I had a great workout Sunday morning in preparation for the sprint triathlon coming up this Saturday. I rode 20 miles on my bike as hard as I could and then got off and ran a mile and half. It was hot and tough! My legs were still a little sore from Saturday's lower body weight workout and a 4 1/2 mile interval run on the treadmill. I need to increase my bike average to at least 2mph for the race. It's going to be tough.
Today I did weights (upper body only), then ran a mile on the treadmill as hard as I could and then I got in the pool and did some fast 50's and a timed 600 for a total 30 minute workout. My 600 was slower than what I wanted. It was about 15 minutes instead of 12 minutes, but what can I expect when I haven't been swimming much since last summer.
I haven't done a long run in almost two weeks so I will probably wait until after the triathlon Saturday to do a 13 mile run. I'm not doing a run longer than 8 miles this week.
I feel like I am ready for the race this weekend, but don't know if I will improve my speed much more than what I did in 2009, which was the last time I did the race. It is a 600 yd swim, 18 mile bike, 3.2 mile run. My time to beat is 1 hr 37 minutes. I am hoping to get in under 1 hr 30 minutes. Fingers crossed!
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