20 Days...

We (my wife and I) had our first "triple-brick" workout yesterday. In essence it was a practice run of our tri. Not the exact distances, just timed workouts. We did a twenty minute run, a forty minute ride and a twenty minute run. So it was nothing too serious, but still, it was the first time I had done all three sports back to back to back.

There is only twenty days left until the Jordanelle Triathlon!!! I am really excited, I didn't think I would be this excited, but I can't wait! The biggest concern I have is the transitions. I am still deciding how to go about them... I think it will be fine though. My swim and run are getting better with every workout. My biking is fine... on a stationary. I still am yet to get out on my bike! I really need to get on the real bike. I would like to go up to the actual course by Jordanelle and do a couple rides up there, and maybe even do some practice swims in open water.

Alright, I'm going to bed now.

Bricks

So I bought my helmet and bike shorts. I got a Giro Phase helmet and some Pearl Izumi bike shorts. I can officially say I am a Giro-Head now, lol. Anyhow, I have come to find out that "Brick" workouts are hard! If you don't know what a brick is, it is when you do at least back to back workouts or back to back to back workouts. For example, tonight I did 40 minutes running then 45 minutes of biking. They are great practice, but yeah they are difficult. So that's all for now...

Bryce

Bryce Canyon 5k is in less than a week. I'm posting my official goal for it now, 25 minutes or less. Kinda ambitious but what the hell right?

So just a little training update here. Running is going well, not as well as I'd like, but well enough. Biking is pretty good too, still yet to get out on the open road as I haven't forked out the money for a helmet yet. I have improved the most in my swimming though. Using the Total Immersion DVD I have started from scratch learning how to swim as if a beginner, after a few weeks my stroke count is already way down from what it was swimming like I had learned before. I'm hoping to turn my weakest event into my strongest using what I've learned from Total Immersion, aka T.I.

Just a little off-topic note:

The movie, Batman: Mask of The Phantasm is really a pretty good show, if not a little bit predictable...