February 2012
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New Swim Record
Put in a 5k in the pool! Took me about 1hr 45mins. Followed up with a light 5 mile jog. No substantial knee pain! Hopefully this is a good sign.
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Block 6 - Week 2 Recap
Depressingly low mileage this week, and no running whatsoever. Trying to get my knee back into running shape.
Swim - 7500 meters
Bike - 60 miles
Run - 0 miles!!!
Hope your training is going better than mine!
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Computrainer
I had my first experience with Computrainer yesterday, and let me tell you, it was much harder than I thought! Me and my friend Ben, a two-time Ironman finisher, road the first 60 miles of the Ironman Texas bike course. I averaged 18.6 mph, which is faster than I plan to ride during the actual race, however, I was at 85-90% of my RPE (rate of perceived exertion) the whole time. Usually, at 90%...
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Med School Interview
Just got an e-mail from Wayne State University. I have an interview scheduled for April 3rd!! Who knew they interviewed so late in the year? Until yesterday, I still had 5 schools left to hear from, and I just assumed they were all rejections at this point. Maybe that means Baylor will still call?
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Block 6 - Week 1 Recap
This past week had several positive aspects about it, and one, giant negative aspect. Let’s start with the PROS:
1. I put in three, long workouts in the same week. 4600 meter swim on Monday, 22 mile run on Wednesday, and a 108 mile ride on Saturday. All the workouts were successful, and completed at the speed I had intended.
2. I used my 6hr trainer ride on Saturday as a “trial...
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New Run Record (again)
Put in 22 miles on the DREADmill today with a 1% incline. Took me 3 hours and 7 minutes, or about an 8:30 minute per mile average. Still not as fast as I would like…but it is acceptable. Finished up with a 1000 meter swim. It was supposed to be 1500, but I wasn’t getting enough oxygen and started blacking out! Since I didn’t exactly feel like entrusting my life to the...
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Pacing The Ironman
I’ve been really stressed about my pacing for Ironman Texas. I’ve done three Ironman70.3’s, but I have no experience with longer tri’s, or even marathons. So I did what I usually do when I have a question…I went to the Internet!! The place with all the answers! :) I found this article that tells me how to calculate my Ironman pacing based on my half-Ironman times....
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To All My Fellow Triathletes:
CHECK THIS ARTICLE OUT - So You Wanna Be A Triathlete
Here are a few snippets:
1. Check your ego at the door because chances are someone fifty pounds heavier than you will lap you in the pool. Not to mention she will be ten or fifteen years older than you, too.
2. You will have early morning workouts. Really early.
3. You will be up while others are sleeping.
4. You will discover a whole...
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Block 5 Recap
I don’t think that I have ever enjoyed a recovery week as much I as have these past 7 days. I usually dread the downtime and severely reduced training that embodies the nature of recovery weeks. However, the three week build that led up to this recovery week was almost more than my body could take. Each week I was breaking into new ground in all three disciplines.
It is hard enough...
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Go Lance Go!
Can’t wait to see how Lance does at his first Ironman70.3! I’m sure he is going to smoke it! It will be interesting to see how he compares to Chris Lieto on the bike portion?
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100 Days
Only 100 days till Ironman Texas….my heart-rate jumps just THINKING about it! So nervous!!!
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Block 5 - Week 3 Recap
This has easily been the most brutal week of my training so far. Obviously, Week 3’s are typically the most difficult because I am finishing up 21 straight days of training with only 2 days of rest, and, Week 3’s contain significantly more miles than either Week 1’s or Week 2’s!
However, this Week 3 is almost at the apex of my training calendar…so all of my long...
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“People can’t understand why a man runs. They don’t see any sport in it, argue...”
– Glenn Cunningham - Maybe the greatest American “Miler” ever…
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More Miles
Swam 2500 meters this morning in 53 minutes, followed by a 9 mile run, averaging 7:40 per mile. That puts me at 8400 meters swimming and 34 miles running for the week! My body is shot! Somehow, I have to find it in me to bike 5hrs 40mins tomorrow morning. Bleh.
In other news, I got some new training nutrition. This stuff goes fast!
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New Run Record
Its official…I am CERTIFIABLE!! I ran 20 miles today…ON A TREADMILL!!! Then swam 1500 meters. This ties my run record. Thank goodness I don’t have anymore long runs for 2 weeks!!
Run Time - 2:48:28
Avg. Speed - 8:25 per mile
Incline - 1%
I would really like to see my average speed drop to 8:15 or 8:00, I’m just not sure that is gonna happen while I train for Ironman....