Saturday is going to be a great day. I'm going to get my morning swim workout done, I think my coach may have lost it he posted 5 swim workouts for me this week at a pace which I'm pretty sure I will drown if I try to hold.
Then I'm settling into the couch with a beer and bag of unhealthy salty snacks and watching this years Ironman World Championship coverage. I love it.
No better motivator to get you fired up. It was just three short years ago that I watched the coverage and decided that day that I would do an Ironman. At the time I was 30 lbs heavier, eating crappy food and too much of it, and couldn't run 3 miles without walking. Oh how the mighty can fall only to rise again from the ashes.
The coverage starts at 2:30pm Eastern Standard Time on NBC. I'm not sure what time it's showing in the other time zones so check your local listings as they say. If you want to wet your whistle a bit you can check out the trailer on YouTube on the Ironman Channel.
It's been a while since I posted but I'm back at it. Nothing too intense just focusing on basics and some solid base training. I'm mostly just focusing on my swim and run.
My swims have been focusing on form, mixing shorter moderate/hard interval efforts with longer intervals to ensure I'm building good base and I'm already beginning to see improvement in the pool. My run has been basic base training with more tempo miles. I'm starting to add the bike back into the mix but mostly it's about trainer sessions to focus on building power. It's going to be a long season with my "A" race not until the end of August and I want to make sure I don't burn out mentally and frankly there is plenty of time to build up the miles on the bike. I think this past season the long rides took their toll mentally especially the long rides in the cold and wet of the winter.
It's definitely a different deal when your setting your own workouts instead of having a coach prescribe them. I'm getting that perspective as I'm coaching a few athletes this coming season and it's a very different experience when you're assessing training and plans when you're not emotionally attached to the training plans. I'll be starting back up with Shawn in a couple weeks but honestly I know he's checking in on my workouts as I get an occassional email from him now and then that say "hey add this in". It's great to have a coach or advisor, a neutral perspective and frankly the support.
In other news the Zoot GU team is not going to be continued in 2009. Which is disappointing but I'm still a strong supporter of both companies and think they make exceptional products. I will be continuing a more formal relationship with GU in 2009 as I'll be a athlete ambassador for GU this coming season. When you need energy in training and racing get your GU on!!!
Finally I got my new ride. No this one's not a bike it's a car. I love my SUV but when gas was over $4 dollars I decided to get a smaller car and ordered a car last summer well it finally arrived just in time for for the gas to be back near $2 a gallon. Well it's still nice getting nearly 40 miles to a gallon. Zoom zoom!!!
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