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Small Texan Triathlon 2014 Report Boerne City Lake, Boerne, TX Swim - .93 / Bike - 28 miles / Run - 6.2 miles Start time 8:05 Overall time 4:12:46 (last year 4:13:20) Pre-Race For the 1st time ever Rob is not here for my race, he is back in MD for work so I was going solo.  I also had to put Lane in boarding since I had to get up early on Sunday and didn't want to leave her locked in the house for that long.  I was a bit disappointed to hear that the race was starting at 8 again this year, I wish they would start a bit earlier, possibly 730. I arrived around 7 and had plenty of time to find a decent spot and get setup with time to spare.  Standing around, I chatted with a few people but I was missing Rob and his reminders. Weather It started off great, very overcast and the water was very cool from the recent rain.  But it quickly got warm and the sun was hot! Swim After the leg cramp at Gatorbait I was a bit worried but the start for this race is di...

6/30/14 - 7/6/14 Swim - 2 Bike - 1 Run - 2 Strength Training - 0 Weight loss (weekly / year) - 0 lbs / 5.5  lbs Mileage (weekly / 2014)   Swim - 3,900  yds / 47,450 yds      Bike - 41.5 miles / 983.28 miles   Run - 11.23 miles / 271.85 miles The past 2 weeks, since my race, I have been lazy.  When I do workout I have great workouts but I'm not hitting all of my scheduled workouts.  There is no excuse, I have my next race in 2 weeks and I'm just frustrating myself.  This has happened to before other races so I'm familiar with this routine but I need to break this cycle.  This race is going to be tough because the temperatures are rising and it's going to be hot and this is my last race before the 1/2 IM race in September so I want to do well.   I think it's also troubling me that the hubby will be out of town during my race.  This will be the 1st race that I have done that he won't be at and I think that is adding to my...

Gator Bait Olympic - 6/21/14 - Boerne, TX - Race Summary: Overall time - 3:45:18 WEATHER:  Fantastic for racing, it was overcast the entire day.  Funny thing is about an hour after the race the sun broke. SWIM:  Upon arrival they informed us the water was cool enough for wetsuits.  I still have yet to buy a wetsuit and who would have thought it would be cool in June in Texas.  However, maybe a wetsuit would have helped me out. A short history lesson - almost 2 years ago I had back surgery and have a fair amount of nerve damage in my left leg, this can result in severe cramping during over use. This was a time trial swim start so we started individually and with just over 100 people doing the Olympic distance you didn't have to worry about anyone beating you up or running into you.  I was ready for the swim, had high hopes of improving my time from last year.  I walked in over the rocks and started to swim - BAM - just like that complete ...

6/9/14 - 6/15/14 Swim - 2 Bike - 2 Run - 2 Strength Training - 0 Weight loss (weekly / year) - 1.5 lbs / 9  lbs Mileage (weekly / 2014)   Swim - 2,400  yds / 54,400 yds      Bike - 56 miles / 867.28 miles   Run - 11.43 miles / 243.62 miles This was a rough week for me.  I started the week of with a weight gain and continued the week with low energy and taking 2 days off.  I ended the week with a weight loss with a good swim but a rough run.  I'm not confident in the weight loss or maybe the weight gain.  I think for the most part I have been eating well but I think I might not be getting enough protein and that might be contributing to my low energy.   Next weekend I'll be doing my 1st race of the season.  I'm feeling good and hope to have some solid workouts this week and have a good performance. My #1 goal is always to finish a race but I would also like to lower my time for this distance.   I also need to do ...

6/2/14 - 6/8/14 Swim - 2 Bike - 2 Run - 3 Strength Training - 0 Weight loss (weekly / year) - 0 lbs / 7.5  lbs Mileage (weekly / 2014)   Swim -4,700  yds / 52,000 yds      Bike - 55.3 miles / 811.28 miles   Run - 10.67 miles / 231.19 miles I missed one bike this week and all of my strength training and did not have a good food week and gained weight and I have my 1st race in 2 weeks and that stresses me out but I'm more worried how I'm going to get all my workouts in while the hubby is traveling for work, which is 5 weeks away.  Jeez So this weekend we went out and drove the bike course, since it's different than the race I did last year and that I'm doing this July.  WOW - OMG - HOLY MOLY - that is one big hill.  The bike course is very intimidating.  There is a VERY LARGE steep hill that makes my head spin thinking about it and it doesn't help that I haven't been outside riding on my bike.  Of course hubby is like you got...

5/26/14 - 6/1/14 Swim - 3 Bike - 3 Run - 3 Strength Training - 1 Weight loss (weekly / year) - 1 lbs / 7.5  lbs Mileage (weekly / 2014)   Swim - 4500 yds / 47,300 yds      Bike - 58 miles / 755.98 miles   Run - 11.66 miles / 221.52 miles We have had visitors in town all week and I setup an eating plan for the week and I'm very proud to say that I have stuck to it, especially on the weekend - woohoo! Yesterday I decided to hold off on my run until later in the afternoon when it's HOT and sunny - well I have quickly realized that I'm not ready for the Texas heat.....yet.  I really can only adjust my weekend workouts but will try to get at least 1 run a week out in the heat of the day.  I'm 3 weeks out from my 1st race and while the heat may have gotten to me yesterday I still feel that I'm ready for the race although I know the hills and heat will be tough I'm still excited and ready to go!

5/19/14 - 5/25/14 Swim - 1 Bike - 2 Run - 2 Strength Training - 1 Weight loss (weekly / year) - 0 lbs / 5.5  lbs Mileage (weekly / 2014)   Swim - 1900 yds / 42,800 yds      Bike - 53 miles / 697.98 miles   Run - 10.2 miles / 209.86 miles It's been a few weeks since my last update, but no worries I have still been training.  Had some hiccups over the past few weeks with some sore muscles but I have kept moving in the right direction.   I have been serious about my training but I have not been serious about my eating.  I usually do pretty well during the week but fall apart on the weekends and much of my hard work throughout the week goes to the way side on the weekends and then I'm in this constant back and forth struggle.  So my game plan is to limit my dining out and alcohol intake.  We have family in town this week and next so I'm limiting myself to drinking 1 day each week and 1 splurge meal each week.  Then the final 3 ...