I am an IRONMAN!

I finished with a time of 13:32:22

Swim – 1:14:32
T1 – 6:55
Bike – 6:12:13 (avg 18.1 mph)
T2 – 7:52
Run – 5:50:50 (13:23/ mile)

Race Report to come soon. 

It Is Time

Well I am less than 3 days away from the event.  At this point I am second guessing myself and my training.  I put in significantly less volume than anyone I have talked to.  I did however drastically increase my run volume the last 4 – 6 weeks.  This did lead to shin splints.  For weeks I have been on the border line of shin splints.  I also iced them so much I got some small burns.  I do believe that my longer than CFE prescribed taper should have let them heal enough.  I am hopeful that the lack of a good taper was the downfall of my 70.3 and Olympic triathlon this summer.   Also the run is supposed to be flat which should help a lot.  On a very good note the weather forecast looks positive with the high in the low 80’s and lower humidity.  Of course now I am just rambling. 

Track me on Ironmanlive.com.  My bib number is 1473.

It’s Getting Close

I have been on new programming approach and the run volume has obviously increased a lot.  The 1 mile and 5k repeats definitely have a longer recovery period than I am used to.  The heat and humidity has been very high lately causing slower runs than I would like.  I am still amazed that I haven’t lost much if any weight during this.  My diet is fairly clean and I am obviously burning a lot of calories.  I do fear the 195lbs that I currently weigh will have some very negative repressions on the run.  Oh well, there is nothing I can do about it now. 

This week I was side tracked with a sinus infection that hit me hard and fast, but with all of the air quality alerts we have had, I guess that is to be expected.  The doctor put me on prednisone to quickly address the inflammation, but it will come with other side effects that will not be desirable. 

Tomorrow I have my last crazy long workout consisting of 3 rounds of 30 mile bike + 4 mile run.  I anticipate that this will take anywhere from 7 – 9 hours.  I got this workout from a former triathlon coach who used more of a traditional approach rather than HIIT as CFE does.  This was the workout he recommended to do 3 weeks out and that is where I am. 

Next week will be my last full week of training.  10 days out is when the taper starts to go into full effect.

Link to training plan