Tri Training

May 14th, 2008

Some more progress over the last week or so:

Swim
Swam last night, recording 19mins for 750m. This included some messy lengths due to muppets in the pool and stopping long enough to check splits every 250m.
I need to learn to breathe bilaterally and work on my swim speed. My strokes still good though ;-).

Bike
Been commuting to work sometimes and have now done a 35 mile ride. I need to work on speed and hills here - I can go a long way at 15-17mph, but I need to do 20+mph for 20km (how english is that? mixed units!).

Run
Another 10km run on Monday - involving some hills. I actually enjoy running now. I need to work on speed here as well, but I also want to boost distance before my longer Tri’s later in the year. A plan must be made…

So there you go, in 2 words - Speed Work.

I have been thinking about my transitions as well - part of my slow swim must have been the transition - heres what I did:

• Dry Feet
• Put on Socks
• Put on Bike Shoes
• Lace up Bike Shoes
• Velcro Strap On Bike Shoes
• Cycle Jersey
• Cycle Gloves
• Shades
• Helmet
• Quick Drink
• Off

What I intend to do:

• Stand on Towel
• Put on Bike Shoes
• Velcro Strap On Bike Shoes
• Race number belt
• Shades
• Helmet
• Off

I think elastic and the main strap on mys shoes should be plenty, socks aint needed and neither will a jersey be. Gloves were not ideal either.

In transition 2 I swapped my jersey for a T-Shirt, which I can skip. So thats just a shoe swap and off - hopefully without the need for socks. The race number belt I have to buy - wiggle do them for a fiver. This plus the lack of hills should get me 1:30 - maybe I should aim 1:20 and just run harder….

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