Ramping

Last few months I've done no working out. Last week I ran 16 miles, this week I'll have run about 24 miles. Next week I'm starting the Hal Higdon Advanced 10k training plan which is 8 weeks long----perfect for the Great Race.

My body feels beat up, but not as much as I thought it would. Sure, my pace isnt awesome, but need that base of mileage first. I'm confident that I'll be able to complete Hal's program and that when I do, I'll be a pretty speedy guy. Respectable at least.

Optimism is a good thing, and I'm trying to hit a 6:20 Eppies pace. I wont be with the leaders if I do that, but if they run 6 flat, I'll be about a minute back. That's not bad. If I can be a freaking motor on the bike AND catch a good draft, perhaps I can catch them on the ride?

Hard to believe I'm doing this.

Eppies 2006 data

Just looking through some old screenshots I had and found my GPS and Heart Rate data from 2006:

Run: 38:41, distance = 5.59 mi, pace = 6:55 min/mile, avg HR = 183bpm
T1: 2:05
Bike: 30:04, 23.8mph, 176 bpm
T2: 1:24, 180 bpm
Kayak: 41:20, 163 bpm

Interesting information there:

• The run is not actually 5.82 (I hit stopwatch at the Guy West Bridge)
• Bike is not actually 12.5 miles but 11.91 as I was probably cutting the corners and taken the shortest route
• T1 was longer than T2

If I could do:

• Run: 6:20 miles = 35:24
• Bike: 26mph = 27:30
• Kayak: 41 mins
• Transitions: take 15 seconds off: 3:14

Total: 1:47:08

This is based on 2006 data, so if we take the winning time of Don Hicks in 1:45:16 I will be just under 2 minutes back.

Maybe I can do this: the Great Race

Looked back on my training log from 2005: I ran San Diego Rock n Roll marathon 6/5/2005, then began training a week later for the great race. i.e. 6/11/2005.

That gave me about 5-6 weeks of training time and I won my division as was third overall Ironman.

I'm thinking I can do that again?!

Just DU it

Since I'm going to be back in California, specifically Herald area, thinking of doing the Just DU it race put on TBF multisport.

Back in 2005, I won overall in a time of 1:20.54

Can I beat that time?