Firecracker tri-athalon

Or HOW to furiously BONK and race poorly.

Well today was the Firecracker tri.

Our swim was seated slowest to fastest.
I started about 730am or so.
Anyway just before my turn the fella in front of me turns to me and says I start out really slow.
Ok great, we start 15-20 seconds apart so I shouldnt be able to catch him.
1st lap this guy is fuckn crawln and I catch him.
Well I have to power past him to get him out my way.
I swam ok.
I started to feel like crap after that and was caught by the guy I passed but just as we were getting out of the pool so technically I was still ahead of him because I started behind him.
Regardless I swam shitty and slow.
I ran all the way to t1 and it was a long ass way around the building around transition and in through the other side.


I Felt like the bike went well until I hit Euclid.
Everytime I hit Euclid my speed dropped way down.
The run(the real beginning of the end of the nightmare)
The run started out well, I hit the mall, everything was fine.
I turned the first mile in about 8min35sec. No biggie, well I started feeling horrible so I cut in a 1 minute walk break, usually doesn't slow me down.
Mile 2 was a little over 10minutes!!!! What the hell.
It just got progressively worse. The last mile was like another 10minute + mile.

So the break down is as follows

Swim 750 meters-14'21"
Not sure where the trans time gets factored in,I think they put it toward my bike time.

Bike 12 miles-41'40"my computer recorded the ride as follows-
38'09"-time
distance-11.52
18.1mph avg.
26.4 max
Run(the beginning of the end).
3.1miles in 29'04"

total time 1hr24min43sec
All of this is just encouragement to get my back fixed...It was fun,I'm a little irritated with the run and swim.

ick

Popppy, Zane and I headed up to Sabino.
We arrived as the sun was going down.
They walked and I ran to m.p. 1 and back.

1st mile 7'58"72
2nd mile 8'35"90
@ 10 minutes I still took my 1 minute walk break, thats included into my mile 2 run time.

total time 16'34"62.
Faster then last week because it wasn't as hot.

I seem to be having issue swith the gels and blocks when running even sorta hard.
It's causing me Phleghm or foam in my lungs/chest.
I begin to cough after about 12 minutes.
Then I start coughing hard and gagging, almost to the point where I'm barfing it seems to pass after a few minutes. Of course all this makes things hard to breathe, I just keep running.
I began to experience this last year and figured it was allergies.
I'm going to have to experiment with different fuel.
I've found this isn't an uncommon problem.
Well I need a break after this next race.
I need to heal what's wrong with me...All sorts of shit,neck, back, weird headaches,stomach.Funny chest spasms.
My heart rate has gotten even lower then last year, not sure if that's anything.


I rarely complain here or anywhere but I'm having some serious issues with my back.
I may have to go to the dreaded "docter".......

Zane had a good time tonight,so did Poppy all sweat and smiles.
Yes Sweat! It was humid!

A day off

Poppy, Zane and I headed up to the top of MT. Lemmon.

WE hiked around marshall gulch,we started from the first parking lot area because the gate was closed.
WE checked out the river boulder and scrambled around for abit.
Most of the problems on the boulder were too tough or had a bad landing.
From there we hiked and bushwacked around til we found the Mango boulder.
This took some serious doing but eventually we found it.
On the way down to the boulder Poppy took a spill.
So she's a bit banged up.
Well I worked a few of the problems on Mango boulder.
This thing is brutal, it overhangs by like 45 degrees. The hillside it's perched above is not a good place to fall.
So we stayed for a bit, I started feeling sick and the storm started moving in so we bailed.
Turns out we were up on the mt. all day, it really didn't feel like it. I think we all had a good time.
Zane was all smiles...the cameras batteris were dead. :) But we had the camera!

a better decision

So after classes and meetings and work Poppy,Zane and I headed up to Sabino.
They decided to walk and let me run out to mile marker 1 and back.
1st mile was 8min27sec56hund
2nd mile 8min 17sc22hund
Total time 16'44"78

I had a bit of a twinge and strain in my neck and shoulder so I chose to not ride or swim today.
The run felt good, I need to rest up for my tri.
Just light workouts from here on out.

recovering......slowly.......gaaaack

Trying to best figure out how to make gains and recover from Lake Merritt is becoming tricky.

As an added bonus it's hot and I'm putting in WAAAAAY too much time @ work.

Bike ride on the TT-
distance 5.54miles
17.4 avg. mph due in part because I had to stop for several lights and cars.
23.9 mph max
Time 19'05"
I decided I needed to run a bit too so as to get my legs back as soon as possible from Merritt.
So small run around the block-
1min walk warm up
9'27"64 run.
total 10'27"64


Tomorrows workout is one of my last real heavy workouts before my tri on the 5th.
I plan on coming close to making myself barf, it should be loads of fun.

I hope it's stoopid hot out with a horrible headwind and maybe a bazillion percent humidity.

I hope it's so hot out the rubber on my sneakers and bike tires melts, the water in the pool boils, I run out of water, get lost and barf all over!!! GRRRR!!!!!

half day

I did just short of a half-day at work 730am-640ish pm...
Well the new brooks came in the ups today!!!
So seeing I got home super late I decided to take a run to moms in the new shoes.
I took it super easy. 16min28 seconds to get there.
Then I swam 5minutes straight no stopping which turned out to be tricky considering it's a small pool, maybe 40 feet long so instead of turns I literally swam circles along the edge which turned out to be pretty tough.
Still recovering from Merritt. Being careful with recovery.

I think I kinda wiped out my electrolytes on my bike ride on monday.
Other then that I'll be going back into another taper or little or no training for my upcoming tri-on the 5th of july.
I'll round out this week with another ride,swim and run and rest this coming week probably starting monday.

Dizzy

I decided to ride the TT bike up to the park going a different way this time.
I didn't realize I'd be riding slightly up hill the whole way there and into a headwind on the way back.

It was 12 noon and very hot.
I didn't seem able to eat or drink and had the urge to hork the entire time.
I never did barf though.

distance 13.30 miles
15.4 mph average
30.9 mph max
51'32"

I came home and went inside I just about passed out when I encountered the freezing cold air conditioned house.
After putting my gear up I went and took a nap.
The giant headache,nausea, and dizziness has since passed.
All in all a good ride.