Feels like it’s been forever since my last race and im going crazy to get that feeling again of being at a starting line. That huge charge of adrenaline, knowing that I put all the hard work in to make it to that point. Only a handful of days and I be in that zone lining up for the Rev3 Half Tri on June 5.
Since the Long Duathlon in Cumberland, Ontario on May 10 training has been going very well. I am very please with my performance and results during the last 3 weeks. Mileage has been ramping up and so has the intensity. With the horrible weather that we have been getting I have been doing a lot of training on my new CycleOps Powerbeam Pro and I absolutely love it. I was previously training with the Tacx VR machine but just found it to be too much of a hassle with the computer and all the wires. I really enjoy training with a trainer for the bike as there are no stop signs, red lights or crazy drivers trying to push you off the side of the road, and it never rains in my garage! My swim volume has remained the same but the intensity and pace have been improving. I swim 3 times a week at the Aylmer pool and try to make it to the Ottawa Triathlon Club swims when I can. My running has also been going very well and noticing some good gains in terms of running off the bike. Usually Saturdays are my hard brick days. Just this past Saturday my workout was 40min warmup on the bike followed by 3 x 30min at race pace with 5min break between and then straight to a run. The run started with a 1k warmup followed by 5k @ 3:53 pace, 5k easy, 2k @ 3:53 and 2k easy. Once I completed that session I knew that I was/am ready for Quassy. Coach P is really doing a great job at getting me ready for this one, like he always dose!
Two weeks I received my first shipment of BASE Amino and no joke, I can already feel the difference in terms of recovery and being able to keep the intensity up. I used BASE 2 seasons ago and don’t know why I stopped. This stuff really works and could help you to. I was also pretty sad to find out that it’s pretty much impossible to find Clif Shot Gels Mocha flavour anywhere around here, so I decided to switch to GU Roctane and am I happy I did. Great taste and works like magic, especially the 2x caffeine!
These last couple weeks are part of my taper period and using it as a good recovery so that I a feeling fully charged to smash out a solid race. This weekend will be my final tests to see where I am at and after that everything will be scaling back.
My Dad and I will be driving to Connecticut on the Friday morning and hopefully getting there in time for the practice swim at 2pm. I really need that considering the last open water swim I had was last year. There will also be a practice swim on Saturday.
For more information on the Rev3 triathlon Race here is the link.
Also if you would like to get some info on BASE nutrition products here you go!
Will be posting the day before the race!
Cheers
Lou
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