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June 19, 2007

To Feel My Butt Again

Back in April I went and hired myself a triathlon coach. The rationale for it was pretty similar to why I hired the running coach last year - I could spend the summer trying to figure out how to train for an olympic-distance tri and be hit-or-miss about it, or I could pay someone who knows these things to tell me how to train for it. Really, it was a no-brainer. I found a good deal through a local company, which gives me the added bonus of in-person sessions every now and then. At our first meeting, we talked about my history and whatnot, and she said, "Well, we know that you know how to run, so we'll focus your training on the bike and swim."

She wasn't kidding. In the past 6 weeks, I've done almost no running. I had a few tempo-type runs in the couple of weeks leading up to GMR, but since then? Very little. If I do any running, it's only 15-30 minutes, and it's after a longer bike ride. So, really, the main part of the workout is cycling with a wee smidgen of running at the end to get me used to running off the bike. I honestly don't think I've spent this much time on a bike since I was 14 when my friends and I would ride all over town since none of us could drive yet and we were bored with everything within walking distance. It's good, though. For starters, I'm getting much more comfortable with how my bike handles. I'm taking turns faster, braking less on the (wee small) downhills and no longer pray for my soul when I have to ride through a crowded area. These are all good things, and I'm starting to notice that my average pace in the same heart rate zone is slowly but surely increasing. Like I said, all good things.

There is one bad thing, though, and that is that I may never feel my butt again. Oh well. I suppose it'll be a small price to pay if all this riding now means I kick major butt in August.

Posted by Dawn at June 19, 2007 01:25 PM

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Posted by: JEN at June 20, 2007 04:02 PM