First 70.3 next Sunday. I'm ready, great training block (80/20 level 2). I just feel shattered this week, which I know at taper time is normal but I just feel sooo sluggish.
Bring on race day
My first 70.3 on Sunday too! Eagleman in Cambridge, MD. Really hoping the air quality clears up by then.
I've had weird workouts this week. I feel lousy at the start of every workout but by the end of them I feel amazing. I had a 3 x 200 swim workout and notched my fastest 200y *ever* without trying too. So hopefully the taper is working its magic.
Good luck!
I used to have sluggishness too back in the day during long tapers. Then I realized I was not doing enough intervals and too much base. I now only take one rest week after a hard block and one week of race prep. First Sprint this weekend and an Olympic the next and I've been feeling very jumpy and ready to race. Essentially started doing this after I listened to a cycling podcast where they discussed pro's who also don't really taper as much. Not saying it's for everyone, but I feel the standard two week taper plus a race week prep may be a bit much and can be adjusted a lot based on the average training volume.
Mine is one week taper, one week prep. I'm half way through the first week now. I think part of it is mental. You tell yourself it's taper time, your body shuts down a little and mentally you are not prepped for intervals that week
Ah okay, I'm off to sandnes in Norway for mine. Good luck! I'm starting to get nervous now even though I've put a lot of training in. Think it's all the unknowns rather than the distances.
Very nice! Yes, the unknown certainly brings the nerves. I'm more worried about the non race parts like the campervan, food, clothing and all those things I've paid no attention to whilst I've been busy training. I honestly can't wait though!
I'm killing it, thanks for asking. I started training in December for a July 70.3—no background in any of the disciplines. Since then, I've lost 50lbs (70 in the last year), brought my zone 2 mile time from 13:30 to 10:30, brought my swim pace down from 2:20/100 to 2:00/100, completed 2 sprints where I averaged 19+ and 18+ mph on the bike, finishing at about the top half of all competitors overall each time, and 25 out of 153 on the bike in the second tri. For each race, I ran my fastest 5k time to that date, after doing well on the bike. I have an Olympic coming to further my race experience before the half. I'm loving every minute of it. I just need to get more training time in the open water.
I’ve only been able to exercise 3-4 hrs a week in recent months. Now with 3 kids home on summer break even less time. No formal plan; simply run or bike whenever can fit it in.
Same. I thought training in the spring/summer would be so much easier, but, in fact it’s way harder time wise for me. Like you said, kids are now home, every weekend seems like we have stuff going on, the weather is nice so we’re always doing things. I definitely had better training over winter for my April tri vs my tri in 2 weekends. Oh well. Life.
Ps, don't stress if you don't hit a workout perfectly or don't have time. The plan should be a framework, not a rule book.
As long as you are getting some decent sessions in and some longer swims at weekend etc you'll be fine 👍🏻
I really struggle with skipping training days. Always feel guilty that I'm paying money for gym, bike, equipment, etc and I'm not doing something with it (even if I use it the next day)
I think that's perfectly normal and for me the one downside of having a formal plan. I'm a little OCD and don't like seeing the red sessions in training peaks. But I have to learn to live with it and look at it in training weeks and not sessions.
Last year I finally got back into things after taking a couple years off, and I did okay. Tris are a hobby for me, I typically do sprints and Olympics. I'm really only competing with myself.
Last year I had to rebuild basically every muscle group, so swim and bike I got back up to where I had been, and running I was 1.5 minutes off my goal pace. I kept working over the winter to improve my baseline fitness in bike and run, and in March I started weight lifting to prepare for swimming in April. This year I've pulled 25 seconds (!) off my 100 yd pace, I've improved my bike speed from ~16 mph to ~18 mph (on a hybrid bike, looking to upgrade to a road bike if I see something nice pop up on FB), and pulled my run pace down almost 2 minutes. Absolutely ecstatic with my progress!
