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Me in the rain in a wetsuit :)

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.

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Its getting pretty close to the race at this point. Yesterday was a good day. I went on a short sprint early in the morning to get more of an idea of what my realistic top speed is. I was able to eek out a sub 8 minute 1.5mile loop. I was pretty happy with that to say the least. After the run I hit the bike for an 80-90% effort ride. I ended up with a 29 minute 12.4 mile. Thats pretty decent considering the course I’ve been using has a couple hills thrown into it. Thus far today I’ve only done some weight lifting. Im heading out on my bike then depending on the night’s social situation I may head to the gym for a second time. 

On another note, I ordered my first wetsuit. A 2XU V:1 Velocity. Its a freakin awesome wetsuit. Look for a review in the near future. Also please leave me some comments and let me know what kind of workout ideas or product reviews you guys would like to see me do podcasts of! 

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Well today was planned as a light day as I plan to really throw it down tomorrow. Friday I did 5 miles with race pace blocks mixed into the workout and I tested the road bike with aero bar setup I’m thinking about running for Treasure Island (more on that later) . I did a leg weight lifting workout today after a 2 mile warm up run. I went back to the gym later and swam a really good 3000 yards. My plan for Sunday is to hit all three sports. My swim training partner wants to swim early so maybe Ill hit the three sports in order. Sunday will post more about my bike choice solution for the Treasure Island Tri.

My swim workout, more of a distance workout

500, 10×100’s, 10×50’s, 1000

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Transition photo from the Late Summer Madness Tri

My workout today was almost entirely in the gym. I started the day with a light run/walk with a friend at Tyron park in Lake Oswego which barely got my heart rate up. After that I pretty much ate then went straight to the gym. At the gym I did 40 minutes on the treadmill which gave me a total of about 5.6 miles. Used a packet of GU 15 minutes in which definitely gave me a little extra kick towards the end. After the run workout I hit the pool for a decent workout. I’m a little sore from the last few days so the workout was fairly erratic. I would venture a guess of around 2000 yards today. Because I seem to enjoy an extra large dose of lactic acid I hit the stationary bike for 30 minutes after. Overall it was a pretty tiring day. Tomorrows post will have a little more bike tech stuff as I’m starting to get the bike ready for the race.

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The pre-race meeting at the Late Summer Madness Tri. It was cold outside but the water felt great suprisingly.

Well my first overall win at the Late Summer Madness Tri was published in the “Columbian” yesterday. Here’s the link ;) That was pretty sweet.

The workout plan for the day was for a light bike ride to begin followed by a real good swim. Keeping with my plan the bike ride was only about 15 miles. The pace though was pretty decent. I would venture a guess of about 80% effort. The swim on the other hand was hard. Started out with a long warm up set and didn’t get out of the water for over an hour. This workout was much more focused on endurance than the previous few. Ended the day with over 3600 yards of swimming. Not too shabby. With my swim form reaching this level I think running will once again be my “weakness”

Swim workout

10×100’s, 10×50’s, 20×25’s, 500, 500, 10×50’s,

4×50’s

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