Ok I had a little trouble updating my site from Maui where I was recovering from my race in Kona. I'm now back in rainy Seattle but had a great recovery on Maui.
I did pretty much nothing for a week, well not exactly nothing. I did manage to eat well, drink well, nap and read several books. The picture above is one of the most delicious pizza ever. Now it's not exactly pizza despite it's name, it's crispy tostada, with ailoi humus, ahi sashimi sprouts and some delictable sauce. Holy cow it was good. You can get this little treat at Haile Maile General Store which I highly recommend. I also got severl doses of the ahi sahsimi tuna from my favorite restaurant in the world Mama's Fish House. It's like candy for the sashimi fanatic.
Between naps and reading I did get to catch up with a few friends and did get a couple of nice easy swims in on the south shore at Keahakapou beach down to Wailea and back and a easy run in as well.
Now that I'm back I'm looking forward to some unstructured activities this fall to get my engine charged back up.
Here's a link to Kona race report
It's been a good two weeks since IMCdA and I'm really starting to feel recovered.
I spent last weekend in Hood River, Oregon celebrating the holiday. I managed a couple of rides (probably a little more effort than I should have put in), a good solid recovery run with a little intensity and a couple of windsurfing and standup paddleboard sessions.
It was a good weekend but I was a little sore Monday and Tuesday. Not sure if it was from the riding or the windsurfing, I'm thinking it was the windsurfing as you use some muscles that I haven't been using.
I've been in the pool twice this week and I'm feeling great in the water. One of my best swim workouts ever (consistent and fast splits). I'm continuing to really get better with my form and it's amazing how little tweaks can really make me more efficient and thus faster through the water. It also makes me in awe of the Olympic swimmers never in my wildest dreams could I swim near 1 minute for 100 yards and yet I imagine many of these guys and gals train at that pace.
While it's going to be tough training this summer schedule wise I'm looking forward to getting back to some proper training and really building on an already great base of fitness.
The fact that I'm already feeling recovered really has me believeing that there is time on the table for the taking in Kona. I know the second half of the marathon in CdA wasn't that fast so I think my legs have recovered faster than expected.
Getting ready to start ramping it up again.
Well I'm recovering well from the race on Sunday. I was pretty sore and stiff all over Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday felt better and I got out for a short ride last night to shake the legs out and I'm swimming tonight. I could definitely feel the effects of Sunday on the ride last night. I think the toughest part is the mental recovery from these races, they are so tough mentally that it just takes a while for me to get right in the head so I can get focused again.
I'll be starting up seriously again in a couple of weeks to build towards the Ironman Hawaii in October and I'm bullish on potential performance in Kona given my solid race there a couple weeks ago and my race on Sunday. I'm doing my post race assessment of what went well and where I can improve considering it was just my second Ironman I'm still like a sponge and continue absorb as much as I can so I will be better in the next one. I don't think this ever changes no matter how long you've been racing Ironman races.
Seriously thinking about Ironman Canada next year which means I'll need to head north in August to register.
I wanted to give a quick shout out to the Peter Reid Peak Performance (PRPP) team. They've got such a wealth of experience they really know how to get you as ready as you can be for race day. In the end that's why they are there. It was a good day for the PRPP athletes in CdA. You can read about it on the PRPP website.
Now I'm really looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow morning which will be the first time in months.
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