Posted on November 3rd, 2008 by kethridge under Upcoming Races, workouts.
Tags: race preparation, training, triathlon, Wetsuit
Welcome back!
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.
Posted on October 25th, 2008 by kethridge under workouts.
Tags: biking, running, sprints, triathlon, Triathlon Training, Wetsuit
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!
