Training?

[colby]

I got to do my first longer ride outside last weekend. Ahh, that was nice! My legs took it well, my neck and shoulders were a little tired but all in all it was much better than I expected for 3 hours mostly aero.

I usually wear 2 pairs of shorts for Ironman (tri shorts and regular shorts), but I'm debating it. If I can find a good pair of tri shorts whose grippers stay in place, I'll probably just wear them by themselves. I wore my Zoots this weekend and one of the legs wanted to roll. But... my butt didn't hurt any more than it does when I wear 2 pairs of shorts. I guess past a certain point, you just don't care anymore. Makes it easy to find your sit bones?

The run on Sunday in warmer weather (we're talking 12-14 miles in 55-60 degrees here, not "hot") was ... bleh. I sweat so much, so salty. I usually do my long runs later in the day on purpose - realistically, I'm not going to be off my bike for 7 hours into the day, which is 2pm - but it's going to take some adapting as the weather actually turns to spring.

Back to raining... rode on the trainer today. Supposed to be nice again this weekend, I'm looking forward to it. I've been doing my non-swim-training at all hours of the day - running at dusk or at lunch, biking late at night. However you get in the miles is how you get in the miles...

Also, I'm very excited to see our forum's first Ironman adventure of 2011 soon!