After a long night of rest and sleep I feel much better today. Being an analytical person, I am narrowing down what could be the culprit in my little “issues” during the race yesterday. About a month ago I changed electrolyte supplements in favor of one higher in sodium. I have be rigid about takingContinue reading “The Day After Feeling”
Monthly Archives: September 2012
70.3 Miles Behind Me
I was up by 5:00 this morning to get ready for the race. By 5:25 I received a tweet from the race organizers “The swim is ON. Gorgeous calm morning.” And they were telling the truth. Lake Erie was smooth as glass. It was a bit chilly in the air, but the water was 74Continue reading “70.3 Miles Behind Me”
Getting Rev’d Up The Day Before
There are two words a triathlete does not want to hear the day before a race: riptide warning. Storms came through last night and the lake was literally on a roll. The practice swim was cancelled entirely. There was a sprint tri and a kids tri scheduled for this morning. Those races turned into aContinue reading “Getting Rev’d Up The Day Before”
Travel To Tri
As a storm system moved in from the west this afternoon, I headed out driving right through it. The drive should be about an hour and a half to Sandusky from where I live. The rain wasn’t too bad and I made it in about 1:45. Revolution 3, or Rev3 for short, organizes very familyContinue reading “Travel To Tri”
Making a List
I have not hidden the fact I am a type A person and like things in order. To help me not get too stressed out preparing for my race, I made a list today of everything I have to do before I leave tomorrow afternoon. The only challenge to this method is now I haveContinue reading “Making a List”
The Start Of The Lasts
Today starts the “lasts” before my race. This morning was my last pool swim workout before the race. I will get some open water swimming in on Saturday when I get up to the race area. But my last pool lap workout was today. I swam 1,000 meters easy. Nothing hard, yet my pace wasContinue reading “The Start Of The Lasts”
Up To Pace
Last night my trainer emailed me my running plan for the month of September. Next week marks twelve weeks until the California International Marathon (CIM for short). I have two days of full rest after my triathlon before my running plan builds up. She set it to gradually build up so I will have timeContinue reading “Up To Pace”
Little Things
The best part of a three day weekend for me is being able to sleep past 5:00 AM one extra day. This morning I was up by 7:30 and ready to swim. Last week a guy I occasionally share a lane with at the pool offered a few pointers. The last time he did inContinue reading “Little Things”
Running Down Butterflies
When I started training for my first marathon, I was starting with no running base at all. The training schedule that my coach had given me showed increasing distances with the long run getting longer by a mile or two each week. The thought of running nine miles was daunting, let alone 18 to 20Continue reading “Running Down Butterflies”
Country Roads
This morning I did my last brick workout before the race. My ride was 30 miles – relatively easy but it is in my hilly neighborhood. I looked at the total elevation gained along the rolling hills – 1,493 feet. I averaged 15.7 miles per hour, considering it is taper week and I should beContinue reading “Country Roads”
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