I did an oly tri this morning. My swim was off about 90 seconds due to navigational errors, I think. T1 seemed to take a hundred years. I decided I was not setting any PRs today, but I felt good on the bike, so I just decided go for a really good bike split and pay for it later on the run. My HR was about 12-15 BPM higher than I would typically want it on the bike ride, but I knocked 6 minutes off my bike split! 
And I did pay on the run, but somehow managed to keep from going up in blue smoke -- came close, though. After the bike, my HR during the run ranged from 165-172, with a high of 178 at the finish line, even though I was only staggering along at a 10:30 pace At 220-age, I was 98-100+% max HR.
In the end, I had my second fastest oly time, missing my prior PB by just about 90 seconds., and beating my usual time by a few minutes. A decent swim and less diddling at T1 and I would have had a really good day. As it was, it was not too bad. But I have to figure out how to conquer the run.
I'm doing a half-iron next weekend, but after that I think I'm going to start trying some different training approaches - maybe try the Runner's World 10K race training strategy and see if I can get a better result for the Thanksgiving 10K this year. And then I'm going back to dead slow and long distances - cuz I've signed up for Ironman again next year Goal is same as last time, just to finish before midnight.
And I did pay on the run, but somehow managed to keep from going up in blue smoke -- came close, though. After the bike, my HR during the run ranged from 165-172, with a high of 178 at the finish line, even though I was only staggering along at a 10:30 pace At 220-age, I was 98-100+% max HR. In the end, I had my second fastest oly time, missing my prior PB by just about 90 seconds.
, and beating my usual time by a few minutes. A decent swim and less diddling at T1 and I would have had a really good day. As it was, it was not too bad. But I have to figure out how to conquer the run. I'm doing a half-iron next weekend, but after that I think I'm going to start trying some different training approaches - maybe try the Runner's World 10K race training strategy and see if I can get a better result for the Thanksgiving 10K this year. And then I'm going back to dead slow and long distances - cuz I've signed up for Ironman again next year
Goal is same as last time, just to finish before midnight.
