Quote Originally Posted by Wahine View Post
KSH, congratulations on your first Oly. For that you should be proud and you're not even sore. Also a good thing.

Having said that, you're times are a little slower than what you would expect, especially on the swim and bike. The run, well it is really tough to do your first Oly run and I think you need to cut your self some slack there. The other 2 though, it makes me think you were over tired and maybe over trained right now. If it was me, I'd take about 3 or 4 days off completely and go back to at least 2 weeks of lighter training (intensity wise, not necessarily time).

Good job on the finish! It's no small feet to do an Oly distance race. You really should be proud.
Well, I might cut myself some slack if I didn't think I wasn't up for the challenge going into it.

In training, I do 3500 meters a workout... I have been doing long distance runs of 8 and 10 miles... and I have been doing 40+ mile bike rides. Honestly, I was ready for this tri.

I do think I was a little tired going into though, as my coach really took it to heart when I said "no taper until the Half Ironman".

Days off? Nope. No rest days for me. I keep training hard until my taper in October. Of course, I always seem to get 1 or 2 rest days a week...somehow. HA!

Anyhoo, thanks for the kind words. Trust me though, I could have pushed harder. I'm not even sore today.