Wildflower Training Weekend

This past weekend was training weekend for my triathlon. IT WAS AWESOME. We went to Lake San Antonio, camped in the site we'll be camping at, swam the distance we'll be swimming, then biked the actual course.  That night we had a catered pasta dinner, heard stories from honorees, and had some entertainment in the form of two skits from my team Captains and Mentors, and the East Bay team. Ours was obviously better. Sunday was an optional swim, at 7:30am, which i didn't do, and then the actual run course.

So Saturday: Swim 1.5km.  The water was beautiful, especially in a wetsuit.  I finished that in 29'42".  Sweet. My goal for race day was sub 30' so it'll only get better in the next 5 weeks.

We then went directly into the bike like we will do for the race, and i finished the 40km in 1:48'24". Sweet. My goal was sub 2 hours for the race, which means if i get some good hill workouts in in the next 5 weeks that will drop too.

The run on Sunday was a little tougher than i expected, but we did have one hell of a party saturday night, and i was on the championship flip cup team, so i wasn't exactly fully hydrated, but i finished the 10km in 57'34" which is 9:16 pace with walking and water stops.  SWEET. so my goal of sub 3:30 for the entire race has already been beaten! Even taking into account a 10' combined transition time, i'm still under 3:30.  So my new goal is sub 3:15.  And I'm going to do it.

I'm hooked on triathlon.  I can't wait to keep training, push myself hard these next few weeks, have a good taper before the race, and surpass my goal.

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