My First Marathon (x2)

The week leading into IM 70.3 Muncie we knew it was going to be a training race because the forecast was for hotter than a thousand suns and we had always thought if it as a training race anyway. It was also my birthday. The day before I met a friend for lunch and a tour of the recent developments in downtown Muncie. It was very cool, but I wasn't wearing the right shoes for it (flipflops)...I am too old for that crap. Then I checked in for the race, went to the athlete briefing, bought the things I needed/wanted, checked into the B&B, and then headed back into town for dinner. Then it was an early night. In true form, Muncie was hot. The water temp was 82.6 which really meant no wetsuits (even though I don't compete for awards it means it's much too warm for me to not overheat and panic) and a slow swim. Worse than I imagined, but I kept my cool about it. Then I had a super great bike. It was fun and fast and I enjoyed it a lot. In transition I had a hard time gett

Last week was a good one, with some important lessons for Louisville. Monday - 2,624 yard open water swim at Mystic Bay. Tuesday - 7 mile run with 3 miles of increasing effort every half mile. A fourth mile would have been good, but I was fast enough the last 800 that I didn't really have anywhere to go without "racing." But I'll take 7 miles in 1:20. Wednesday - Volunteered on the Firecracker6 course and then went for an easy ride with a friend. Later in the day I headed out to Fort Harrison to swim. 15 mile ride, 2,800 yard swim. Thursday - with sketchy weather and my bike being prepped for the weekend I did my progression ride on the trainer, but that was fine because it meant I had more control over it too. 20 miles with 50 minutes of increasing power ever 10 minutes. Friday - even though the pool schedule said the indoor 25 was open, it wasn't really so I converted the workout for the outdoor 50 and swam my 2,953 yards (2,700 meters). Saturday - r

I guess it's been since Grand Rapids since I have posted... The week after the race would have been the most boring training log EVER. It was a pretty solid recovery week, my last big one before October. Only 3,500 swim yards, 20.6 bike miles, and 8.7 run miles...and some yoga. The next week was back to regularly programmed training. Monday - 2,535 yard open water swim Tuesday - 7 mile run with 3 miles steady state Wednesday - 3,000 meter swim taking it to the Jordan long course and 12.2 mile easy bike ride. Thursday - 20.6 mile long bike intervals on the trainer because they're better that way and the weather was sketchy (storms) Friday - 3,000 yard swim Saturday - 62 mile ride in the north suburbs with friends, followed by a quick 2 mile run and brunch Sunday - 10 mile negative split run solo And then this past week... Monday - 2,612 yard open water swim Tuesday - death by track. I hate the track. 7.85 miles with 12 quarter miles...gah... Wednesday - 2,700 yar