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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!"
Sunday, October 24, 2010
I'm all but done training
This was it, my last real training session prior to Miami and the weather didn't cooperate so it was inside on the treadmill. It was wet and cool outside so I turned up the heat and tried to get the temperature high enough to simulate the warmth that I'll likely be racing in. I got it warm but not really hot like it'll be in Miami, especially if the sun and humidity are going to be a factor. So I ran for an hour and a half but not at a hard pace. I just wanted to get the time in and was also a little concerned about stressing my groin with less than a week to go. It held up pretty well and I only felt a little soreness near the end of the run so it looks like it'll be feeling as good as it has all summer coming into the race. I don't put much faith in the speed and distance readouts on the treadmill so I'm not sure how far I actually ran but based on my intuition it was probably in the 14-15 km range. A good last run for me. All that's left now is to start tapering. A couple of short easy runs, a short easy spin and a couple of long easy swims. It'll all be done by Wednesday and I'll have Thursday and Friday off to rest up.
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