First race is an olympic this weekend in Hyrum, UT at the reservoir. I have mixed feelings about my preparedness. I was doing great until May hit, when I became much more inconsistent with my training because Paul wanted to be outside every day after work....and May was officially the coldest on record according to the paper this morning (data from NWS). And it rained alot. I swam alot and ran alot, but the bike suffered big time. The swim and run paid off because I pulled an 18:03 three mile run (at sea level) for my PFT this past weekend; very excited about that.
My swim has suffered in the past two weeks because of a sinus infection, which also took me off the bike because when I leaned down all the snot drained out...can't be having that, no matter how gross I can be. I could run though, so that's what I did, alot of it. No OWS practice yet, either, but hopefully I'll get in 1500m tomorrow morning.
We'll see how it goes. My goal is a 2:15 total, and I'll be happy with a 2:20. The swim is in a reservoir, so that should be no worry. The bike is a two-looper with a slight incline for miles 2-7 and slight decline for 7-11 or so. Mostly flat run with a 100 ft gain (if I remember right) at mile .5-1.5 or so and then 4.5-5.5 or so decline on the way back.
Looking forward to getting in the first race!
I'm changing focus now. With no room to increase fitness for this weekend and next weekend races, I'll just prep as best I can with gear and recovery. Then get at it for the Twin Falls tri on July 17 or so. Then I'll maintain fitness as best I can during August that is taken up with drill and a long exercise. Then hit it for three four weeks to do the best I can at the Utah Xterra end of September.
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