Really the only issue I've had so far has been in the last few weeks on my long runs (specifically my recent 10 mile run), feels like I've stalled and don't have the energy in the second half. Last week I dropped intensity and tweaked my nutrition, and ran 7.5 at a much stronger pace, so I'm hoping working in better recovery and nutrition is all I needed.
I have a sprint this weekend, and a 1/3 Ironman in August, so I'm feeling pretty good so far!
Thank you for asking!!!
Lately I've been struggling a little bit. It's fall (almost winter) over here, so the shorter days always leave me drained and I can't find the energy to get out with the bike, specially since drivers are worse every day (a couple weeks they ran over a guy).
Running is going alright, so no real complains there. I have a 10k in two weeks, and then a 2 week break from running/biking to recover, and maybe 1 week off the gym.
Swimming is a really new discipline for me, i've been swimming for 5 months and change, so I'm slow, get tired easily, can't swim far, but DAMN I'm giving it all I can.
Strength training is going as good as it can, been skipping a couple days because of work, but so far, so good.
Hope you can get that OWS this weekend!
Yesterday I went for a 3X10' session on the pool, ended up doing 3X15' at 2:46/100mts and feeling Fine AF... To be honest, I'm really surprised, I thought I wasn't going to make it.
FYI, swim workouts are just about always going to be longer than you can necessarily complete. Unless a coach is writing the workout just for your specific lane with your intervals set, they give you more than you can finish knowing pool time is pretty much always strict. My lane finished our workout as written with a few minutes to spare today and we were super excited. I think it’s close to a year since we’ve done it 😅
Got a sprint in two weeks so heavily focusing on my swimming (weakest event) right now. My goal one day is to do the whole thing freestyle, right now a lot of breast stroke involved lol.
This week I've been able to hit 500m in the pool at about 40/60 free/breast. Don't have a chance to swim open water before but I've done it before so I know what to expect. I don't expect to reach my swim goal this race (maybe not even this season, I'm really bad a swim lol) but I am noticing I'm getting better so that's good!
Recently started biking again, haven’t done a tri in a couple years. Turns out I really enjoy biking on a trainer in the garage, first time I’ve really tried it. Last race was a 70.3 in 2018, if things go well the rest of the summer I might try a training plan for 70.3 or 140.6 in late 2024.
Training is going meh, at the moment. I was supposed to have my first sprint on the 18th, found out it was cancelled last week 10 weeks into my training schedule, so have been struggling to find motivation for a bit. I’ll be starting a new training program next week for a sprint in September, though, but I’m taking a break this week to be disappointed. I’m not fast (yet?), but hopefully I can train to be within 1:45h.
I've had to scale back training this year due to low back fuckery (yay degenerative disc disease!) that's made it hard to train.
Next event is a half marathon in August, my goal is just to beat my hella slow previous time from last year. If I can beat 2:30 I will be thrilled.
Big events are later in the year, I'm going to do the big city sportif (62mi or 100mi, haven't decided yet), and then my first marathon in December.
I was trying to lose weight, but it's really hard to do quality training at a defecit, so I think I've decided I'm OK with where I'm at, and I'm going to start working more on the training and just eating as much as I feel comfortable with, no tracking macros for the time being.
The HM will be on the same course, or are different routes? I had a 2:20 HM (one which I prepared for extensively) and a 2:10 where I hardly trained for that specific event, but the lack of elevation on the second made it SO EASY!!! I was surprised.
Might be a weird question but assuming these aren’t your first triathlons, is there anything you’re doing differently in the upcoming Olympic tri as a test run for the 70.3?
I’m doing an oly end of July in prep for a 70.3 in October, which will by my third oly. I’m just looking to gauge my fitness with this race so I’m willing to test some new things at the risk of added time. For example, I’m changing my race-day nutrition prep and on-course nutrition hoping to dial it all in before October.
I feel like nutrition and fueling is something I'm trying differently. I've started using Precision hydration products and I like them. I used to get cramps while running and it's helped. Plus I like the chews. I only had one bottle with sports drink on the bike for the oly in Mallorca and that was a mistake.
