Wow! What a busy 3 weeks. Every weekend was something.
The first weekend was the annual Team Psycho Indoor TT. It is close to the worst way to spend 23 mins on a bike all year. I had a pretty tough day on the bike and only managed to ride the same watts as last year.
A few days later I was on a plane heading down to Clermont FL for the 2nd annual QT2 training camp. We really had it together this year and camp was a great time. I was able to meet a lot of new QT2er’s and get some good quality training in with some folks who have been around for a while.
I had adjusted my training schedule around so that I would be able to time the 5k we had planned for day 1 of camp. But Jesse started talking smack almost as soon as I walked into his house on Wednesday night, so there I was on the start line of a 5k. My first time on a track since June of 2008…..
It was a lot of fun as we had 15 campers on the sideline screaming and yelling as we ran by.
Then we pretty much swam and biked our butts off!
Here I am…running the show.
The weekend after camp was the 4th (I believe) annual Boston Triathlon Team Indoor TT. I was really looking forward to this for a few reason.
1) I knew after FL camp I was in really good bike shape as Jesse, Cait and I rode VERY hard for a VERY long time.
2) I really wanted to beat up Cort Cramer.
Race day came and Courtney and I made the trek to Starbucks for a Venti Pike’s Place with a turbo shot!
7:55 am we get called to the trainers, after a quick calibration, we are off. I knew within 60 seconds, the legs were ready for a solid ride. The plan was to build up to 351W around the 5 min mark. I made the decision to push it and get there within the first 2 minutes. After which I knew I still had room to go so I pushed it to 355 then 360 and finally 367 with an avg HR of 188.
I was more then happy with the effort as it was a 37W best of last year’s average power. Even if the computrainer’s numbers are wrong, the SRM doesn’t lie and it showed a 36W best from last year. So, once again “Rule #1″ (Jesse is always right) was once again enforced.
Hyannis half marathon was 7 days and 31 training hours away.
I knew a few thing would be VERY different from years past when I toed the line down the Cape
1) With the heavy early season bike focus (Ie complete lack of running) I would only have 6 weeks of actual running in my legs.
2) Coming at the end of a pretty big (for me anyways) 3 week training block I was going to be carrying a lot of fatigue.
My plan (hope) was to run within two minutes of last year. If I did that I’d consider the race a “win”
Long story short, I did just that. 1:18:XX. Not my greatest day by far, but for where I am in the season, i’ll take it.
Check it out on Strava.
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Nice picture of me post race. Completely shelled!
This picture was probably shot 3 minutes before the first one!
Next block contains my 27th birthday (where does time go?) and Texas 70.3!
You need a haircut. Smooches.