I’ve signed up for four races later in the year, all happening in a six-week span.
- Marine Corps Marathon on October 25th.
- Tough Mudder Central Florida on November 7th
- Rocketman Half Ironman Triathlon on November 15th
- Space Coast Marathon on November 29th
As biking has always been my worst sport of the three, I began focusing on that even as early as January. I now regularly bike to and from work (a two-mile stretch each way). I frequently bike during lunch – 12 to 15 miles. I’ve also knocked out three 30-mile rides on the weekend, which are becoming pretty easy to complete at this point.
Running has become my weakest spot recently as I haven’t run more than 5.3 miles since running the Chicago Marathon last October. I’m also trying to do my runs at a faster pace (11:00-11:30) than I did during my last training stretch (12:00).
I’ve always been good at swimming and even not doing long swims in over a year, it only took a few trips to the local spring to get back up to a mile at just below my usual pace.
The past week has been pretty slow since I’ve been sick, but I was able to complete:
Monday – 12.6 mile bike ride in an hour.
Tuesday – 13.2 mile bike ride in an hour.
Wednesday – 4.6 mile run in 54 minutes.
Friday – 1 mile swim in 41 minutes.
Saturday – 25.1 mile bike ride (actually about 23.1 mile bike and 2 walking) in 2 hours, 37 minutes.
Next week hopefully I can knock out this illness and get back on track. Goals for next week:
- 1 mile swim under 40 minutes.
- OR
- 1.5 mile swim
- 8 mile run at 11:30 pace AND 35 mile bike ride at 12.5 mph.
- OR
- 10 mile run at 11:30 pace AND 30 mile bike ride at 13 mph
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