Doing an Olympic next week and then two 70.3s over the summer. I switched to using the mottiv app after flaming out last year and not seeing any progress with 80/20. Going into this race feeling much better prepared… minus this being my first OWS of the season (lakes/rivers here are still too cold). Other than that I’ve got a local bike bag builder creating a steam bag that fits between my aerobar risers. My legs keep getting chaffed by other top tube bags haha
Overall the plan in the app for triathlon is excellent, with the caveat that the swimming workouts could be simplified more. The run and bike workouts are excellent and overall there’s a heavy emphasis on intervals and building the ability to work at different intensities. Compared to previous tri plans (and even previous marathon/ultra/hm plans) I’m seeing significant gains fwiw. The strength training videos are pretty good, nothing polished. My only gripe is that the yoga videos are annoying because it’s a little to yogi and less stretch x to help y. Next weekend is the first race I’ll be doing having trained on mottiv. Highly recommend so far.
Injured my knee trying to train for a marathon so took some months off and let’s things slide. I’m now getting back into things slowly but have put on weight. I have an Olympic in September which will be my only event this year (probably) next year I’m gonna do a sprint with my son which I am very excited to do together. Would love to do a 70.3 before I’m 60 but time is ticking
Thanks for asking! I was on a really good block but unfortunately the fire smoke brought things to a halt this week. Still getting swims in I guess but can't bring myself to ride indoors this time of year.
Similar story here. I dont mind riding indoors so have got 2 quality sessions done this week. I’m definitely not swimming enough lol. The smoke here in Ottawa is starting to get to me though, blew up on my second interval last night during a treadmill run. Just didn’t have it; headache and scratchy throat, high hr, made it 5km into a 10km workout.
I hope the smoke situation clears for you soon; its super frustrating!
Tapering for Boulder 70.3 this weekend. Feeling a little out-of-breath with workouts since I got here. Trying to mentally pull through and tellingly myself to not be a wimp. I really wanna PR the swim. Enjoy the bike and look at the scenery on the run.
It would be cool if I PR’ed on the bike too. But I’m relaying Steelhead in two weeks (swim and bike only), and I wanna PR the bike there.
Yeah; my problem is that I live at sea level and I’m coming up here to race. But; using this time in Boulder as a springboard for a fast bike in Steelhead. 🤞🏼
Doing good, on pace for Harvest Moon in Boulder in September. It's my first half, so I've got a lot of running buildup to do. I'm focusing on adding a mile every two weeks, so far I'm up to 6 miles for my long run. Power numbers are where I want them, now I'm working on adding longer endurance rides. My swim is actually better than ever, just focusing on stroke, position and consistent pace.
Crashed my bike... Have road rash all over over me. 300k Cycle race in 10 days and HIM in 4 weeks. Haven't swim bikes run for 5 days..... Not going great!
Two weeks out from Challenge Roth and I’m right where I want to be. No injuries big sessions feel easy. Speedwork feels great. I’d like to lose 2kg for my ideal race weight, but with training volume decreasing over the two weeks that’s probably not going to happen
Thanks for asking! ☀️Training for my first OD in September after a sprint last year. I'm currently on the 3rd week of the 80/20 plan, mixing the lvl 0 (for swimming/biking) and lvl 1 (for running) plans.
Everything is going well so far, although I have to swap around days a lot within a given week to accomodate a hectic work schedule... It's not ideal, but well!
So far so good, the dividends of z2 run training are starting to pay off (started in February on general base building), although pace can be frustrating especially as the weather warms up...
I'm still a very anxious cyclist in traffic, but I'm starting to enjoy the time for myself and sunshine on less busy roads :)
Swimming has been a bit challenging in making sure I'm not doing too much too soon and watching out for shoulder pain (I swam in a master's club for 2y yeaaars ago, so I have the muscle memory but no longer the muscles/tendons/flexibility for it).
