IRONMAN Mont-Tremblant Training Recap: May 29 - June 4

12 Weeks to IRONMAN Mont-Tremblant Training Recap

Very windy 90 miles from Haverhill to Portsmouth and back.

Monday: day off 

Tuesday: 30 min swim

Wednesday: 45 min spin class, 45 min lift

Thursday: 1 hour interval run (30 minute warm up, 8 x 2 minute all out intervals with 1:30 min break in between), 20 min swim

Friday: 47 minutes masters swim

Saturday: 90 miles cycling at 5:30 hours

Sunday: half marathon 2:17

Total Moving Hours:12 hours

The headwind up 1A was brutal.

The highlight of this week was a 90 mile bike ride on Saturday followed by a half marathon on Sunday. My legs were tired going into Saturday's long ride and we found a headwind all the way up the coast on 1A to Portsmouth. The effort absolutely fried my brains. The adventure definitely taught me that I am only at the very beginning of preparing my body for the task at hand, which is IRONMAN Mont-Tremblant Aug 20, 2017.

Best pit crew around!

I am happy with Sunday's half marathon because I was able to hold a zone 1 effort through mile 8 and it felt pretty good. The part that hurt most might have been the blisters!

13.1 completed the day after riding 90 miles!

Patriot 70.3 on June 17th is in my sights. I learned that I need to be careful to not cook my legs going into my long events. I feel ready enough to do it but not ready enough to crush it (there's a big difference there).

Patton Park: interval workout

Now that I've checked a 90 mile ride off my list, my goal is to remove some fear and just focus on getting the work done. I'm also going to attempt to lower my coffee intake (I'm drinking a ton throughout the day) to see if I can make some improvements with my heart rate. Plus, I really want that caffeine to work when I need it most!

This upcoming week is a pretty normal week of training and I'm going to be careful the following which is prior to Patriot. Things are starting to get exciting!

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