I started this blog with the intention of documenting my training for my first Half Ironman race in late October of 2012. It was kind of fun keeping track of everything so I decided to keep going. Who knows where this is headed but I will keep the information rolling and see where it goes.
Thursday, July 5, 2012
4th of July Training
We went to the family lakehouse at Lake Kiowa, close to Gainesville on the Texas/Oklahoma border, for the 4th of July. I got up early and intended to have someone follow me in one of the SeaDoo's for my lake swim. The batteries were toast so I ventured off on my own. I planned on getting about 45 minutes in which is exactly how it worked out. I tried to stay close to the shore line and put on my neon orange swim cap. No problems and I felt good the whole way. While I don't know the distance for sure, I would have to think it was at least half iron man length. Went back up the house after the swim, made a trip to Gainesville to buy new batteries, and then ate some breakfast. Since I had to wait for the batteries to charge, I went ahead with the scheduled bike/run brick. The goal was 90 minutes on the bike followed by a brief 15 minute run to aclimate the legs to running off the bike. I started around noon so it was really hot. One loop around the lake took approximately 30 minutes. Perfect, I made three loops and pulled in to put my running shoes on. Consumed one bottle of water and one bottle of Accelerade on the bike. Triberry gels every 30 minutes. I took a plastic bottle of water with me for the 15 minute run. Timed the run perfectly. At 7:30 I turned around and hit the door of the house at exactly 15 minutes. Fueling was good. Never felt dehydrated. I also took an Shark Salt for the bike ride as well and one before the run. We went to eat lunch and then fired up the SeaDoo's. I was really tired this morning. I did not run my 6 mile planned run today. I will see how I feel this evening. Yesterday, took alot out of me. It was basically a small triathlon. I can't stand going off plan so I will probably do some kind of run tonight.
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