Last week was dedicated to the common cold. I rested Monday per my training schedule. Tuesday's workout fell victim to the time change for daylight savings time. I couldn't get out of bed when the clock read 5:30 am when my body knew that it was really 4:30 am. So I slept. Good thing too, because by the end of the day, I had caught a cold. It kept me down until Saturday. Sunday, I finally got back on the bike for a 2 hour spin of about 40 miles.
I had to train Saturday because I knew that a bunch of my friends were dong Ironman Arizona. A good friend of mine and smack talking competitor, Dan, was doing his first race at this distance and he had an incredible race, based on the times. He finished in the top 300 out of about 2500 racers and I can't wait to hear the stories. He and I are racing for the 1st time head to head in July at the Vineman half Ironman. We have very close times in all of our races, but I'd be lying if I said that his times at Arizona don't give me a lot to think about. He did the 2.4 mile swim in 1:05 the 112 mile bike in 5 hours 37 mins (avg. 19.9 mph) and the 26.2 mile run in 4 hours 55 mins (avg. 11:15 min/ mile). I am super proud of him. Now that he knows he can push himself that far though, he will be even more dangerous.
I'll keep you up to date on this weeks training throughout the week.
Finally, I sucked another person into my triathlon vortex. A good friend of mine and co-worker named Megan is going to be doing her first triathlon this year. I suggested she do the Olympic distance race (1500 meter swim/ 24 mile bike/ 6.2 mile run) at Carpinteria in September. I will be caoching her through this race. It was my first race and I know that she will love the course. Wish her luck in her endeavor.
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