Less than 4 weeks to Ironman

I had another big week of training....14,000 yds. in the pool, 40+ miles of running, and 100 miles of biking this week. A little light on the biking side and heavier in the other two. I topped it off with a half marathon today preceded by a 3 mile warm up. I was feeling real good in my warmup as the cold rain pelted down. As the race started I ran the first 3 miles or so with a friend catching up, talking and it felt very easy. My HR was far below my target but the whole day was intended to be aerobic. I slowly left him and finally settled into my zone of HR145 as a started to pass a lot of people. I continued to pass a lot of people throughout the rest of the race and did not get passed by anyone the rest of the race. As the race went on, I got stronger....a very nice sign. I decided to go above my target HR for the last half mile to mile because I was feeling so good.

I'm feeling ready for Ironman. I have a fairly big week of training ahead of me peaking next weekend with 5 hour ride and 10 mile run the following day.....then its officially taper time. Everyone has been warning me that I will feel miserable during my taper from not training. I intend to use the extra time in the gym working on strengthening my core and improving my flexibility. Its also time to cut out the caffeine until race day. I'm sure I'll have a nice headache for the next few days. I need to watch my diet very closely too.

I had a good meeting yesterday with a new triathlon race management group who will be putting on a new triathlon in CT next year. They want me to be a part of it. I drove the bike and run courses yesterday and its a beautiful course. I'm going to ride it next weekend. Its going to be a challenging but fair course. I'm very excited about this race. I think its going to be a blast.