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 14, 2010

Should this be a rest week?

Last week was my longest week of training to date and my legs keep reminding me of it. My plan is to do my Monday swim and likely skip my run and just rest my legs. Well I should have rested everything. My swim has never been very good and I've resigned myself to the fact that I've probably peaked (can someone be as slow as me and still have considered to peak?). So today I figure I should try and work some on my technique and I focus on trying to rotate my body with each stroke so I'm not swimming so flat in the water. Is this supposed to be tiring? Am I moving my body too much and tiring myself out? Or is it because of my busy weekend? I had two good sessions last week so I'm hoping it's the latter. I cut my swim short and figure I'll skip my run and be done for the day. Until Chris calls and wants to know if I'm up for a ride. Like I can say no. Chris has just built up his new Cervelo P3 and he's still fine tuning it so luckily we maintain a civil pace and my legs are no worse the wear at the end of the ride. I'm still wondering if this should be a rest week.

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