Living a Boulder Life

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Kona taper: day two

Got some stuff done today and I feel good about it.

First workout was a 3600 yard fairly hard swim at 5:30 this am. Then took my kid to his montessori and was off to fill out paperwork for a job I just got.

Second workout was an all out 22.5 mile tt. I changed the position a bit with some new flatter bars on my P3 and want a few rides on it to see how it feels/make some adjustments.

2 more days until I leave. I need to start getting some stuff together.

New setup (minus wheels) - flatter bars. I'll try and find a before pic somewhere.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Kona taper: day one

Over the next week and a half, I will do a quick run down of my daily workouts leading up to this years Ironman World championship race. I could end up having a great day, or could end up having a horrible one. With the daily taper log, I'll be able to contain some excitement as well as document the last few days of training and active recovery that I have done leading up to this.

No matter what, I think that this years race will be an interesting one. Breaking my foot ten weeks ago really threw everything off and I have been scrambling to get back as fast as possible. I took the minimum amount of time off (in a boot) and got back to my full training mileage within 3 weeks out of the walking boot. I don't think this was not the smartest thing to do, yet I am happy I did. I have gotten back quickly and feel pretty confident about completing the race.

No matter what happens, I feel like I have learned a lot from this. I don't however think that this injury will be totally gone for quite some time. There is quite a bit of scar tissue buildup that still causes some soreness, as well as causes some hesitation.

Today's workouts were split into two sessions. The morning session was a 9 mile run on the treadmill. I did a 10k build starting at 9.0mph building to my open marathon pace and ending with a 9.7mph mile. The 10k on the tm felt relaxed and in control at just under 40 - 39:45. The last 2.8 miles were done at my goal ironman marathon pace - 7:15

I followed that run up with 1500 in the pool. 500 warmup followed by 10x100's on 1:20 coming in on 1:07 to 1:10.

The second session of the day was just a 2000 meter swim. No real specifics - just got in the time.

Happy birthday to my Grandpa Dick - He has been gone well over a year and a half now, but has been with me through all of this I believe. The guy loved competition, and I have to credit him with my competitive personality.

Photo from May, 2011. A few days after my Grandmother passed away.

Off to Kona on Saturday: Plans for the trip

The whole family is off to Kona early Saturday morning. I am planning on doing a daily write up this year so I can remember this one a little better... I really wish I had done that last year, but didn't start this blog until after I raced Ironman Florida in November.

Saturday can't come soon enough. Aloha!

A picture from last year

Training Log: Week of September 23rd 2013

So overall, my cycling milage has been VERY low and I am not the happiest about that. I kept the milage above 200/week for almost all of the summer, so I'll keep that in the back of my mind as I go into Hawaii.

Running on the other hand has come back very quickly. I had 3 amazingly great runs this week that leave me thinking that I have about 90-95% of the run back. Had 7 total runs, so consistency is there too.

Other things that happened this week:

- Lyla's birthday was on Monday - we went to chuck-e-chesse for a nice little celebration. Monday night football followed with another Broncos victory.
- I got a Job working as a special education para in the same district as Beth is in.
- We went to see Thomas the Train and get a little ride.
- Then finished with another football sunday with friends and a nice little blowout by the Broncos

It was a pretty awesome week indeed

Bike: 140 miles
Run: 51.1 miles
Swim: 8,500 yds

The week in pictures: Not in chronological order