Ironman Week 9 in St. George, Utah

Last week I was in St. George, Utah coaching 2 guys that have been training for the past 5 month or so for their 1st ever Olympic distance tri. They raised several thousand dollars each for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. They did an awesome job.

The race director also let me in with the other swimmers to do the swim as well which I was able to finish in 25 minutes. The water temperature in Sand Hollow was just right. When the race was done I needed to do a 2.5 hour ride and I took the opportunity to ride part of the Ironman course.  It is hilly enough to make you want to stop and give up, but what goes up, must come down.

The same can be said for the run.  It starts off with a little hill that turns into false flat which turns into another hill which turns into a steep hill which turns into a steeper hill which turns into some rollers.  Then you go back the way you came, then go back again and then one more time.

I wouldn’t mind doing this course if it wasn’t for the time of year.  As in:  I don’t like the idea of training in the winter time.  At all.  There would be a lot of time spent on the trainer, that is for certain.  But, who knows, maybe one year I’ll give it a go…

That particular week of training wasn’t so bad.  That’s the best I’ve got for my report for that week of training…