I've decided to start all over. not from scratch, that would be unnecessary, but I'm going to forget the first half of this season, and start again.
Since the Meech lake triathlon July 4th, I've basically been off training. I swam a few times last week, but this week has been pure laziness. I've even caught up on some videogames and staying up much later than I usually do when I roll out of bed at 5:30 to go train.
So now I need a new goal for this summer. Since I have no clue when my running fitness is going to come back, and I still want to do a longer event, my goal for this summer is the Iron 113 swimcycle @ the Canadian on September 5th. Following that I will try for the Fall colours duathlon on October 10th. The final planned event I've got planned will be to run the 10km at the toronto marathon to help pace a friend of mine who has just started running.
This should give me a fairly good idea what how i'll be spending my winter months, and weather or not I'll be able to work back up to running a half or full marathon.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Meech Lake Race Report
I wasn't quite fit going in to this race (nagging groin and IT band problems) , but I figured I could survive. So while I hadn't been running as much as I should have been, my bike and swim fitness was pretty good. My game plan going in was hammer it in the swim and on the bike, and hope for the best on the run.
As per usual, I finished my warmup and felt horrible. I'm always nervous waiting around for a race to start. I was in heat 2, so at least I didn't have to wait around too long.
The swim went well. I got into a good rhythm fairly quickly despite it being a little choppier than I was expecting. I managed to keep a pretty good line, and stayed relaxed throughout. I managed to exit the water, and actually found my shoes, which was an improvement from last year. I was out through the gate in 18:09, which was pretty close to what I was expecting.
The run to T1 went well, and I was in and out fairly quickly, I think. I spend a lot of time riding the bike route in training, and I managed to finish about 5 minutes faster than I had done it earlier in the week finishing in 52:23. I still lots of room for improvement, looking at the other bike times.
On to the run, which I knew was going to be a problem. About 1km in, the groin pain started (as expected). IT band started hurting around 2km. Prior to this, i was on pace to finish the run under 30 minutes, but I had to run the rest in intervals, and finished with a time of 37:02.
So considering everything, a time of 1:47:34 isn't too bad, and it's about 8 minutes faster than last year, so I can't complain too much. Time to rest and recover and finish stronger next time.
As per usual, I finished my warmup and felt horrible. I'm always nervous waiting around for a race to start. I was in heat 2, so at least I didn't have to wait around too long.
The swim went well. I got into a good rhythm fairly quickly despite it being a little choppier than I was expecting. I managed to keep a pretty good line, and stayed relaxed throughout. I managed to exit the water, and actually found my shoes, which was an improvement from last year. I was out through the gate in 18:09, which was pretty close to what I was expecting.
The run to T1 went well, and I was in and out fairly quickly, I think. I spend a lot of time riding the bike route in training, and I managed to finish about 5 minutes faster than I had done it earlier in the week finishing in 52:23. I still lots of room for improvement, looking at the other bike times.
On to the run, which I knew was going to be a problem. About 1km in, the groin pain started (as expected). IT band started hurting around 2km. Prior to this, i was on pace to finish the run under 30 minutes, but I had to run the rest in intervals, and finished with a time of 37:02.
So considering everything, a time of 1:47:34 isn't too bad, and it's about 8 minutes faster than last year, so I can't complain too much. Time to rest and recover and finish stronger next time.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Time to rest
My groin injury is worse than I thought, and according to my physiotherapist, I'm going to have to take it easy if I don't want it to develop into a chronic problem.
Does this mean I won't race on Saturday? No way. I'm going to take a few days easy, race hard this weekend, and then rest.
Does this mean I won't race on Saturday? No way. I'm going to take a few days easy, race hard this weekend, and then rest.
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