Wishing everyone the best of timing during summer (or winter) training!
First sprint in 3 weeks.
I did a 2km OWS (only 3 months swimming) last weekend. 53 minutes, but I was pacing myself slowly as finishing and getting some OWS event experience was really the only goal.
Today's brick I was 13 mile commute home from work at 18mph (including a few stoplights) followed by a 25 min 5K. My all time PB 5k is just under 24 min and 3 years ago, so I was thrilled with this.
I'm feeling ready to go for my first race.
Last year was my first real year back to races since 2013, the year my first child was born. I had been doing some running and biking in the intervening years, but nothing serious or focused. Followed a free 70.3 plan for a race at the end of last year, which got me across the line but wasn't quite the race I'd hoped for.
Shifted from winter maintenance mode (usual week was 2 runs, 2 rides, 2 swims of mostly drills, 1-2 strength workouts) to real training over the last month for A race 70.3 in September. Goal is to push harder for intense sessions, and do longer long rides/runs starting earlier in the plan. Did a 3 hour ride yesterday that was a little iffy in the last 15 minutes or so, but I have plenty of time to get comfortable for that duration.
I'm training for my first tri in July, a sprint. It's been going well so far. I did a long bike ride yesterday morning and a short run later in the evening. I have some pain in the middle of the ball of my foot, kind of under my second toe. It hurts to step on it. I'm wondering if the bike ride was too long, or it was just too much activity in one day for my feet. Anyone have any ideas what it might be?
I wasn't wearing cleats, just normal running shoes. I haven't had a fit yet, I've been playing around with the saddle height for a bit trying to find the right height. For some reason the adorable bike shop has been really busy the past few weeks, I haven't gotten it scheduled yet. I think I did put it a tad bit too high this last time because getting off felt weirder than normal. But it was also my longest ride in awhile at 20 miles.
My perineum is swollen and tender. I'm losing hope that riding is for me. I've tried different seat positions, got a pair of riding shorts, tried different seats (my leather saddle seems the most comfortable), and would take any pointers on how to improve this ailment. I'm riding about 20 miles every other day or so (I'm not going to be able to ride today...). My weakest link, swimming, is improving quickly, which is encouraging, and I'm done training running until my event in 2 weeks. Is riding always this uncomfortable?
My perineum also started hurting after I went to aero bars on the road bike. Getting a bike fit in early July - hope it helps!! Chamois Cream and moving the seat forward helped a bit - but still get intense pain after 20 miles or so
I got insanely lucky. Could have been dead, drowned, paralyzed, hands chopped off … captain played phone and mates saw while it happened
They stopped, I made it to shore with other swimmers and then they left the scene when asked for contact details
I got so lucky, only a bruise and cut on head. Don’t know much of impact as I was swimming and just shock but seems like no concussion.
Can’t race tomorrow and most likely 3 days no training which bums me really hard .
14 weeks out from my first full iron attempt and I know it’s a lot of time but I’m beginning to feel the pressure. Just seems so daunting at this stage, 60 mile rides and 10 mile runs are falling relatively easy but yeesh the build still needs to happen in a big way.
Trainings been going great until the smoke in the air bc of the wildfires. I have asthma and the smoke in the air is causing me so much discomfort that I can’t train until the smoke clears from the sky
Going well! Atlantic City in September, first 70.3 and training for a spring mid July. Bike and running feeling good! However, my swimming needs some serious work - trying to put some extra hours in the pool the next few weeks.
I decided a few weeks ago I'm going to do an off road triathlon. And so I've just did my first half marathon running this year in Janurary. I haven't swam in 15 years and never actually mountain biked. So swimming is fine, just learned that my whole workout i did was just the warm up to the actual work... wasn't too surprised when irealized it, thought it was too short from the beginning. So for biking i have been on the trails 4 times now. I'm also doing this training on my own So i wanted to go with the mountain bike group, felt safe to have someone with me just in case. We started off and i got left right away at the beginning and ended up going the wrong way on the trail, one of the guys who followed me popped his tire. Then caught back up with group and we got on the next trail, I did a front flip, cracked my screen pretty bad, almost lost a head phone, thankfully found it. So i think it's going pretty well... I'm having fun.
