Week 13

This week has been going great. Foot pain was gone and I haven't felt this great the entire week for my workouts. Monday, I did feel slow at first when I got in the water, but after I did a few sprints I felt really smooth. I added some intensity this week to the bike and run. Wednesday night I did the bike and Thursday I added the Run. The swim always seems to be more intense to me because I just want to float around and not really try. I was worried that the Wednesday night bike would wear my legs out for Thursday, but I felt really good in the swim (that is usually where I notice I am tired) and the run was awesome. I did 2 sets of: 1200 @ 75%, 800 @ 80-85%, and 400 @ 85%. I was really surprised at how fast I had to run to get my heart rate to get that high and stay there. I did this on the treadmill and for the 400, I had it at 6:15/mile pace. The treadmill did not like that. It was shaking all over the place. I could feel my foot starting to hurt when I was doing my cool down. This morning it was a little achy so I iced it and it seems to have gone away. It is not completely healed. I decided that it is a muscle/tendon weakness. When it acts up, the next day, the muscles that support my ankle are tired. I just need to strengthen that area. Tonight I am going to do my long bike. I am up to 3 hours. How nice would it be to get outside for it, but that won't happen. I am hoping that in 2 weeks it will be nice enough out to get outside because that is when my 3+ hours start. Saturday will be my day off. Heading to the Casino for my grandpa's birthday. Sunday will be my long run for the week: 1:45. It is going to be awesome out for that run.
Yesterday I got an interesting post card in the mail. It is from the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation and it says that I qualified for the 2009 State Games of America. I qualified by getting 3rd in my age group at the Iowa Games last summer. The race is August 1st, 2009. I was planning on doing Big Creek that weekend, but have not signed up for it yet. The State Games of America are in Colorado Springs. If I did not need to save up my money for Louisville, I probably would do this race. I looked up the times from prior years and it looks like I would be very competitive in this race. Maybe a top 3 finish. For sure a top 3 in my age group (based on prior year times) Anyway, it is only a sprint and it is far away so Big Creek is still the plan. Big Creek is going to be a very competitive race this year being the midwest regional championship race. This will really give me a feel of my talent or lack thereof in this field of great triathletes. It is going to be a great year of racing and I can't wait to get started!