After hammering away this weekend, I've got an easy week.
Saturday was a 3.5 hour power training ride. Really had to kill myself to hold the power target. Frankly, I was struggling a bit, but finished 1 watt higher than I planned and fell into the goal zone. Quads took a beating, and are still sore, but that's all good. Topped it off with a quick brick run for a couple of miles. Lots of bricks coming, and probably much longer runs off the bike.
Sunday was a 15 mile run, I set an overambitious goal of 7:50 pace, which didnt hold up so well, possibly in part do to the heat, it was closing on 100 degrees again, and minimal sleep, but it's fast for that distance for me today. I wrapped around 8:30 for just over 15 miles, and could have kept running easily. Negative split it, and had a few miles under 7:50 in the mix at the end. Coach said it was a good run. I'm of course never ever satisfied with my performance. Just can't accept "good enough." but I guess, its keeping the injuries at bay.
Key this run, for the first time, I took a lot of gels and drank a 3.5 bottles from the fuel belt. With continues practice, I can see how I'll be able to stay stronger, longer this way.
Achilles and plantar facitis are there, but under control. Doesn't stop me from running.
My buddy Kris KO'ed the Lake Placid Ironman in sub 13... raising the bar... i dig it.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Major Catchup... Coach Joe, Zipps, and NYC Triathlon
Long silence on "Hammering It" Blog... I've not fallen off the radar completely, just running out of hours as the training volume keeps ramping up.
Since my last post... tons of training. especially on the bike. Biggest move was hiring Joe Petrush... a great Triathlon coach and athlete. He takes a very fundamental and science based approach to training. I dig it.
One of the first things Joe wanted was for me to train on POWER on the bike, not speed. This meant I needed a powertap unit laced into my rear wheel. Since I had been oogling a pair of Zipp 808 Carbon wheels, I bought a pair of Zipp 808 Tubulars... they are awesome, and I go faster on them. Really.
July 18th, I raced in the NYC Triathlon, at 2:39, I wasn't exactly stoked about the performance, but it was better than 77% of the athletes there if that matters. I'd really like to get to top 10% but that is going to take a lot of work!
I'm signed up for the Montauk MightyMan 70.3 (half ironman) in early October, which should be a great warm up for the full Ironman in Florida on November 6.
With a race under my belt, and a half on my radar... its racing season again, which adds such an important dimension to all this training.
This morning I did a great swim workout in a gorgeous 50 meter pool, love it, though it was hard enough to make me a little tired hours later. Really enjoyed that swim.
Back in the ocean tommorow for a open water swim with the 'Lafayette Beach Crew' in Long Beach.
Since my last post... tons of training. especially on the bike. Biggest move was hiring Joe Petrush... a great Triathlon coach and athlete. He takes a very fundamental and science based approach to training. I dig it.
One of the first things Joe wanted was for me to train on POWER on the bike, not speed. This meant I needed a powertap unit laced into my rear wheel. Since I had been oogling a pair of Zipp 808 Carbon wheels, I bought a pair of Zipp 808 Tubulars... they are awesome, and I go faster on them. Really.
July 18th, I raced in the NYC Triathlon, at 2:39, I wasn't exactly stoked about the performance, but it was better than 77% of the athletes there if that matters. I'd really like to get to top 10% but that is going to take a lot of work!
I'm signed up for the Montauk MightyMan 70.3 (half ironman) in early October, which should be a great warm up for the full Ironman in Florida on November 6.
With a race under my belt, and a half on my radar... its racing season again, which adds such an important dimension to all this training.
This morning I did a great swim workout in a gorgeous 50 meter pool, love it, though it was hard enough to make me a little tired hours later. Really enjoyed that swim.
Back in the ocean tommorow for a open water swim with the 'Lafayette Beach Crew' in Long Beach.
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