Swim: Good good, nothing to report here, just dodging bad swimmers
Bike: Did I mention hills?
Run: Solid, not fast...but felt good.
Another exciting week of training, can't believe week 18 has already come and gone. It truly is just flying by now. I'm only 3 weeks away from my next race, and only 12 weeks away from the big one!
Training has really taken over my life. I knew it would at this point. I'm happy to feel that I'm on pace for Wisconsin, but at the same time, it has become a bit isolating spending so much time exercising. I committed to this idea almost a year ago, and I'll be damned if I don't see it through. But I do look forward to the days when I can go out on a Friday night again, and not have to go to bed at 9pm. At the same time, I know after all this is over, I am going to miss it. I feel like its become apart of me. It's my time away from the world. When I'm out running, biking, or swimming, all I have is me and my thoughts. Often they are huff huff huff...I can't breathe!...but when its not that, its a wonderful time to get into your own head and dust around a bit. So I know when this is all over and I've recovered, I'm gonna look back and cherish this time, in fact, it will probably propel me to sign up for another race. I doubt it will be another Ironman...but I won't say no, because 3 years ago I would have said there was no way I'd ever do one...but here we are.
This week's training went well. My schedule was a lot better now that I'm done on Hop. I actually get to go home at 6. It feels like I'm on vacation. I come home...and the sun is still out! Amazing! Swimming is good. I think I found the sweet spot at the gym. I take a late lunch so when I get there the lunch crowd is just leaving and its about an hour until the old people show up for their swim/walks. Running is going well too, I feel really comfortable at my pace now. It's not fast, but I'm not really looking to be fast, I'm looking for endurance. So I'm feeling really good about the fact I can go for long runs and not feel horribly winded at the end. I will work on my speed the last 10 weeks. But I know its not going to be my strong event, my bike will be. So I'm content with that. I just want to finish anyway....well, finish feeling strong, not dying.
The long bike this week was a killer. 2 of my teammates, Noel and Ivan De La Torre organized a trip from Sylmar to Lake Castaic. It was a really beautiful ride, but it involved some pretty nasty climbs. It ended up being 7339 ft of elevation gain over 74 miles. At the end, the De La Torre brothers cooked some amazing tacos. So damn good! It was definitely one of the more difficult rides I've been on. However, I felt pretty good through it. My biking has very much improved over this season. I still have yet to bike over 100 miles, definitely something I'm gonna tackle after my Half Iron, but it doesn't scare me like it use to. I feel like I could go do it right now without much problem. I think these difficult bikes have been good for me mentally. Which is half of the game when it comes to triathlon anyway. I still have a lot of improving I want to do in the next 12 weeks. But I'm pretty happy with how things are going. I feel healthy and ready for the challenge.
Only 2 more weeks until I head back to Indy for my race in Muncie. I'm feeling ready for the Half....almost.. The only thing I haven't been able to train for...and something I'm gonna face in Muncie is.....THE HEAT. Its been pretty cool here in LA...while in Indiana its been hot and humid. Sadly, I'll just have to deal with it. For now I'm looking for wishing stars to hope that it cools down in 3 weeks. Oh well...I'll take whatever is thrown at me....but I'd prefer a cloudy, soft breezy 70 degrees with low humidity if anyone can make that happen...Thanks!
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