Great week! Very busy at work - haven't taken a day off since Aug 22nd. Oy. But, still managing my workouts.
Been putting the time in on the bike and it is paying off. Went on my 40k loop near work on Sunday and had a PB of nearly 6 minutes. And luck was with me - I got a flat 1 block away from the office. Also did a great 9 mile trail run on Saturday in preparation for a trail race this upcoming Saturday. I did it with a group of girls (very unusual for me to group run) and it was fun. Nailed some great paces toward the end of the run that made me happy.
Mid week was pretty light for me with only one swim (3000m), 2 indoor bike sessions, and 2 runs.
I have an Oly in SoCal in 6 weeks I'm excited for. After my trail race this weekend it will be all about focusing on the swim. I've been studying last year's results and the swim times are all over 30 minutes (except for a couple young kids). The top swim time in my AG was a 42:48. I'm normally a ~24 minute 1500m swim. I'm thinking there have to be some strong currents slowing everybody down (it is in the ocean). I'm targeting 30 flat. Or favorable currents and a 22.
I've been wanting a new wetsuit for a while now. I've had mine since 2005 and it has many many many fingernail tears around the legs. Maybe its time...
My kid (age 19 in college) is playing college water polo. They were in the pool at the same time as I was when I swam yesterday (weird labor day hours). They were doing a 10x200 set on the 2:30 and for every interval they missed they had to do an extra 200 but every time they hit the interval at 2:15 they got to cut a 200 off. They were able to shave 3 200s off by making it on the 2:15. Meanwhile, in the shallow end is me doing 10x100 on the 1:45. Damn those kids are smoking fast. I need to do a relay race with my kid!
Happy short week ladies!
Hillary Trout
San Luis Obispo, CA
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