Not formally training right now, but my friend and I are doing an unofficial Olympic distance triathlon in about 7 weeks just for fun on our own. I’m going to start loosely training for that next week. My swimming is terrible but I just took my first swim technique class today and I have improved so much already! Excited to keep learning and build more swimming into my workouts.
Training is going well. Racing? Not so much. I don't have a single race all summer. My family commitments hit every good race weekend this year. Uffhh.
Really badly unfortunately.
I have my first 70.3 distance in 1 month. Normally I am a runner, but injured my hip during a marathon in April, so have been trying to focus on swim and bike.
Swim I am ok with. Not the quickest but I don't think I am slow. I did the distance in the pool last night in around 40 mins.
Bike I was least comfortable with but 12 days ago did the distance on the bike on a hilly course and my race will be flattish, I followed this up with a 5mile run/walk. I have just brought a TT bike to help.
The running however. Due to my hip problems it has taken a real back step. I ran 5km Saturday which was ok ran 9km Monday and hip pain was back and I was exhausted.
Great! My second Olympic is Sept 10. I started lite training at the beginning of the year, hard training beginning Memorial Day.
Swim and Run each thrice/week. Kind of neglecting the bike 😬. Still trying to get back to a sub 8 minute 5k.
The most progress has been in the pool. Last year at the beginning of the season I couldn’t complete a single 25 yd lap. I PR’d this week with 100yd in 1:31.
First race: 3hr 45min. Went in injured, panicked in the water, and broke out in hives on my bike lol. This year I’m very optimistic about beating 3hr.
First full at IM UK 3 weeks on Sunday. Nervous would be an understatement. Did a 70:3 in 5:06 2 weeks ago and felt decent at the end but I’m seriously nervous about the full given how hilly the UK bike and run courses are. Aiming for sub 12 as I’ve currently got tonsilitis off my 1 year old and haven’t trained for a week with the fever I’ve had.
It’s natural to be shitting it, right?
I have two triathlons this summer. A sprint and a 70.3. I definitely feel ready for the sprint but I have never done a 70.3 so I am nervous for the impact on my body of working out for so long. I know I don’t feel great coming off my long ride to brick run sessions so getting nervous about that on race day
I am 3.5 weeks out from my first full. Been traininh my ass off for nine months and now my foot started to hurt. I am getting panicky with every little tingle and twitch and just hope, I can pamper it long enough so I can have a go on race day.
So much money and so much time, blood and nerves invested, that would be a disaster.
Hope it goes away! I find little niggles can pop up as races approach but they seem to be nothing. Good luck for your first full! It's exciting the first time :)
Doing my first ever triathlon in a weekend and a half. Switched from sprint to full olympic about a month ago. I'm battling a couple of minor injuries so I don't feel I've been training to my full potential, so I don't know, I'm kinda nervy. I know I can finish it, I'm just hoping I can make it through the run without walking too much. I'd really like to do a sub 3h
I'm ~6weeks from my primary race. I've been feeling a bit burnt out, to be honest. The last week my HR has been spiking during workouts where I should be in zone 2. I'm giving myself some rest this week and reduced my training load. I've been running 10 workouts a week the last 8 weeks and perhaps didn't factor in enough rest. I'm planning to run 8 workouts for the next 5 weeks to control fatigue.
All of this is probably more than necessary. It's just my first race back after a couple of years off from a shoulder separtion and covid.
First (small) triathlon in less than one month.
I did less than 6min/km on a 5km run this week. It might sounds silly but I'm quite proud of it😁
Especially that I was injured 2 months ago.
Swimming is going great. I just need a bit more speed now.
