Well I was offered a discount sponsorship by Fluid Recovery Nutrition. So now I have a hook-up for my recovery drink needs. Training is going well. A couple days ago I was able to get 9 miles in an hour flat. Not too shabby. I have also been putting in a decent amount of time in on the bike. My ribs are recovering decently. I don’t expect to be out of the pool much longer. Work on the gift guide is almost complete so keep your eyes open! As usual let me know if you have any requests for explanations, reviews, or write ups! I love new material!
Well, now that that is out of the way, we can move on. I have been continuing my running and bike training while I let my ribs heal. Swimming is still out of the question but hopefully not for much longer. The distances and lengths of my workouts have increased as I have decided to fore go competing in only sprint races. After my showing at Treasure Island I don’t see any reason why I cannot be extremely competitive in the Olympic distance races by the end of the off season. Back to work
Well after that run yesterday my rib injury has really started to flare up. I tried to swim yesterday but was met with more pain than I prefer to feel. In reality, outside of leg strength training, I took most of the day off and just finished chores and errands that needed to be done. Today its cold and wet outside again so I’m going to hit the gym for a nice long bike/run brick. Slow2Pro.com is also working on a triathlete’s christmas list/ gift guide so keep your eyes peeled if you have a special someone you need to be shopping for! Thank you to everyone for following me!
So I back from the Treasure Island Triathlon in San Francisco and Im getting all the video’s ready for you guys. So for the next few days come visit again and check the new ones out. This is the first video I took while I was there.
As for my training, I’m back in business once again. Now its the off season and I have decided to begin my switch to Olympic distance races so my mileages are going to increase as such. Today I started late because of my traveling so I just did a run. Got 8.75 miles in tonight in about 65 minutes of running. Not a horrible pace by any means. Tomorrow Ill be hitting the pool for a few thousand yards and more than likely a bike/run brick. More to come!
Well I took my new 2XU V:1 wetsuit to the pool yesterday for a quick run through. What a difference a wetsuit makes! I felt like I was skipping accross the water. The extra buoyancy that the suit provides makes it so much easier to glide in between stroke pulls. In the pool its nearly as advantageous as it will be when I hit an open water swim. Doing flip turns in a wetsuit is quite interesting because of the buoyancy. I did a race pace 500 in the suit and I have no doubt a was significantly faster than without it.
Now I trying to focus on not training to hard as I taper for the race. Its difficult to say the least as I still have the motivation for epic workouts. At this point its more of a mental game than a physical one. I need to keep focused despite working less.
I have all my reservations set up for San Francisco and all my gear here. The only thing left to do is get the bike tuned and aero bars swapped. Despite that its a “hurry up and wait” game.
