Terri and I are in Austin for the weekend. To celebrate her birthday and so that I can race the tri rock Austin oly.
Today I walked all over the place. Ton of walking. 5 or 6mi.
To the water to get a practice swim in. With Terri to the check in and bike rack. Shopping w Terri.
The practice swim was great though.
I went to the swim out ramp and just played around. There were lots of folks there with their dogs throwing balls in the water. At one point, I had a retriever swim out to me add escort me back to the ramp. He was saving me.
This was all good. I have not felt relaxed the past two races that I have had in this water. Not sure why. But I felt very relaxed today. And I will have positive memories to revisit when the pre race nerves set in tomorrow.
The run from the bike rack to the mount line is a monster. Long and mixed surfaces. Grasses and sidewalk.
I don't know if I should put on Ike shoes in t1 or leave them on the bike.
I will walk around the area tomorrow morning without shoes and see how the grass feels. Last year it was dirt due to the drought. This year there is grass but I dont know about thorns and such.
Terri asked me what my goal was for tomorrow. Simple answer is under 2:40. But that might be out of my control. So here are my controllable goals for tomorrow:
Swim: pace myself do that I do not take any breaks.
T1- rubber band the shoe
Bike- more than 20mph.
T2- not much to it.
Run - gonna try and be more consistent. I had a decent run time in may but I ran my hr up to high and faded at the end because I had to walk a few time. So this run I will be watching pace and heart rate. Max of about 160 for the first 2mi. 163 to 165 for the next two then 170 for the last two. 8:30 is fine pace wise as well for the first 3 or 4 mi. Either one will be the limiter early on. My avg pace was about 8:30 for the middle 4 miles last race. My chip time says I was faster but I think the course was short. My gps says I was 8:30 ish on avg with miles everywhere from 8 to 9.
Ready to go.
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