Toddler Funk

Last week was rough, started out pretty good and ended with a cold. My training partner spends time at the child watch at the gym and I think she brings home the funk incognito. At least she has a mild version of it for a day and then I'm hacking and wheezing for days. Needless to say it put a damper in my training. Since last week was technically the end of my base or maintenance training it wasn't as detrimental to the overall picture as it could have been.



I've started the search for places to stay, it's looking like a condo a few miles from the start. Close to the action and just a few blocks off the bike course.



This week has also been researching different GPS based heart rate monitors. I currently use the Suunto T6C and love it for the memory belt, features on the watch and general ease of use. The downside is that I haven't been able to get universal bike pod to pair with it so I have to "adapt" my road pod to track my speed and distance on the trainer. Since I have the Compu trainer I can rely on that for speed, distance and cadence but I like to have all my data in one spot- heart rate, speed, etc. The memory belt is awesome in the pool, still don't get great live read outs except between sets but it does seem to keep it over all once I upload it to my computer. The foot pod leaves something to be desired for tracking distance accurately- especially with my run/walk pace as of lately. Nike had the same issue for me. Hence my interest in the GPS based watches. I thought about the Suunto GPS pod but it seems large and has poor reviews.



So, I have been trying the Garmin Forerunner 310XT. I went this route since it is GPS based, has a foot pod for indoor running, a bike pod for speed and cadence that is one unit and rear wheel based. It is the first of the Garmin products that is waterproof so I can use it start to finish in a race, and it has a 20 hour rechargeable battery. It is also compatible with a power meter if I ever go that route. This Forerunner is a blend of the previous Forerunners and the Edge bike computer.



My other thought was to get a nice bike computer and then just use the Suunto as my heart rate monitor on the bike. I can always manually add the distance into the bike log.

WEEK TOTALS:
Hours:
Swim: 1:58 Hours, 5000 Yards/ 3.13 Miles
Bike: 0:20 Hours, 4.7 Miles
Run: 0:50 Hours, 4.08 Miles
Other: 0:35 Hours

YTD TOTALS:
Swim: 21:30 Hours, 63,650 Yards, 39.78 Miles
Bike: 36:01 Hours, 566.98 Miles
Run: 31:57 Hours, 156.33 Miles
Other: 8:35 Hours