this weekend was a pretty long one - so I'm going to get to bed early so I can be ready for whatever coach has to throw at me this week!
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Getting out for a ride :)
I made a decision last night that no matter what the weather decided to throw at us this morning I was going to get out and ride. Luckily at least when I first woke up - the sky was overcast, but it wasn't actually raining. So I got up - got dressed, loaded my bike into the car and off I went to meet my C3 buddies for a ride. We started off at the Inglewood arena, went along Old Base Line and then up Horseshoe Hill Road. I learned something today - when the name of the street has "Hill" in it - you should be very afraid of what is ahead of you. WOW - the hills were relentless. I think it was in the range of about 15km of rollers, with some of them being pretty steep. I actually had to get off my bike on one of them... man I felt stupid. But there was one shortly after that hill that was even steeper and I was able to make it up. Unfortunately riding with the C3 group reminds me how far I have to come. I have a LOT of training to do before Ironman. They are all such amazing riders - I think a big goal is to be able to keep up with them someday or at least some of them would be nice. The route today was about 45km because with the uncertainty about the weather it gave us the option to cut the route short if the weather got bad, or if the weather was ok we could keep going and ride longer. I opted to cut it short and stop at 45km (just shy of 2 hours). I realized as we were riding I should totally have been eating and drinking more but with all the climbing I just didn't. I am pretty sure this is why I felt completely drained after 45km. I went out for coffee with the C3 gang, which was awesome. So nice to chat and just enjoy hanging out after a ride. Then - I went home, put my bike on the trainer - and rode for another hour. It wasn't a long ride on the trainer, but the plan today was to ride for 3 hours, and I only did 2 on the road so I went home and got the other hour done. It's time in the saddle and it's so important to get the bike training in. It was also a bit of a breakthrough for me to actually get home load my bike on the trainer and keep riding after having done 2 hours instead of just having a shower and following that up with a nap. I feel like I really need to stick to my coaches plan. Sean knows what he's doing and I really want to do well this season so that I am going to be sticking to that plan as best I possibly can.
After my ride I ended up meeting a friend at Tims and by the time I got there I was SO FREAKING HUNGRY. I ended up getting chili and tea - but on my way home stopped at Sobeys, picked up some fish and went home to make myself dinner. Fish, basmati rice and veggies - actually it turned out really well.
So what's on tap for tomorrow, just the Toronto Half Marathon. At this point I'm just planning to go out and see how I feel - I'm not sure what my legs will let me do. This has been probably the biggest training week to date and so finishing it off with a half marathon is going to be tough. But since I'll be running on tired legs at Ironman, ok maybe that is the understatement of the year... I figure it's probably a good idea to get out there and race on tired legs and see what happens.
After my ride I ended up meeting a friend at Tims and by the time I got there I was SO FREAKING HUNGRY. I ended up getting chili and tea - but on my way home stopped at Sobeys, picked up some fish and went home to make myself dinner. Fish, basmati rice and veggies - actually it turned out really well.
So what's on tap for tomorrow, just the Toronto Half Marathon. At this point I'm just planning to go out and see how I feel - I'm not sure what my legs will let me do. This has been probably the biggest training week to date and so finishing it off with a half marathon is going to be tough. But since I'll be running on tired legs at Ironman, ok maybe that is the understatement of the year... I figure it's probably a good idea to get out there and race on tired legs and see what happens.
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Just Breathe
Well the past couple day's it's really hit me how REAL Ironman is going to be this year. Not that I didn't think it was real before but now - 108 days out - it feels like it's LOOMING. Everyone keeps telling me I will be fine and that it will be awesome. But for some reason I just feel scared… I'm at the point though where I think I need to really focus on my training and getting in the workouts so that when race day comes I will know that I did everything I could to be prepared!
Today was an early morning swim. Had a decent one too not great but not terrible. I know my swim is in the bag really - that I'll be under (hopefully) an hour and have banked a bunch of time towards the cutoffs so that there really is no danger of missing a time cutoff and having my race cut short. Today's schedule also had an easy 90 min bike ride on it. I just got off the bike and I'm feeling somewhat satisfied that I've done what I should have today.
I know my coach knows what he's doing and that as long as I follow the plan everything will be fine. I just think that once I get a couple solid training weeks in my confidence will start to improve and i'll feel better about it all. I'm at my fundraising goal for the Ride to Conquer Cancer so that will be a great weekend of riding that will help me to feel ready and confident leading into the Mt. Tremblant half at the end of June.
I'm also glad to have a lot of training partners and teammates that are willing to ride/run with me and help me to get ready for the big day.
108 days - seems like nothing really - how did the 250+ days since I registered go by so fast???? Just gotta keep plugging away and know that I will be ready!
And like a good friend/training buddy told me today - breathe… just breathe!
Today was an early morning swim. Had a decent one too not great but not terrible. I know my swim is in the bag really - that I'll be under (hopefully) an hour and have banked a bunch of time towards the cutoffs so that there really is no danger of missing a time cutoff and having my race cut short. Today's schedule also had an easy 90 min bike ride on it. I just got off the bike and I'm feeling somewhat satisfied that I've done what I should have today.
I know my coach knows what he's doing and that as long as I follow the plan everything will be fine. I just think that once I get a couple solid training weeks in my confidence will start to improve and i'll feel better about it all. I'm at my fundraising goal for the Ride to Conquer Cancer so that will be a great weekend of riding that will help me to feel ready and confident leading into the Mt. Tremblant half at the end of June.
I'm also glad to have a lot of training partners and teammates that are willing to ride/run with me and help me to get ready for the big day.
108 days - seems like nothing really - how did the 250+ days since I registered go by so fast???? Just gotta keep plugging away and know that I will be ready!
And like a good friend/training buddy told me today - breathe… just breathe!
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