Sunday, October 25, 2009

Final Long Workouts

Weekly Totals:
Swim 7200 yards. Bike 158 miles. Run 32 miles. Time 16h 26m.

Well, with only two weeks left, I'm just getting in my final long workouts before starting my taper to race day. Today I had my last long bike ride, 74 miles followed by a fast-paced 4 mile run. The bike ride was long, slow, windy and hilly - a tough ride all around, but I'm glad I stuck it out and resisted cutting the distance short. As for the run, I decided to run in my lighter racing shoes (just testing the equipment) instead of my heavier training shoes. While I felt slow as molasses slugging along, I actually ran my fastest training run this season; go figure.

Anyway, tomorrow (Monday) I'll do my final long run, and within the next couple days will do one longer duration swim. Then everything after that, leaving about 10 days until the race, will be shorter and lower intensity. And will try to focus on the "other" essential workouts: eating and sleeping/resting!

3 comments:

  1. Sounds awesome! You seem to be all set. Very cool!

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  2. Was waiting for your post this Sunday, what happened!

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  3. Thanks for looking out for it, it's posted now... :^)

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