Run Till You Drop!!

Met up with Bret to go for a long run.

I only got about 4 hours of sleep last night so I felt really tired and felt like I had no energy.

We were around 6:30 pace or so for about 15 or so miles then I faded a ton. Bret took off and I ran the rest of my run alone around 7-7:20 pace rest of the run. I averaged 6:55 pace for 21 miles. I felt like I was starting to feel little aches and pain's and decided it was not smart to go the full 22 miles as planned.

Easy 10 miler on Mt. Road

Legs felt a little heavy after yesterday's 21 mile run. They slowly started to feel better at the end of the run.

AM- Easy 3 mile Warm-Up

We did an 8 mile Aerobic Builder. This morning it was Bryant and Bret and I.

I averaged 5:39 pace per mile. Not fast but not super slow. It was a little windy, it is usally not windy when we run this route.

We did a few mile cool down to get me to 13.3 miles for the day.

PM- Easy 6.2 miler on Mt. Road, lower ankle started to feel a little weird. Right under the inside ancle bone.

Total for 19.5 miles today

AM- Easy 6 miler on Mt. Road

PM- Easy run pushing Jamillie in the stroller for an easy 8 miles

Feeling a little tired but not bad. I am getting nervous for my Tri on Saturday but as long as I go top 10 I wil be happy! Bone below ancle bone is still a little sore. Weird it only bothers me first mile or so then the soreness goes away.

AM- Easy 6 miler on Mt. Road

PM- Easy 10 miler on Mt. Road

Felt ok, foot is still having a little pain under the ancle hopefully it goes away soon.

Today was my first Triathlon of my life!!!

I woke up and was super excited to race but also very nervous. I did not sleep very much last night as we went to bed late and I kept thinking about the race. As I arrived I met up with my Step Brother in Law and set our bike's up in transition and got ready for the race. 

I started in the 3rd wave of swimmers as I was guessing I would swim around a 6-6:30 min for 300 meters. As I jumped in I wanted to go fast so I did by about half way down the first lap I ran into 2 other slow swimmers who would not move so I had to sit behind them. Made me mad as I think I could have went faster if they got out of the way. Swim was about 6:55 or so.

As I arrived at the bike took me a while to slip on the jersey and put biking shoes on. I went out really fast and got into a solid rythem first quarter was uphill so I was at around 12 miles an our when it leveled out I was about 18 or so MPH and for the downhill I got to 30 MPH. We did 2 laps to reach the 12 miles. I felt really good about my bike, I only got passed by about 5 people and they all had super nice bikes. As I got off my bike I ran it into the transition area. A guy carried my bike and followed me to drop it off, he was all you look like a runner and I said yup thats my main event.

I put on my running shoes and GPS and was off super fast. First little bit my legs felt like jello a little heavy after the bike. It was the same loop as the bike so I knew it was going to be uphill for the first little while. I was able to manage a 5:33 which is not bad for an uphill mile. Second mile, was flat with a little uphill and I went 5:22. Last mile was al downhill and I went 5:00 min. To go 15:56 for a 5k after a 300 meter swim and a 12 mile bike is pretty good, I was happy with it.

PM- I had to go another 7 miles easy on Mt. Road to hit my 90 for the week. If I converted the 12 mile bike and swim I would have been about 95 miles but I wanted to just show pure running in mileage.

The Sprint Triathlon was called the ICE BREAKER TRI and I highly recommend it. It was fun and very organized. My overall time was 58:38 which put me 9th overall and 1st in my age group.