And There Will Be One More (That's The Plan)

   

"So if you please take this moment; Try if you can to make it last
Don't think about no future; And just forget about the past
And make it last"

Social Distortion - "Reach For The Sky"

Decided to take this week off from racing, even though it was tempting to enter this sprint triathlon in New Jersey tomorrow. This sprint would have been more suitable for my strengths as it was only a 1/4 mile swim followed by a 17 mile bike then a 5K run.  But in doing some research , it definitely looks feasible for me to get 1 more race in this season. There is a sprint triathlon in New Jersey next Sunday and a sprint triathlon in Maryland on October 14th. I really want to race one more time because my training is still improving and everything seems to be clicking on the bike but also now on the run. 

This past week I probably had my best track workout since returning to running. I completed a workout of 7 x 1000 tempo with each one run in 3:45 (6:00 pace) with just 45 seconds rest. For the week, I averaged 6:52 per mile which is my fastest in a long time. On the bike, I continue to drop some good speeds on every ride. For the 2nd week in a row, I averaged well over 22mph per ride even on the hilly rides. I know my swim needs a good amount of improvement by I am currently doing enough to have decent swims. I will put a bigger emphasis of improving the swim as soon as the last race happens.

New Training Totals
Week
Bike - 6 rides/ 163 miles/ 7.37 hours/ 22.1 mph
Run - 4 runs/ 23 miles/ 2.63 hours/ 6:52 per mile
Swim - 3 swims/ 2.25 miles/ 1.07 hours
Total - 13 workouts/ 188.25 miles/ 11.07 hours

2012
Bike - 200 rides/ 6323 miles/ 296.36 hours/ 21.3 mph
Run - 129 runs/ 803 miles/ 96.61 hours/ 7:13 per mile
Swim - 84 swims/ 71.75 hours/ 35.38 hours
Total - 413 workouts/ 7197.75 miles/ 428.35 hours

Goals This Week
Bike - 5 rides/ 150-175 miles
Run - 4 runs/ 23-26 miles
Swim - 3 runs/ 2-2.5 miles

Two potential races:
http://www.hightstowntriathlon.org/   - September 23rd
http://www.setupevents.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_detail&eventID=2084  - October 14th

I have also started my search for a triathlon/time trial specific bike for the 2013 season! I will definitely be rocking the courses in 2013!

TdO ' 13!