5th 35-39 Age Group

It was not the race I wanted to have. But that is racing, you can't control everything and I flatted on the second of three bike laps. I should have changed it on the course but decided I could ride it in to the transition area instead and use a floor pump.

It cost me time and the half lap of riding with a dead flat tire killed my legs. On the good side my swim and run splits were some of the fastest in my group. But I was far from top ten overall and winning my age group.

Not sure when next time will be.

Wednesday

Wake Time: 6am
Weather: Warmer today
Exercise Efforts: Ran for 27 minutes
Feedback: Left foot still a sore, on left foot. No bad when running but hurts later.
Physical Stats: Legs okay, ran slow. Swim tonight?

Race Goals: sub 1 hour sprint triathlon MAXI

JCC Scottsdale Fall Festival Adult & Youth & Relay Sprint Triathlon & Duathlon
Sunday October 4th 2009
Swim- 300 yards
Bike- 15.4 miles
Run- 2 miles

Split Goals Pacing
Swim 4 minutes 1:20/100 yards
T1 2 minutes
Bike 37 minutes 25 mph
T2 2 minutes
Run 14 minutes 7:00/ mile



Total: 59 minutes

Winning time for 2008 race? Unknown
Possible for a 39 year old has been? Don't call it a COMEBACK, been here for years!

Tuesday

Wake Time: 6am
Weather: Pretty nice day for bike ride
Exercise Efforts: Cycled to work 35 minutes to work, 35 minutes to home
Feedback: Left foot still a sore, on left foot. Looking into joining gym Wednesday for swimming
Physical Stats: Legs feel okay, with my heavy commuter bag still hit 19-20 mph in Chandler timing zones, forgot my U-Lock and cable. :(

Monday

Wake Time: 6am
Weather: Semi Cool for this time of year
Exercise Efforts: Ran for 20 minutes, walked for 10 minutes.
Feedback: Feet still a bit sore, on left foot. Looking into joining gym for swimming
Physical Stats: Weighed in 200 pounds on my Sunday rest day

Saturday

Wake Time: 6am
Weather: Semi Cool for this time of year
Exercise Efforts: Cycled for 1:30, then flatted in finale, 2 miles from home.
Feedback: Legs tired but not spent, mostly easy spinning and short sprints up crossing grades.
Physical Stats:

New Goals

I am using this to track my progress to compete in a Sprint Triathlon on Oct. 4th 2009. I want to do it because it is in my home town and I want to try Sprint format Triathlons as a new challenge. I am not sure how my endurance experience will translate to an anerobic high speed effort but I am silling to give it a shot.

Today, I the first day of training.

Wake Time: 6am
Weather: Semi Cool for this time of year
Exercise Efforts: Ran for 40 minutes, with one mile of speedier running
Feedback: Felt a bit stiff, feet a bit sore from riding Sunday's 67 mile off-road marathon
Physical Stats: Weighed in 196 pounds
Goals: Drop 4 pounds in next 4 weeks with regular workouts.


I have 8 weeks to prepare, so I want to see how good I can be at short distances. Always wanted to do a sub 1 hour sprint race. This may be the "one". Focusing first 4 weeks on volume training to get prepared for harder more intense workouts. Second four weeks will be bricks, speed work, and high intensity efforts with short durations.

Get Going!

PF changs half marathon is Jan 17th, 2009.