Race- I would like to talk about my approach. Last year I went into the first lap of the bike and run going what was within me and comfortable. I pushed harder on the second lap but I had more left when I finished. I would really like to give it all out there and not have much left at the end. Should I just try and go harder from the beginning and see what happens, or should I still try and hold back a little?
5K swim on June 9th or 10th? Sounds awful.
Monday
Big swim. Got in and got er done. I felt really good. Wasn't super fatigued when it was done. Happy.
Tuesday
Big work day! Managed to fit in a run at around 2:15. It was raining out, but the run felt good. It felt good to be out in the rain.
Swim- Went to Master's right after work to do the swim workout. Can you say dragging. I could only go one speed and that was slow. I even stopped to chat for a while putting off the inevitable. I think that the weekend hit me today. Was even going one speed at work all day. So tired that night, got mad at Erik for not really any reason. He was a sweetheart though. Made me a delicious dinner while I sat on the couch.
Wednesday
Weather crappy and I was too tired to get up early and brave the other side of the Bridgers. Bailed on the photo shoot. Maybe next week when I am not so busy training, Actual ride ended up being really good. I was starting to feel less fatigued by the end of the day. Had a hard time deciding where to go, but as I started the ride, decided I would go over to Churchill. Pretty flat with couple of good hills, good place to really focus on pace. I'm glad I had to do more than one. I think my actual pace came out in the second one and the first was a little too fast.
Thursday
Ended up, last minute, deciding to go on the GAS ride. Figured I could turn around if they started riding too hard. John, Lisa, Megan and Bender were all doing an endurance ride so they were going a reasonable pace once we got to the hills. It was fun to ride with people.
Friday
Met with Lawrence and worked on my swim. My right arm doesn't follow a straight pull. It is really hard to see it and feel it and then change it. He found his camera this time, but the batteries were dead. Next time I will get filmed. Lawrence and I ran after the swim.
Saturday
Ran the Bozeman Tritons Triathlon course with a little extra loop where we go do cyclocross hill repeats. It was beautiful up there. I really love running when the weather is crappy and because I am running I'm warm. Should have brought a camera, the snow, trees, and big hill made me feel powerful. Good run. Did the last 30 minutes at pace.
Sunday
Going to Masters. There is snow on the ground and it is still coming down. Hopefully it is nice for tomorrow. Masters was good. Got in ~3000. Had to get out a little early because something scary was happening in the High School. Somebody said a person with a gun. Not sure though. We were expecting cop cars and SWAT teams outside but there was nothing.
The weather was really crappy so I rode the rollers. Rode for a good solid 1:30 and called it quits.
Monday
Was determined to ride even though the weather was crappy. Jamie and Ryan wanted to ride too but were not super motivated. I think they would have sat on their trainers. Ryan did 5.5 hours on Sat on that damn thing. Could not do it. Anyway, rode with them for 2 hours. Then they were done so I headed out by myself for two hours. Got a flat about 1/2 mile from home and my CO2 didn't work so was walking home when Lisa rode up. She thankfully had a pump and let me ride with her for an hour. Then the rain came again and I was determined to get at least another hour in so I went home and sat on the trainer. Then it got sunny.
The point is that I did the time, but I am not sure how focused it was. There is a lot more distraction that I left out (such as pulling weeds with Lisa for 10 minutes and then my shoes getting so muddy that I had to take them apart to get them off of my pedals) I guess that is sort of how the whole weekend was with the bad weather.
Tuesday
Woke up tired. Guess all that riding yesterday was pretty tough. Did the run at lunch. Felt fine. I think I stayed up too late last night.
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