The weather is beautiful and I forgot to blog...

Ok, so my intentions were good in creating this blog but I did just what I thought I would and that is fail to keep posting. A year later and here I am about to tackle Ironman Florida. It's been a long year of training, training, and more training. It's almost surreal to think I'll be competing in this race in three weeks. I can't believe how far my body has come as far as endurance goes and how my mental abilities have changed. Short runs these days consist of 6-7 mile runs and the longest has been a 20 mile run. I've used dailymile.com to log my training. I know a lot of triathletes that use beginnertriathlete.com but I like the simplicity of dailymile. If you want to check the website, I am under Elyce H.

To give you an idea of a typical training week...

Every Monday and Wednesday I teach spin at 9:30 and 12:00 at Fort Bragg

Monday: Spin x2 (60min each). Roughly 20 miles per class
Tuesday: Run 1:30, Swim 3500-3600meters (This is during peak phase...so, now)
Wednesday: Spin x2 (60min each)
Thursday: Ride tri bike 1:30 or around 20+ miles, Swim 3500-3600 meters
Friday: Rest or short swim
Saturday: Long brick. Lately it's been nothing less than 4:30-6 hours on the bike, followed by a 1 hour run.
Sunday: Long run. Last Sunday it was a 20 miler.

Total time for last week: 17 hours
Total mileage: 179

I feel somewhat stagnant in my training but I think that is because I'm used to this kind of mileage now and my head is in a different place than it was when I started. I accept having to do so much training and just do it rather than mulling over how much it hurts sometimes. Nutrition is key in all of this and it's been a separate challenge having to figure out what to eat and drink on the bike so as to have a good run.

I'm irritated with myself for not having kept up with blogging. From now on I will try to keep up with it. Happy fall, peeps!