Bike 120829

AM: 6.5 Miles 21:30
PM: 6.25 Miles 19:00

Nice and cool.  I think a sub 21 min ride is close, but today was harder than I expected.  I guess that is what happens after two weeks off the bike.

No 90

Well, the 90 is out for us.  Due to the captains of our boat being out and not being able to transfer the registration from them to us we are out of the 90.  My dad and I are now shifting focus to the the Marshman Triathlon - his first.  Should be a lot of fun and only 3 weeks away.

Canoeing 120823

Dad and I are still following the same routine as the last few workouts, callouses are developing nicely.  

Canoeing 120822

Back on the Christiana in DE.  Same workout as previous weeks.  The 90 is now in limbo due to some registration issues and boat changes. My dad and I have decided to make the decision this Sunday on go or no go.

Swim 120818

Went swimming with the boys today.  While they played a game I snuck in a 500(8:42)  Nothing crazy but got the body moving and keeping consistent for the Marshman Tri in September.

Lums Pond Youth Triathlon

C and R finished their first Tri and I couldn't be prouder.  They did fantastic and both are interested in doing another which is a good sign :-).

Results here

Run 120816

Ran home from car dealership where my car is getting worked on.  Took a different route to cover two miles in prep for Marshman in September.  Completed 2.03 mile course in 12:30, or just about 6:15 pace.

Canoeing 120815

Same as yesterday, .25 mile run, 5.5 miles of paddling, and .5 mile run to finish.  It was incredibly foggy this morning.

Canoeing 120814

Out on the Christiana again this morning for an hour.  Same as the last few times, about .25 mile run, 5.5 mile paddle, followed by a .5 mile run.

Swim 120809

I did my longest wet suit free open water swim today - just over half a mile from Chapel Island on Upper Saranac Lake to our cabin.  Felt great and I learned a few things during the swim.  First, was that I need to control my first 50 meters to keep myself in rhythm.  I wasn't in a comfortable rhythm and it took me longer to readjust than when I was in the wetsuit.  Second, was that when I breathe primarily on the left I track straighter than when I breathe primarily on the right (I pull right).  Third, I can no longer say swim is a hindrance to my racing.

I did a lot of 50 yards here and there this week but it was nice to get one sustained swim in.

Bike 120808

I returned our boat rental at the top of Upper Saranac Lake and then rode back to our cabin - 9 miles. When I mapped it out I went the wrong way so I thought the trip was an overall elevation decline but while on the road I figured it out.  Ride went great though, just under 22mph for the ride and felt like I could have maintained the pace for awhile longer.

Lake Placid Mini Tri

Well I was back in Lake Placid this week for vacation and High Peaks Cyclery is still running their mini-tri series.  So naturally I wanted to give it a go to see if things have improved since I last did it.  The short answer is yes but by exactly how much I don't know.  For the first time I DNF which I will go into below.

Swim 8:06 / Bike ~36:30 / Run didn't start

Swim was good, I went at about 90% and still 2:30 faster than when I did this before.  For me this was a good test of doing an open water swim without a wet suit.  Given my result I will be skipping the wet suit for the Marshman.

Bike was good and bad.  Bad because I had a flat - my first on the road, ever.  It took me 15 min to change 5 of which was due to figuring out the CO2 cartridge. My actual bike time was the ~36:30 which was good because I was averaging well over 20mph.

Run by the time I got back to transition I was mentally out of it and decided to call it a day and get back to dinner with my family.

I was pleased with how I did, when looking at the final results I was disappointed the race didn't go better because I think I would have won the 30-39 age group.

Link to when I did this 4 years ago.

Canoeing 120803

Paddled on the Christiana this morning - about 5.25 miles in 1 hour.  Ran with boat about .75 miles.

Run\Bike 120802

Run 1.9 Miles in 12:42 (6:41 pace)
AM: 6.5 Miles 22:35
PM: 7.75 Miles 24 Min

Easy ride in, cool for a change but disgustingly humid. Ran home after dropping my car off for maintenance.  Run was good, didn't push it just a good even pace.

Bike 120731

AM: 6.5 Miles 22:10
PM: 7.7 Miles 23:00

Easy ride in, cool for a change.  I think a sub 21 min ride is close. Ride home was good too - maintained 20mph for the ride which is good.