ironman arizona training weeks 3 & 4

Sorry I took so long to get back to this. It has been a very busy 2 weeks here at the Smith household.  Belle (our daughter), did a number on the spacebar on the keyboard, and we finally got it fixed. My work is keeping me very, very busy.  In one week from Wednesday I will be in Atlanta and that will be my life for the next 4 weeks.  Then I go to Toronto.  Anyway….

These workouts have a way of being not too hard, and just hard enough.  Monday & Wednesday consist of biking & lifting, Tuesday is swim (drills) & run, then Thursday is just a run.  Friday is a rest day.  Saturday is a long swim and a run & Sunday is a long ride.

The thing that is toughest for me right now is my work schedule and balancing Ironman with that.  Things will get a little easier as it gets warmer.  Today was already a big help with Daylight Savings starting up.

It was a cold day today having a couple inches of snow fall yesterday.  I made my way out to Redwood Rd. and I must say it has turned into a wonderful road with the size of shoulder they put on it.  Thank you very much.  Going back was tough.  It took me 49 minutes to get to Camp Williams and took about 55 going back.

Yesterday Ben had me swim warm up 500 then do 3 X 800 meters.  My 1st 800 was at 15:31 and I felt alright with that.  My 2nd one I brought it down to 15:01.  My last one I was on fire with with 100 meter pacing.  1:50-3:40-5:30-7:20-9:10-11:00-11:50-13:40.  I was knocking them out like clockwork.

I did every workout this week except the long run as I got a blister on my heel.  Anyway, that is it for now.

Thanks again for checking in!

Te Koi