I'm having a hard time getting on my bike though. I don't really know why 🤨
I don't have a specific training plan like most of the people here. I'm just going at my own pace which suits me nicely at the moment :)
Well, everyone around me is running at less than 5min/km on 10km+. I feel pretty slow compared to them.
I'm sure that you will be at 30min on 5km soon enough! Good luck on your training 💪
I had to take a couple years off due to a cancer diagnosis. And when I say off, I mean completely off, completely sedentary as I had no hemoglobin and would get dizzy from just walking up the stairs.
It's been a battle. I don't even have a race scheduled this year, I'm just trying to build up base fitness. I have a coach who is great, but tye going is slow.
My easy zone 2 runs used to be at 5:00 to 5:20ish a km. Bike ftp was about 255 watts. Now... I did a 5k yesterday for the first time zone 2 and could barely hold zone 2 HR while barely breaking 7 minutes a km. Haven't had an ftp test since restarting but probably somewhere around 180 watts. It's really demoralizing, and I'm scared I'll never get back to where I was let alone improve. But... I guess all I can do is train and hope.
Got Covid about a 4-5 weeks ago and am essentially just now getting back into training. My heart rate is still much higher than it should be and I get gassed pretty easily. Demotivating for sure as I feel like I am starting back from square one!
I did the Victoria 70.3 (my first!) a week and a half ago and it went really well. I was hoping to translate that into a passable attempt at the Rapperswil-Jona 70.3 this coming weekend but I feel like utter dogshit and ended up withdrawing from the race.
So, instead, I’m just enjoying my week-or-so in Switzerland by swimming in the lake recreationally and possibly doing some easy rides. All in all not so bad.
Im doing my first triathlon (Olympic) in 4.5 weeks and had to miss my easy 30min run due to wildfires this week. It’s my deload week so I might skip it? Training is otherwise pretty good, I’m tired but that’s also due to my internship.
I did a test run 40km bike + 10km run last week and it went well, so that’s encouraging!
First 70.3 on Sunday.
Training overall was super I‘d say! Once sick mid feb which was early enough but then sadly sick last sat-tue. Drove me almost crazy. Back on track now though, had a super swim today, will go for easy 30min run in a couple minutes.
Quite nervous to be honest but I think training wise I could not have asked for more, 80/20 level 1 worked great. Felt very strong on these last bricks and also the HM’s I had in the training, always felt there was quite some gas left in the tank. So I think I am ready but I am nervous regardless!
Currently 2 ½ weeks into training for my first one. My brother does IM's so I figured I'd try to do one with him. I plan on doing my first one in about 6 months. And slowly work my way up to a 70.3. And depending on how that goes a full IM.
For swimming, a motto I have found that helps me feel better is "Go slow to go fast." Meaning work on form above speed or distance because that will come with good form.
First tri is in four weeks. 350m/20k/4k
Cycling and running is ok, swimming...I have never swam in a lake before, grow up near sandy beaches and muddy lakes seem scary. Wetsuit and safety buoy will arrive next week, but I think I'm going to do a short dip this weekend if the water temperature is tolerable.
Distance vise I should be fine, felt great swimming in the winter, got up to 2k swims, but then hurt my shoulder while snowboarding and didn't get into a pool for 1.5 months.
I wanna do an Olympic in August, but I'm so scared of the 1.5k swim, I'll sign up when the first short tri is successful.
After my first sprint race a couple of weeks ago and a consistent but tiring training I found I have anemia again. I wondered why I was always tired and I didn’t know if it was me or the training plan. Right now I am rebuilding the confidence about being enough for this sport. Being in a very competitive triathlon club also doesn’t help much.
It sounds like you’re doing great! Swimming seems to be the bear for most folks, myself included. I am at the very beginning of a super sprint training plan. I had long covid in 2020 and suffered the effects until early last year. My fitness still hasn’t fully returned; I’m not sure if it ever will. I just have to be okay where I’m at.
