Day 137

Good morning: 


I am going to take the next two days off in preparation for a hard workout on Tuesday afternoon.  Most Coaches will tell beginners that they should be able to finish an Olympic sized triathlon 6 months prior to starting  an Iron man training program.  On Tuesday I will attempt to  swim 1500 meters(0.93 miles), bike 40km(25miles), and then run 10km(6.2miles).   This should take me about 3 hours.   I will figure on drinking fluids every 15mins and bites of protein bars every 15-30.    Except in the water as that would be pretty messy.

Amanda asked how to keep from getting board.  On some of my long workouts I will have music, and this can be quite motivating.  Unfortunately the IM series triathlons have made it illegal for electronic devices while doing the Iron man races.  My college background is in wildlife biology.  I ride my bike on the Rails to trails system in the silver valley and it is filled with wild life.  Many of my runs are on back roads, and it always amazes me on the diversity and change with the season.   My life is also very busy, and it does my mind good to digest the days activities and plan for the upcoming week.   I can day dream on flat surface runs for 15 mins at at time.   Sometime I have broken out in laughter and people around me are thinking I am nuts!

More later

cheers