This is why I like training for triathlons… March 29, 2006
Posted by clayton in : workout , trackbackYup, I'm still a beginner, never even raced but hey, atleast I train…Isn't it amazing how a nice bike ride could make up for a horrible swim? Well, I had that happen today. 3km warm up run, morning swim, 40km bike ride and the afternoon swim.
3km run: The terrible thing started from this. Man was I feeling sick…My plan for today's warm up run was to finish it in 12min but ended up doing it in 13'58. I was just feeling awful, dizzy and had a stomach ache at the same time. I found out why, it was the bread I ate for breakfast…It was edible 3days ago but I didn't notice it went bad and just ate it today. Amazing how things change.
The morning swim: Thanks to the bread, I was the first one to start swimming but obviously swam the least. The coach planned a 5950m total workout but I only got 3750m done, the worst I've ever done. 400m warm up, 100m*5kick, 50m*14(0:45), 50m*14(0:50), 50m*27(0:55), 100m cool down. One good thing, the fast guy who burned out is now back, I was pretty lonely swimming with the girls…atleast I made some elementary friends, hehe, they're funny.
The 40km ride: I'd call it SSD, or "short slow distance" the easiest workout that anyone in the world could come up with. I felt sooo bad after the morning swim and decided to just ride as slow as I can and took my heartrate. Max 171bpm, avg 134bpm. Forgot to press the lap button and I'm guessing my avg speed was around 24kph. There was one more reason for this ride, I need to get some sun…The triathletes at the other pool said I should get some sun before the race because if I go without doing so, I'll burn out pretty easily. Nice refreshing ride.
The afternoon swim: Total of 1900m, speed training. This is becoming my favorite. 400m warm up, 150m*3(kick pull swim 50m each at 3:00 cycle), 25m*16(0:45), 50m*8 sprints(2:30), 100m cool down. We always take our lap times and try to get the average time faster on the 50m*8, every Tuesday. I PRd again!!! Even though I stopped to fix my goggles during the last lap, hehe. I actually slipped when I dived and my goggles HIT my eyes, that really hurt…but a PR is a PR. The coach said next Tuesday's gonna be just one 50m and that's all. He told me to come no matter what but I really don't feel like going to the swimming pool for one 50m sprint when I could just run or bike…The coach told me, "It's not all about having 4000m+ swims, you need this kinda practice too." yeah, yeah whatever, hehe. I understand but for me, it's not all about swimming ya know…For some reason, I have NO INTEREST in swim races, hehe. It's fun to watch though…
My plan…Next year, I wanna enter the Miyako triathlon where you swim 3km, bike 150km(155?), and run a marathon. Then the next year, I wanna race in IM Japan. I need to study for college entrance exams but it's not like I'm gonna quit training. Just make it short&high quality workouts.
Tomorrow: Eat a healthy breakfast, 3km warm up run, morning swim, help a friend print out 40books, have a ride or run and then swim.
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