Triathlon Training: Week 6

Monday Schedule: OFF Actual: Tumbling (~1hr) Comments: This was Kendall's last night at tumbling and our instructor wasn't even there. =( Next week will be my last. Didn't really do anything special, just worked on the same things I had been like landing front tucks on my feet and doing cartwheels on the beam without falling off. Near the end of class, I was inspired by the climbing rope so I found a large mat to stand on and made a rope swing into the foam pit. It was fun! I said I was working on my upper body strength. =) Tuesday Schedule: Run: 20 min Actual: OFF Comments: My last cake decorating class for course 2 was tonight and I didn't have time to run. Hopefully can start getting back on track tomorrow. Wednesday Schedule: Swim: 300 yards Actual: Swim: 300 yards (~20 min) Comments: My brother is in town so he came with us and did pretty well himself. I can tell it has been a while since I last swam but I made it. After just a couple of lengths of the pool, I thought there would be no way I could make the entire 300 yards but I did! A triathlon is not for the swift but for the steady because you can do lots more than you think you can even if it is at a slower pace than you would like to go. Thursday Schedule: Brick Workout: 30 min bike/10 min run/20 min walk Actual: Brick Workout: 30 min bike/10 min run/20 min walk Comments: I will have to look up distances later as my gps did not work for some reason, grrr. The run part was really supposed to be done like this: 2 min walk/3 min run/1 min walk/3 min run/1 min walk but ended up more like this: 2.5 min walk/1.5 min run/1.5 min walk/1.5 min run/1.5 min walk/1.5 min run. I ran about 1.5 minutes less than I was supposed to but for the first back-to-back workout I thought it went fairly well. Legs were a little weird during the 2 minute transition walk but seemed to figure it out soon which is much better than when I first started biking several weeks ago. Friday Schedule: Swim: 400 yards Actual: OFF Saturday Schedule: Run: 40 min Actual: Hiking: 2+ miles Comments: Visited western NC and hiked a couple of trails to waterfalls. Sunday Schedule: Bike: 12 miles Actual: OFF Overall Thoughts:

• The intensity has been kicked up a notch but I'm not really participating due to schedule conflicts. Hopefully this will change soon.
• I made the mistake of looking at results from last year of one of the triathlons we are considering. I found my current times to be near the bottom or worse. Granted I am only halfway through the training calendar, that does leave time for improvement.
• I was reminded that my goal is to finish without worrying about placement but I have to admit it would be icing on the cake to not finish in last place!