First Half: Half Ironman Augusta!

I'm racing ESI Ironman 70.3 Augusta this Sunday! It is going to be my first 70.3, and hopefully its a good dress rehearsal for Ironman Florida. I am in the 20th swim wave going off at 8:48, 1 hour and 18 minutes after the Pro's start. Hopefully the weather holds up and stays cool like it's been.

If you want to follow me on race day my bib number is 2498! 
You can follow me on Ironman Raceday Tracker by inputting my bib number.

Wish me luck everyone! I can't wait till I toe the line on Sunday!

http://ironmanaugusta.com/

Wilson 100 Century Ride

This was my first official century ride, my only goal was to complete it. I had no intentions to ride it hard I was going for an easy 16.5-17 mph ride. The terrain was nice rollers going through little towns and farm lands.  There were aid stations located about every 20-25 miles, they all were well stocked with food and fluids.

 I felt great through the first 75 miles, I was spinning up the hills and coasting the downhills. The hills weren't to bad, supposedly it is a very similar terrain I will experience in Half Ironman Augusta on September 30th.    The only thing I felt like I could have done a little better was my pacing on some of the steeper hills might have to fast going up. I end up averaging 18.4mph with a average heart rate of 160bpm.  The ride was a great confidence booster. I finished it stronger and faster then I expected. I was very pleased with my self, and it set a great tone for the training camp I had on labor day weekend.

Injuries BLOW!!

Around mid July I was going for a run and got a sharp pain in my left foot. I was just like, "oh I'm just sore," so I took it easy for a few days. I tried to run on it again a week later but that it didn't really happen. I ended up taking 5 weeks off. During that time I tried to bike 6-7 times per week and swim 4 day weeks. This really helped my biking and swimming. I was trying to maintain my run strength by doing some hill intervals

I started running 2 weeks ago. I'm running 6 days a week with low intensity trying to build my volume up for Ironman Florida! If not, I'm going to be suffering a lot on the run. I am doing three short runs two medium runs and one long run every week. Hopefully this will give me enough volume to get through the marathon.