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Havasu Tri

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Location:

Lake Havasu City,AZ,

Member Since:

Sep 29, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

23 marathons

6 Bostons (2007-2011, 2017)

3 Half Ironmans

2 Ironmans

3 50 Milers

1 Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim

Marathon PR:

     2:59:00 St. George 2008

     2:58:03 Boston 2010

 1/2 Marathon PR:

     1:25:41  Havasu Half 2009

     1:24:09 Painter's St.George 2010

 Half Ironman PR:

      5:25:02  HITS Havasu 2014

5K PR:

       18:23  LHC Turkey Trot 2014

        18:22  LHC Turkey Trot 2017

50 mile PR:

        7:56:14 Avalon50 2016

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 3 hours again

Doing it a Boston would be sweet!

It was sweet!

UPCOMING RACES

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun!

 

Personal:

Married

4 kids

Optometrist

 

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90 minute 4000m swim.  Felt pretty good.  It's nice to know I will at least finish the swim part of the IM!

Zwift 13 miles, I was going to do a group workout but my legs said otherwise so I just rode.

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8 easy miles on the TM, no aches or pains.

I sat in the hot tub tonight while watching a CE course. 

Brooks Ghost 14 Miles: 8.00
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90 minute 4000 m swim. 
38 miles 2 hour Zwift ride. 
8 mile trail run. 
 

Then drove to Blake's house to do a long ride together tomorrow. 

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60 mile ride with Blake to the beach and back. It was a bit chilly and windy but overall was pretty easy on the legs. It's my shoulders that need more time in the aero bars. They were sore by the end. 

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I'm going to try and make this week a long week, then do a recovery week next week ending with the Havasu Tri which is olympic length.

90 minute 4000 m swim, felt really good.

2 hours Zwifting for 40 miles. One category B race mixed in there that I did pretty well. 

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9 miles nice and easy down through Rotary Park by the lake on a beautiful morning.  Legs felt good the whole run, but now that it is over I have the slightest niggle in my left calf.  Hopefully it will be fine by Thursday when I run again.

34 miles on Zwift. 90 minutes 

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I slept in this morning because my body just felt tired.  I did sit in the hot tub for a good half hour.

Tonight I did a 40 minute Zwift rid for 14 miles.

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90 minute swim, felt really good, probably because of the extra day of rest between swims.

 

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I was up sick most the night then spent a lot of the day sleeping. Hopefully I feel better tomorrow. 

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I'm a little better today but still not good enough to put in a solid workout. 

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I finally felt good enough to exercise this morning.  I did take it easy with a nice steady paced 45 minute swim.

16 mile Zwift race.  I didn't have the normal energy I have for these Monday night races but it felt good to push hard for a bit.

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I felt a lot better this morning even than yesterday, although I'm still not 100%.  I did a 5 mile run outside. It was a beautiful morning and it felt really good. 

Adizero Pro Miles: 5.00
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Last night I didn't feel well at all, then I was up coughing for a few hours.  I just slept in this morning and I still don't feel quite right.  This is a doozy of a cold.

 

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I slept sooooo much better last night.  I didn't even get up once and I don't remember coughing at all.  I therefore felt rested this morning.

I did a Zwift work out that pushed me a bit to ride hard but not too long.  It ended up being about 12 miles.  

Hopefully I will be close to feeling 100% on Saturday for the Tri.

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1 mile lake swim to get ready for the race tomorrow. Followed with 2 mile easy run along the channel. 

Brooks Ghost 14 Miles: 2.00
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Havasu Tri. 
 

Swim was a bit cold but not bad. Swimming into the channel we were swimming directly into the sun and there were a lot of bodies so it started out rough, but once we turned around I settled in and swam well. 43 minutes. It was longer than it was supposed to be a bit over 2000m. 
Transition went fine then off on the bike. I was riding hard but going really slow. Everyone and I mean everyone was passing me. I thought my sickness was making me feel like this. I checked my tires but they weren't flat. I had checked my wheels before Thera e so I didn't think to check to make sure they were spinning freely. Final at about mile 7.5 I figured out the front brake had been bumped and was pushing on the rim. Once I fixed that I was back riding like normal and passed most everyone who had passed me early. I figure it cost me about 25 minutes and a lot of energy. Finished the bike in 1:24 but it was just not 21.2 miles. 
Transition to the run was quick and I ran a comfortable pace averaging 7:26/mile which made me happy. It was also a bit short 5.75 miles. 42 minutes. 
Overall it was fun and it was nice having Blake here to do it with. I wish I had figured out the brake thing earlier but I learned a good lesson and got in a better training session out of it!

Adizero Pro Miles: 6.00
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Slept in a bit and then sat in the hot tub as a little recovery morning from the race Saturday.

I was going to do a Zwift ride but Lane asked me to go to the park and play soccer with him, so I did that instead. It was fun playing with him.  We played for about an hour.

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Morning Zwift ride for a 67 minutes, with lots of climbing.  I'd say it was a 20 mile effort.  Felt good to push a bit after I got going.  Legs feel fully recovered from the tiatholon I did Saturday. 

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60 minute swim at my parents' gym with a 50 m pool. I really liked that. Then a 15 mile ride on the indoor bike. 

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I e got to get serious. My IM is less than 4 weeks out and the last 2 weeks I have done very little training. I'm finally feeling 100% from having even sick and my body seems 100% healthy from injuries so I'm going to give it on final push for the next 2 weeks then will move into taper mode. 
 

60 minute swim followed by a 3 mile run this morning. 

Brooks Ghost 14 Miles: 3.00
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I was soooo tired last night, I fell to sleep around 7 so I naturally woke up early this morning.  I did a 90 minute Zwift ride for 28 miles and then a 3 mile TM run and still had time to lollygag getting ready and having breakfast before work.

Adizero Pro Miles: 3.00
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60 minute swim. I felt like I was swimming faster than normal but my watch said otherwise.  Just my normal pace.

Then 6 mile run.  It was beautiful running along the lake and channel this morning.

I do feel a little off since my workout though...kind of week and and light headed.

Brooks Ghost 14 #3 Miles: 6.00
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19 mile Zwift ride followed by a 6 mile TM run.  I felt much better at the end of my run today than I did yesterday.

NB 1500 V6 Miles: 6.00
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2 mile lake swim. It took my a bit to get my goggles to stop leaking but then I had a good swim. 58 minutes. 
100 mile ride right after the swim. I was definitely tired after the ride but I wasn't completely spent. I still had energy to get some tho done that was needed to do without feeling bad. 

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