Tri Training

Well after the CMM I've shifted my training to get ready for these tris.

I've been busy and with the rain and all my training has been struggling anyway... I have yet to do a long run since the half.

I've been running at lunch with some people from the design group at work. They are fast. I can hold my ground with them on their first lap. After that i make it about half way until i start to drop back and then shortly after that want to die. I've ran with them 4 times. I've managed to pull a negative split each time and almost every time i wonder how the hell.... Its a 1.75 mile trail and we run 2 laps. Best time so far is 30:20. I'm hoping that running with them will make me faster and in a few weeks I'll be able to hold my ground to them.

I've also been doing some short bike rides. 10-12 miles. So far in all of my training i am probably going to be the least prepared for the bike ride. Probably because of the 3 its the one I'm the most comfortable with.

Swimming is still going alright. We did a T-30 the other day. I improved by 25 yrds. I was kinda hoping for better as the first one i really paced myself as i wasn't really even sure if i could swim for 30 minutes non stop haha. So naturally i was more comfortable with my second one. I need to get to where I'm comfortable with doing the flip turns during it and I'll knock it out. I've been trying to do them more and more. I need to find a way to get in an open water swim. The water is probably still pretty chilly.

Today i also did my first brick training. I did 11.5 miles on the bike and then turned around and did a 2.2 mile run. The expectation was upheld, my legs didn't like me for the first half mile or so but they loosened up after and i did alright. It also felt like i was running really slow however i managed to crank out a 8:48 pace. I also got a pretty bad cramp in my chest toward the end of my run, maybe the worst one I've had.

So on to next week. Hopefully i can hit it hard. Memorial day is fast approaching.