My A race (70.3) is coming up in 8 weeks and my running is floundering. A bit of background, I've just been doing my own training the last few years, mostly swimming and running (50 - 60 mpw), riding only once and that would generally be same weekly mileage as my run (60 mpw). So obviously the balance wasn't quite right, my swim usually went OK 26/27, bike low - mid 2.20s and run mid 1.30s. I always felt I was underachieving on the run, most likely due to lack of bike fitness and/or overbiking, also running too hard of the bike. I've been getting hassled by plenty of friends to get a coach and a program, so I've done that, got a highly reputable coach, she's very professional and dedicated.
My swimming and especially my biking is going really well, I've almost tripled my bike volume and am keeping up with much quicker cyclists, run volume has almost halved, however and with it my run fitness. It's like I haven't run in 6 months. I did some 1 mile intervals last week and could barely hold my HM pace (6.50) for them. Pace was supposed to be 6.00. So way off. So I'll swim and ride quicker, but run much slower and probably end up with a similar time as last year lol but with less money. The only bit of hope I've got is that I'm tired a lot of the time and this could be affecting my running. Also it's been really hot (clutching at straws). Come race day, on fresh legs, perhaps it will all come together. But really I can't see it. I feel like I'm close to sprinting and I'm only running 10km pace, I keep on thinking my GPS watch is broken....
My swimming and especially my biking is going really well, I've almost tripled my bike volume and am keeping up with much quicker cyclists, run volume has almost halved, however and with it my run fitness. It's like I haven't run in 6 months. I did some 1 mile intervals last week and could barely hold my HM pace (6.50) for them. Pace was supposed to be 6.00. So way off. So I'll swim and ride quicker, but run much slower and probably end up with a similar time as last year lol but with less money. The only bit of hope I've got is that I'm tired a lot of the time and this could be affecting my running. Also it's been really hot (clutching at straws). Come race day, on fresh legs, perhaps it will all come together. But really I can't see it. I feel like I'm close to sprinting and I'm only running 10km pace, I keep on thinking my GPS watch is broken....