The weekend after I returned to CT, it was a USATF race in Branford. A flat 4 miler, which I ran at 7:29 pace. This additionally contributed to my growing disappointment, as I ran that race last year @ 7:10 pace. Ughh!
The final blow came for me at the Rev70.3, which admittedly I did as Training and did not race. Still I was quite disappointed with my rather slow bike time, 13.59 mph albeit on a very technical course. I think my biggest equipment issues were that my Suunto heart rate monitor lost connection during the swim and I did not get it back until 90 minutes into the bike as well as my bike computer which started flashing, then died... Was lost without my cadence meter.
Well, as planned since I did not race this one, recovery time was minimal. All week I vacillated between quitting tri forever and appreciating how exciting it's been to do something so super challenging in which I have no natural ability.
After getting myself together, I started researching hill climbing technique, and got out to practice the hills a few times. Truthfully, I think the place where I'm losing the most time is on the descents and being too scared to get up out of the saddle. I'm also watching those calories, and will knock this body down to race weight ASAP. Other components of Project Placid include using SwimCordz every morning, taking iron tablets (I think I'm anemic again), tons of body weight squats, only using the stairs at work (those consults on the 8th-10th floors are going to be killer), push ups, taping down my bike computer/ cadence attachment, and using the polar heart rate monitor +/- the add on GPS unit on the run.
I am also contemplating a return to my old training program template as I do not think the volume has been high enough with the Friel program.
So that's it, folks, I'm back at...expecting nothing, prepared for anything, It's Lake Placid or Bust!
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