I really needed a break after last weekend at Willow Springs. I had made trips out to the high desert last week no less than three times, and throw in a 20 lap race on top of that, I was cooked. I took advantage of the time off to prepare for my racing activities the next couple of weekends and get my training back on schedule.
Triathlon's are a great addition I made to my life to help shed weight, stay healthy, and improve motorcycle fitness. I scheduled a pair of sprint races in the next two weekends, these are shorter version's of longer triathlon races that allow new athlete's to get their feet wet, and not have to get so serious about training for longer races. At this stage I like the shorter races. They fit my personality well since these races are an all out effort with no rest or worry about pacing. They are also relatively easy to train for, a short 300-500m swim, usually 10-12mi bike, and finish off with a 5K/3mi run.
Saturday consisted of running interval's. I put in 4 miles total, but my goal was to get my body used to the fast turn over needed to sustain the pace of a 5K. I was able to hold 5:30min/mi for a couple of minutes at a time and a HR of 180-190 BPM. This was a hard run and I managed to get only 40 minutes in including warm-up and cool down.
Sunday I wanted to go easy on the Time Trial bike, sort of a recovery day as we call it dictated by HR below anaerobic threshold. It didn't work out that well, with 2 cups of coffee in me, I immediately noticed an elevated HR (I am also still feeling effects of last weeks cold) and knew I wouldn't be able to maintain at a low effort, so I went hard right off the bat. I took the loop around Palos Verde, which ended being 34 miles. After the first hour went by, I had trouble maintaining the high HR and 20+mph pace, but I pushed all the way back to my apartment. I managed 19.2 mph avg. which was a good considering all the hills and climbing.
Next weekend is San Diego Sprint triathlon, followed by Xterra off-road triathlon in the Bay area.
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Cool, lots of good work out information. Can you be my personal trainer?
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