The last big build training block for the big race is on-going. Things are going well. I've been able to make the most of my bike training time thanks to the computrainer. Boy, does that thing hurt. This past Saturday it destroyed the tire on a trainer wheel. Granted, the rubber was old. Still, that is just plain cool, when you are able to take a piece of equipment to its limit (without hurting yourself in the process, of course).
On a not-as cool note about equipment failing, the battery inside my SRM powercontrol exploded. WTH? I have no idea why or how. The burst was strong enough it severed cable connections, basically, rendering it out of commission. Since it lightly holds charge, I may try to race with at Boise just so I can have speed, HR and rpm numbers in front of me.
At this point in time, I'm starting to feel the fatigue accumulating in my body. That, and a few nites of reduced sleep hours, and I'm starting to move a little slow. I am looking forward to racing hard next Saturday at Boise, and then to begin the taper down to Ironman Cd'A.
Let's see what we got then.
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Sunday, June 6, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
The Hurt Weekend
I've had some really solid training over Memorial Day weekend, including some heavy cycling and running. The pedal-pounding pain was delivered thanks to racermate's evil (and fantastic) training tool known as computrainer. Load a real course video on one of these puppies, and you will be pedaling every single foot of every single mile you log. I'd like to think my fitness is decent, but let me go ahead and admit just how much ouch this thing dished out on me. It hurt.
Aside from the hours spent on the computrainer in the hurt garage over days, I also had an awesome LONG run with one of the my best friends. For me, it was a nice & low perceived effort for the even pace we were blasting. I'm not about to go quoting numbers or making predictions, but let's see what happens at Coeur d'Alene when the dust settles.
Additonally, Donovan and I took Theresa swimming with us on and we got our hotcakes and waffles on (as always).
Peace
Aside from the hours spent on the computrainer in the hurt garage over days, I also had an awesome LONG run with one of the my best friends. For me, it was a nice & low perceived effort for the even pace we were blasting. I'm not about to go quoting numbers or making predictions, but let's see what happens at Coeur d'Alene when the dust settles.
Additonally, Donovan and I took Theresa swimming with us on and we got our hotcakes and waffles on (as always).
Peace
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