Now our first Olympic distance tri is only a little under two weeks away! Holy smokes! I was feeling pretty excited at confident last week, but am a little more hesitant this week... probably more tried as well. I knocked out 7.04 miles yesterday morning and Jon ran 7.75 at a ridiculously speedy pace. We also biked 29 miles on Sunday with some good hill practice in there. The run was kinda brutal yesterday, but each of these longs runs is a personal best distance wise for me so I have to keep that in mind even when I'm not entirely happy with my pacing (which I have no reason not to be since my average pace was ~9:20 minute mile. Obviously nothing earth shattering, but for a non runner, I'll take it! My goal for race day is to run sub 10 minute miles so we'll see how that goes. I also tried out my whole race day attire yesterday since I got a new top, socks and race belt over the weekend. All went well although I do need to get a hydration belt as our mileage goes up when training for the Army ten miler begins. I also love the new Nike visor I got!! I'm still debating about running specific sunglasses, but one step/new piece of (usually) overpriced gear at a time.
So this week we're at a medium taper and next week our mileage really drops down. We've got a brick workout to get in on Saturday and I'd also like to practice some transitions and hairpin turns since there are a few of those on the bike course. It looks like I'll be doing the race with my platform pedals. I'm kinda bummed about that, but I simply ran out of time to start practicing with the clipless guys before race day. I try not to get too bummed out because like Jon tells me, all the races from here on out will be easier with my clipless pedals. Hey, and no switching of shoes between the bike and the run means a speedy transition, right? :)
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