First Triathlon

I did my first triathlon last week- the Boulder Sprint Triathlon. It was a perfect day weather wise. I did rent a wet suit for the swim, although the water was 70 degrees. I have such love hate relationship with wet suits. I love the added warmth, speed and buoancy but I have the constricting feeling. I always feel like I can't move my arms and I'm swimming with a Boa Constrictor around my neck.

Results: Overall time 1:56:51, 1002 Place, 373 Genderplace, 91 Division Place, Swim 16:58, Bike 1:04:09, Run 29:01

The week in trining has been mixed up a bunch with the tapering for the race.

Week 4- 13 Hours and 51 Minutes

Last week was a good week, I was at almost 100% of training completion and did much better with nutrition and hydration. It was a good solid week.

The week end brought rain and thunderstorms so the Saturday long ride was in the basement on the Computrainer- 3 hours a 2 bad Netflix choices later it was done. Sunday's long run was cut short by the thunderstorm that came it, 1:30 instead of 2 hours. Although running in the rain is nice the thunder and lightening is another story. All the swim workouts felt good, it was nice to get them all in and feel accomplished.

Next week end is the Boulder 5430 Sprint Triathlon- time to practice all the disciplines at once!

Week Totals:
Swim: 3:36 Hours, 9500 Yards
Bike 5:45 Hours, 78.47 Miles
Run: 3:20 Hours, 14:31 Miles
Other: 1:00 Hour
Total: 13:51 Hours, 9500 Yards, 92.78 Miles

YTD Totals:
Swim: 26:62 Hours, 77,650 Yards
Bike: 50:26 Hours, 753.59 Miles
Run: 37:12 Hours, 478.25 Miles
Other: 9:35 Hours

Week 3 of Kona Training

So far we've been a bit slow on the training up-take- between the funk and a vacation the training hasn't been as consistent as desired. Thie week is a new week and we are going to hit the ground running, swimming and biking like a mad woman! 17 weeks to go until the big day. The tri season is opening here in Colorado for me in a few weeks with the first race of the Boulder Tri series, the Sprint, in 2 weeks.

My primary goal for this upcoming week is to get all of my workouts completed as scheduled this week and improve my nutrition. I've been trying to sleep more lately and I still feel a bit low energy/sluggish on my workouts so I think my nutrition is playing a part in that. I've been hiding from the pool and the gym so I need to end that "break" too. My running pace has been less than desirable in my mind but my coach did remind me that I am training for an Ironman and not a 10k.

I ran the Bolder Boulder on Memorial Day and while it was a fun race and a good experience, I didn't run it as fast (or fast really at all) as I would have liked. I finished in a non-speed racer time of 1:06- ouch.

From a logistics perspective I have a ticket to Honolulu and a house reserved in Kona.

Stats for the last week- as miserable as they are:
Swimming: 0:48 Hrs, 200 Yards, YTD 23:16 Hrs, 68,150 Yards
Bike: 4:11 Hrs, 52.26 Miles, YTD 44:41 Hrs, 675.12 Miles
Run: 3:46 Hrs, 17:54 Miles, YTD 33:52 Hrs, 163.94 Miles