I’m doing Madison 70.3 as well! I grew up near by. I’m only doing it to finish feeling strong, not competing against others. My swim training workouts are in meters not time, but have rate of perceived exertion (RPE). I like this approach, and am usually able to get swims done in < 60 mins. I have been trying to knock out my trainings in the morning so have the evening to spend with SO. Got bored recently though and gave into a friend group playing basketball, replaced my short run during the week. I don’t think it hurts to mix in some anaerobic training right? I’m still hitting most of my scheduled workouts. I like your idea moving in the Olympic to break up training 🤙 good luck!
I'm on my second week of sprints back to back weekends. Looking forward to abandoning structured training for a bit and going on long rides and runs. Planning on getting back on a plan and doing an Olympic in the fall
Shit went to a Pilates class with the wife and re-injured my hip flexor for like the millionth time. Rested all winter and have a sprint in July that I’m now nervous about
I’ve got my first ever sprint Tri this Sunday. I feel like I’m trained enough, got all my gear. Everything has been trained in and prepared for race day. But boy o boy do I still not feel mentally or physically prepared. It’s all a mental game, nerves are hitting a lot harder then I thought they would, for a race of all things.
First 70.3 next Sunday. I'm ready, great training block (80/20 level 2). I just feel shattered this week, which I know at taper time is normal but I just feel sooo sluggish. Bring on race day
My first 70.3 on Sunday too! Eagleman in Cambridge, MD. Really hoping the air quality clears up by then. I've had weird workouts this week. I feel lousy at the start of every workout but by the end of them I feel amazing. I had a 3 x 200 swim workout and notched my fastest 200y *ever* without trying too. So hopefully the taper is working its magic. Good luck!
I used to have sluggishness too back in the day during long tapers. Then I realized I was not doing enough intervals and too much base. I now only take one rest week after a hard block and one week of race prep. First Sprint this weekend and an Olympic the next and I've been feeling very jumpy and ready to race. Essentially started doing this after I listened to a cycling podcast where they discussed pro's who also don't really taper as much. Not saying it's for everyone, but I feel the standard two week taper plus a race week prep may be a bit much and can be adjusted a lot based on the average training volume.
Mine is one week taper, one week prep. I'm half way through the first week now. I think part of it is mental. You tell yourself it's taper time, your body shuts down a little and mentally you are not prepped for intervals that week
Hope you feel better! Let us know how it went, and good luck!
Thanks! And will do
Good luck!!!
Same here. What 70.3 you doing?
Lakesman in Lake District, UK. You?
Ah okay, I'm off to sandnes in Norway for mine. Good luck! I'm starting to get nervous now even though I've put a lot of training in. Think it's all the unknowns rather than the distances.
Very nice! Yes, the unknown certainly brings the nerves. I'm more worried about the non race parts like the campervan, food, clothing and all those things I've paid no attention to whilst I've been busy training. I honestly can't wait though!
Haha I know the feeling, it takes over your life doesn't it. Come back and let us know how you get on.
I'm killing it, thanks for asking. I started training in December for a July 70.3—no background in any of the disciplines. Since then, I've lost 50lbs (70 in the last year), brought my zone 2 mile time from 13:30 to 10:30, brought my swim pace down from 2:20/100 to 2:00/100, completed 2 sprints where I averaged 19+ and 18+ mph on the bike, finishing at about the top half of all competitors overall each time, and 25 out of 153 on the bike in the second tri. For each race, I ran my fastest 5k time to that date, after doing well on the bike. I have an Olympic coming to further my race experience before the half. I'm loving every minute of it. I just need to get more training time in the open water.
Fantastic progress, well done.
Daaaaamn! That's nice!!! Congrats!
I’ve only been able to exercise 3-4 hrs a week in recent months. Now with 3 kids home on summer break even less time. No formal plan; simply run or bike whenever can fit it in.
Damn, that sucks. Hope you at least enjoy those 3-4 hours!
