Quote Originally Posted by ehirsch83 View Post
KSH,
I hate to say this, but, getting slower is a classic sign of over training. You need rest days! Be very careful, besides running your body down it can lead to injuries!(I am a good example, I ignored those signs and ended up needing knee surgery- and the ortho told me that my injury was due to over training).
But I am very inspired and impressed that you are going to do an IM, one day I would love to(need to learn to swim first)
Well, I was thinking so.

I wondered if I just going crazy, so I looked back over my training logs.

Back in June for 25-30 miles I would keep a 17-19 mph average on my bike.

Now, for the end of July/August, for 25 miles I'm keeping a 15-16.6 mph average.

That's a huge drop to me.

Otherwise, my running has always been somewhat pathetic and the heat has been killing me. On my LSD runs I typically keep a 12-13 mph average, due to walking/running intervals.