This is the first week on the "official" 20 weeks-to-Ironman plan! I had visions - after practicing tapering and enjoying a low-key/recovery week - of blazing on into week 20 and setting the world on fire. No go. Off to a very rocky start. That's OK! Good to mess it up and get off plan, right from the get-go! Then the pressure to be perfect - or nearly so - is off. Sunday - Off. Monday - Started off as bad day Continue Reading
Week between. A week with no plan makes you love the plan.
This was a relaxed week with no real training plan. I finished up the 20 weeks of training that I completed before my first triathlon: the 20 weeks in which I was doing about half of my final 20-week Ironman training plan. Then this is the one week before I start that actual 20-week Ironman training plan. It's the "week between." You think you want a week with no plan. Until you get to said week with no plan, then Continue Reading
My first triathlon! A success! But, you won’t believe what I did to myself before the race…
Here I am all set up in transition! Up until 1 hour before the start, we weren't sure we were going to be able to do the race. Storms kept threatening cancellation. 4am on race day, we got an email stating that the storm, if it kept moving at its present pace, would hit San Marcos right during the race time. The race could be cancelled as late as 7am. So, I drove the hour over to San Marcos not knowing if we'd get to Continue Reading
Week 21 – last week of training before 1st tri
This week could be summed up: Fast running. Hard biking. Anxious swimming. How to become a faster runner? I guess focus on swimming and biking. Sunday - I was to do a 45-minute bike ride. I didn't do it because 1) my husband left town in the morning and 2) and probably more importantly, I was feeling tired from the 7-hour charity bar crawl the day before! So I decided to rest up and put it off. Monday - 50 Continue Reading
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