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!"




Monday, June 21, 2010

Looking like a wet week

They're forecasting rain for most of the week so I'm thinking I should switch up my schedule and ride tonight. Justin's on board with that so we plan on riding right after work and finishing up with a run. I let Justin decide how we go and how long. We decide on about 45 kilometres and I let him lead the whole way and at his pace. He did pretty good and I think he's putting out a decent effort because he's in front and wants to keep the pace up for me. Ends up at an average of 28.5 kilometres per hour which is a good average speed for Justin. We get home and throw on our runners and head out for the run. Now I haven't told him but I'm planning a bit longer run than he expects. No I don't want to hurt him but we've got a sprint coming up Saturday and I know he's concerned about the run so I wanted to get 6.5 kilometres in just to boost his confidence. Trouble was he bonked at around 2.5 kilometres. He just ran out of energy. We walked for a bit and talked about nutrition and decided that we need to get a good plan set up for him. We changed the route up a bit and ran the last 3 kilometres home for a total of 5 kilometres and it was good to see that he dug down and finished the run.
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