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Welcome to TRI-CHOTOMY.
I'm just an averge age grouper blogging about Triathlon Training and this complex puzzle of juggling life, having fun and the Tri(als) and Tri(bulations) of "My Reality Show". With the Miami Ironman 70.3 race now in the books I've set a new goal, competing and completing Ironman Louisville 2011 in August. Twice the distance, twice the pain, twice the fun. As a warm up race and I never would have believed hearing myself say this, I'll be doing Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island in July. Once again I'll be sharing these experiences with my great friends Chris and Justin and look forward to the next several months of training and racing with them.
I'll share my training, race and gear experiences and hope you'll comment and even offer advice from your experiences.
Remember,
"Pain is Temporary, Quitting Lasts Forever".
"Life shouldn't be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, cliff bar in one hand, Gatorade in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
"You can sleep when you're dead!"
Saturday, June 19, 2010
I should learn to make up my mind.
The plan was to do an hour forty five to 2 hours on the bike then run for about 45 minutes. So I head out, at 20 kilometres I decide ok, 50 kilometres sounds good and maybe an hour run. At 30 kilometres I think maybe I'll do 2 hours, that should be about 60 kilometres, and maybe a half hour run. At 45 kilometres I figure 75 kilometres sounds good and I'll play the run by ear. I hit 60 and it becomes 90 kilometres and trash my legs. Earlier in the week Chris had emailed me and said I should shoot for a 2 hour 50 minute bike split in Miami. Well I was pushing a pretty good clip so I thought I'd see how close I could get to that today. Now the terrain here is nothing like Miami. Rolling hills, especially as you get a little north, some short steeps and some longer gentle grades. Granted you do get some decent speed on the downs and your legs get a rest but the ups can hurt if you push hard and I did. Now I start cranking hard, only 30 clicks to go and my legs start feeling it. I finish up my 90 right at 2 hours and fifty minutes. Great right? Nope. My legs are trashed. I wouldn't be able to run 21 metres let alone 21 kilometres. Learn from this Niko.
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