Hey there!!
Ok, so those of you that have been around since last year may remember my posts about my Ironman training. I did a weekly post summarizing the week in the life of a wanna be Ironman. Alot of you liked seeing what it took to take on the distance, so I thought I'd post again this year. If your not one of them- put me on your ignore list.

Well as you know, I AM Iron, so this years edition will be all about me trying to go from the "back of the back of the pack" to the "front of the back of the pack"
So here we go!! It was a good solid week. My brick today was AWESOME I rode a strong 50 miles averaging 15.5 mph which made me REALLY happy. My goal in the race is to be in that range. I then ran off the bike and did 8 solid miles. I didn't take any walk breaks which is HUGE for me!! I usually walk for a minute at the top of every mile. Today I found my groove at 11:32 minute miles and just went with it. That is a lot slower than I normally run- like a min per mile slower- but the fact that I was able to keep running at that pace for 8 miles was more important.

So here is a recap from my training log.

21-Jan Ride 3 hours- 46 Miles, run 1 mile (brick)
22-Jan Pilates 1 hr

23-Jan swim 27 min (1000 mtr), ride 1 hour, run 3 mi (not a brick did run and swim in AM, did ride in pm)

24-Jan Ride 1 hour - 16.2 mi, Run 3 mi (brick)
25-Jan Swim 55 min (2000 mtr), ride trainer-1 hr spin
26-Jan off***** *** *** *** ***

27-Jan Long Ride/Run brick: Ride 50.35 miles, 3:15 av 15.5 mph, Run 8 mi, 92 min, NO WALKING

Ok, on we go!!! Ya'll have a FABULOUS week!
Train hard, train safe, and train smart!
Denise