Open water swim (hard)

We arrived at Holmes point beach tonight for our open water swim and let me tell you ! open water can be choppy ! I'm really glad we swam it tonight because it wasn't choppy enough to cancel a race but choppy enough that every stroke was a chore!

I intended to do 10 laps but cut it short at 7 because my shoulder wasn't hurting and didn't want to aggravate it so close to the race ! Now that race season is on the front door I get more sensitive about what and who I come in contact with ! also a healthy hand washing when in public places is a must, no restaurant eating if I can help it and stay away from malls !

We are coming up to race day and I'll give my time I'm looking to hit !

127 mins is what I'd like ! So that's a 14 min swim 35 min bike and 35 min run and both transitions equal 3 min
Thats what I would like lol


We will see !

Closer to race day!

So here is my plan so far !!!!!! Subject to change ! I am not racing to just complete because if I have trouble completing a sprint I better change my race selection, I'm racing to better my last years sprint time which was 1:37 I know I can shave time on the swim because last year I was a tea toddler so I will change that ! My transition was disgusting I'm hoping to be in and out of T1 in 1:15 seconds then my only hope is the bike ! I need to make up time on the bike ! I'd like to be in the top ten on the bike ! Because the fast runners will be coming !

I know I wont be in last for this race but as the races get longer and the runs get longer I'll be closer to the back ! Today I was very happy with the run it was 5 km and I did it race pace just to test the waters ! Thursday I have one more brick and I plan to blast the bike and just toddle threw the run to avoid any injuries !

Today's heavy winds were a great training tool and I practiced my aero position as I had no choice the wind was so strong it was killing me but I still kept up a good clip !

I took my weekly dose of methotrexate today and I hope the side effects don't wake me up again this week ! I also hope I'm not far off the humira I'd like to give it a try!


Have a great day!

Things are looking good

Had a great track night tonight we did some pyramid running then transitioned into bike !!! That's awesome a nice hard bike is the equalizer for us slow people ! I'm the same speed if I bike or not so it's always slow and I practice that on every brick, same pace of the bike and hold !!!!

I have my heart rate set at 155 on the bike and between 150 and 155 on the run I was hovering around 160 today for a while but it took a bit out of me !
I really enjoyed transition training today I think if I can shave off a couple minutes from transition and speed my run up I'm hoping to be in the middle of my age group this time instead 3rd from last!!!

My next two brick workouts will tell the tale! All I have to do is stay healthy for a couple more days and all is good!
Tomorrow is methotrexate day after my ride so I'm not looking forward to it and I'm sure tomorrow's ride is going to be a rough one !

I made this delicious looking lasagna Sunday was it ever good!
Have a great day!

Count down

So it's on !!! Count down to race day ! I can feel the excitement building !!
I wish I could solve my one remaining problem ! TIME ! I need more of it and sleep is starting to be a bit of a factor !
I ran out of time today to get things ready for tomorrow so I will have to get up early and do it also with a full slate of training to do before Saturday this should be an interesting week.

My race starts at 1 pm Saturday which will present a bit of a problem for me with nutrition with this late start and away from home I will have to bring a sandwich or something I will experiment Tuesday and Thursday on my bricks.

I will make a plan up for the weekend and I'll share it to see how close I got !!!

Have a great day

Lake swim/bike brick

Great swim today ! 2.2 km then a real slow transition into a 86.9 km bike ride the one thing I liked about today was white feather farms! Liz, Tara, Peter and myself stopped and had a delicious apple fritter ! It really hit the spot!

I took 2 gels one shot block package and one bar along with the fritter it was great ! I think one more gel would replace the apple fritter !

I had an awesome ride with a little back and neck pain and a sore right foot ! I think I might need a bigger size shoe but will monitor it as I go!

One week today I will be in Guelph competing in a sprint triathlon !! Should be fun! I'm still not sure how I'm going to run the race because it usually takes me 10 km to get hot but I will try and be warm before I start! I think I might go for a twenty km ride before I race lol just to be warm !

Early to bed tonight it's been a long week !

Weather issues

Open water swim in the rain ? Bike in the rain ? Yes I think so just incase it rains on the A race day !

Rest day

What a nice rest day!
Very very tired ! Well next week at this time I'll be fidgeting in bed anxiously awaiting my first race of the season !
I better get to sleep big ride tomorrow