Ironman Arizona training - week 3

3 weeks down. 21 weeks to go.

Another good week to round out Phase 1 of the training. I managed to get to swim practice twice this week and even did a T2 swim (the longer distance swim)! Made all the bike hours this week and did some extra run mileage. Gordon and I switched the long bike and long run this past weekend due to a dinner party on Saturday night. It's slightly easier to ride after a few drinks than run... well actually no it's not. Friends of ours cooked a great dinner on Saturday night, but a few glasses of champagne, a glass of wine, and a late night gave me a bit of a headache and tired legs for the bike ride on Sunday morning. Lucky we only needed to ride 40. But at the 25 mile mark I got a flat tire, caused by a piece of wire on the side of the road which caused a lovely gash in my rear tire. Which meant that I needed to finish the ride and just get home so that I wouldn't get a blowout (lucky we were only 20 minutes from home). Gordon also had to go out for the rest of the day, but because we are so dedicated to the training program (seriously) we made up the extra mileage on the trainer that evening. Go us!

Goal hours: 9
Actual hours: 9.58

Bike: 3.6hrs / 55 miles
Run: 3.25hrs / 21 miles
Swim: 2.5hrs / 6000 yards
Core: 0.25hrs

Felt a little tired Monday morning, but still doing okay...

This week is going to be a bit challenging with Thanksgiving and our trip to Florida. But the plan is to get as much bike riding as possible done early in the week, then run while we're in Florida.