A Little Taste of Louisville!

Yesterday was long brick day and I completed another 180k ride (4th) and 15k run, same distance as last week, but it was much hotter and humid than last week. (Also got a 4k swim in on Friday and another 2k on Saturday). It was an 8 hour workout and at the end of it, I was done, done, done and left wondering how to manage having to run another 27k in Louisville. Trust in your training, trust in your training and you’ll benefit from this exposure to the heat was all I could come up with! I guess most people just don’t know what lies beyond the 20k or 30k mark of the Ironman marathon, suppose that’s part of the Ironman lure. Total for the week was 9750m swimming, 240k bike, 60k running, total of 17:30 hours for the week.

This week is the final week to train before the 3 week taper period starts and should be the highest volume week on the schedule. Will be trying for another 17 hr week and possibly 18 hr. Weather forecast is for a hot and humid week, yeah! It will be 35 degrees plus all week in Louisville, plus the humidity so better star getting used to it!

Last Two Tough Weeks…

This is the last two weeks of training before the taper begins  Over the course of the next two weeks I‘ll be spending 18 to 20 hours per week in the pool or on the road. Yesterday I got in a 2500m swim and last night was able to get out for a 20k run. The run went well, no problems from either Achilles tendon, thankfully. I’ll be happy to get some more miles on the legs and one final 28k to 30k run, hopefully in the heat and humidity, if it ever heats up around here! Looking at the weather forecast, it should today, yeah!

Back form the Island

We’re back from vacation in PEI. Great time, got to see and spend some time with some family that we don’t see often enough. Didn’t get as much training in as I would have liked, but there just always seemed to be something else going on that was more interesting! Total for the trip, 0 swimming, 200k biking, including a ride that ended with a 25k walk home after 3 flats! 32k running.

Now it’s time to get back to work.