Training Week 15: 3/24/08 - 3/30/08

Planned Training - TAPER WEEK #1
Monday - 3/24/08:
REST DAY!
Tuesday - 3/25/08:
AM - Run = 50 min done
PM - Bike = 50 min done
Wednesday - 3/26/08:
AM - Run = 35 min done
PM - Swim = 1 hr Master's swim done
Thursday - 3/27/08:
AM - Run = 30 min done
PM - Swim = 1 hr Master's swim done
Friday - 3/28/08:
AM - Bike = 1 hr 40 min done
PM - none
Saturday - 3/29/08:
AM - RACE = Tech Trek 10K run done
PM - Bike = 1 hr 15 min done
Sunday - 3/30/08:
AM - Bike = 2 hr at Saguaro East done
PM - Swim = 1 hr TTG swim done

Weekly S/B/R Compliance (based on BT training plan):
Swim = 180 min / 175 min = 103%
Bike = 352 min / 345 min = 102%
Run = 204 min / 175 min = 116%

Total SBR training time for Week #15 = 12.3 hrs

Monday, 3/24/08 Update:
Well, I have successfully made it through all of the hard weeks of training, doing 100% (and over) of all swim, bike, and run workout volumes on the training plan. Now there's 3 weeks of taper. This week it will be about 12 hours of training, which is quite a bit less than last week's 16.4 hrs.

Yesterday I did my last century ride of the training. Once again, we rode from Cortaro Farms in Tucson to Casa Grande and back. Johnny joined me for the whole ride, after doing the hilly metric century GABA ride on Saturday. So this weekend he did a metric century and an English century. Shari and my father in law, Craig, joined up with us at Picacho.

The last 25 miles of the ride were really tough. We pulled into the gas station at the Marana exit and Johnny bought a Pepsi and some M&Ms. I went with peanut, which saved me on that ride. Each time I started to feel bad I would eat an M&M. I think those are going to go in the bento box for IMAZ. I'm not putting them in Special Needs, as I'm hoping to not stop for Bike SN. I'll stop for Run SN, but by then there should be no fear of meeting the cutoffs (I hope). There's a 10:30PM run cutoff on the run course, but I hope to be way ahead of that.

Thursday, 3/27/08 Update:
People are asking, "Are you ready?" I respond with, "Ready to stop training!" I really want to quit this training. But I can't. I'm OCD on hitting the training totals now. I swam in the rain a few months ago, and back in December when my gear froze to the deck, so I can't back out now just because I hate swimming and everything having to do with the pool. Just a few more swims and I'm done.

Next weekend is the DCB 2.4 mile open water swim at Tempe Town Lake. It'll be a nice little dress rehersal for IMAZ. But I'm looking forward to getting swim time in for my training that is NOT in a pool. No black line to follow, no creepy things to look at under water. I think it's a good thing TTL is cloudy so that I can't see what's down there. I don't want to know what's down there. Ok, let's just not think about that anymore.

Funny pic o' the day! The horse is a Tri Girl. See the purple innertube? Yep, Tri Girl.