Another week is almost over, and I got some good training in. I still feel that doing an olympic distance triathlon in 6 weeks feels pretty far off, but hopefully that will change soon.
This week, I managed to get in the pool 2 times (30 min.), bike 3 times (64 miles), and run 1 time (3 miles). I am planning, however, to bring my wetsuit to Santa Cruz on Sunday for an open water swim. Swimming in the ocean is sooo much harder than in the pool. First, it's freeeezing!, second, the waves, and the current. It usually takes me 10 minutes to get used to the water so that I can swim without looking like a seal with it's head above water.
When I first started with triathlons, I thought that running would be my strong event since I had been running my whole life, but that was not true. I had never swam laps until I started my tri training, but somehow everyone seem to have the same problem with the water. I am not a very good swimmer, but it turns out that it's my best event compared to the other people in my age group.
After doing 3 triathlons last year, and now training for my 4th, I still don't understand how people have the time to train 8-12 hrs/week and still work some 50 hrs., and take care of their kids. I struggle to get my 6-8 hrs. in every week, and that is the bare minimum of what is required to do an olympic tri.. When I first started I thought that I could just go out and run for a few hours without breaking a sweat, but now I know better. I have had to retrain my body to be able to go for more than 5 min. at a time (remember, decathletes' longest race is the 1500meter as the 10th event). I have learned that it takes time to build endurance. Now I have great respect for the people who go out and do any activity that takes more than 1 hour.
Friday, May 28, 2010
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