Week 8/13 Wildflower Plan

Week of 3/26	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Total
Swim				:45			1:00	1:45
				1600m				:45
Bike	1:30		1:00					2:30
				1:00		1:35		2:35
Run	:45				1:00			1:45
						:45		:45

Week 7/13 Wildflower Plan

Week of 3/19	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Total
Swim		1:00		:45			1:00	2:45
			2300m					1:00
Bike	3:15				1:00			4:15
		1:00				3:15		4:15
Run		1:45		:15			:40	3:00
				:35			1:53	2:30

Go Offroad Duathlon - Prescott

Yesterday was my first time running the GORD (Go OffRoad Duathlon) in Prescott.  I've had my eye on it for a couple years, but finally decided to do it.  It was pretty fun, if brutal at times.

The race is set up as a 1.5 mile trail run, then an 8.1 mile mountain bike, then a 2.2 mile trail run to the finish.  Whenever I start out running with a big group, I always seem to run too fast out of the gate... and this was no different.  About a half mile in to the run I had to start walking, I was super out of breath, and would basically stay that way for the rest of the day.

I finished the first run in a pretty quick time, around 11 minutes a mile.  The bike was fun but difficult... there were a few steep uphills that I had to walk up, and some fun downhills.  I almost ate it a few different times, mostly washing out in sandy turns, but at one point I was flying down this hill and got my shoelace  caught on my sprocket, and nearly went right off the side.

I struggled quite a bit throughout the race... a number of times thinking about just stopping.  About halfway through the second run I was just thinking about how in trouble I was going to be at Wildflower.  After thinking more about it, this wasn't really a good measuring stick for that.  Like I mentioned before, I started off too hot, and this had a lot to do with how I felt the rest of the race.  Overall, my time was 1:42:11, which I'm pretty happy with.

Week 6/13 Wildflower Plan

Week of 3/5	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Total
Swim		1:00		:45			1:00	2:45
		2000m			1600m		2000m	2:45
Bike	3:00				1:00			4:00
	2:00		1:00			1:00		4:00
Run		1:30					:45	2:15
		6.5mi				:45		2:15

Week 5/13 Wildflower Plan

Week of 3/5	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Total
Swim	1:00			:45			:30	2:15
		:10						:10
Bike	2:30						1:00	3:30
			1:00			1:40		2:40
Run		1:30		:30				2:00
	:30							:30