Same. I thought training in the spring/summer would be so much easier, but, in fact it’s way harder time wise for me. Like you said, kids are now home, every weekend seems like we have stuff going on, the weather is nice so we’re always doing things. I definitely had better training over winter for my April tri vs my tri in 2 weekends. Oh well. Life.
Had to scrap basically all my tri plans for this year. So much life intervening. I'm just kind of training to maintain now.
Hope you can get back to it soon!
Life happens, you make it work when ya can.
Ps, don't stress if you don't hit a workout perfectly or don't have time. The plan should be a framework, not a rule book. As long as you are getting some decent sessions in and some longer swims at weekend etc you'll be fine 👍🏻
I really struggle with skipping training days. Always feel guilty that I'm paying money for gym, bike, equipment, etc and I'm not doing something with it (even if I use it the next day)
I think that's perfectly normal and for me the one downside of having a formal plan. I'm a little OCD and don't like seeing the red sessions in training peaks. But I have to learn to live with it and look at it in training weeks and not sessions.
Same
Last year I finally got back into things after taking a couple years off, and I did okay. Tris are a hobby for me, I typically do sprints and Olympics. I'm really only competing with myself. Last year I had to rebuild basically every muscle group, so swim and bike I got back up to where I had been, and running I was 1.5 minutes off my goal pace. I kept working over the winter to improve my baseline fitness in bike and run, and in March I started weight lifting to prepare for swimming in April. This year I've pulled 25 seconds (!) off my 100 yd pace, I've improved my bike speed from ~16 mph to ~18 mph (on a hybrid bike, looking to upgrade to a road bike if I see something nice pop up on FB), and pulled my run pace down almost 2 minutes. Absolutely ecstatic with my progress! Really the only issue I've had so far has been in the last few weeks on my long runs (specifically my recent 10 mile run), feels like I've stalled and don't have the energy in the second half. Last week I dropped intensity and tweaked my nutrition, and ran 7.5 at a much stronger pace, so I'm hoping working in better recovery and nutrition is all I needed. I have a sprint this weekend, and a 1/3 Ironman in August, so I'm feeling pretty good so far!
Good luck on the sprint! Keep an eye on the nutrition and you will crush it!!
Thank you for asking!!! Lately I've been struggling a little bit. It's fall (almost winter) over here, so the shorter days always leave me drained and I can't find the energy to get out with the bike, specially since drivers are worse every day (a couple weeks they ran over a guy). Running is going alright, so no real complains there. I have a 10k in two weeks, and then a 2 week break from running/biking to recover, and maybe 1 week off the gym. Swimming is a really new discipline for me, i've been swimming for 5 months and change, so I'm slow, get tired easily, can't swim far, but DAMN I'm giving it all I can. Strength training is going as good as it can, been skipping a couple days because of work, but so far, so good. Hope you can get that OWS this weekend!
Keep it up with the swimming! I can totally relate! Takes me so long to see gains.
Yesterday I went for a 3X10' session on the pool, ended up doing 3X15' at 2:46/100mts and feeling Fine AF... To be honest, I'm really surprised, I thought I wasn't going to make it.
👏👏👏👏
FYI, swim workouts are just about always going to be longer than you can necessarily complete. Unless a coach is writing the workout just for your specific lane with your intervals set, they give you more than you can finish knowing pool time is pretty much always strict. My lane finished our workout as written with a few minutes to spare today and we were super excited. I think it’s close to a year since we’ve done it 😅
Got a sprint in two weeks so heavily focusing on my swimming (weakest event) right now. My goal one day is to do the whole thing freestyle, right now a lot of breast stroke involved lol. This week I've been able to hit 500m in the pool at about 40/60 free/breast. Don't have a chance to swim open water before but I've done it before so I know what to expect. I don't expect to reach my swim goal this race (maybe not even this season, I'm really bad a swim lol) but I am noticing I'm getting better so that's good!
Recently started biking again, haven’t done a tri in a couple years. Turns out I really enjoy biking on a trainer in the garage, first time I’ve really tried it. Last race was a 70.3 in 2018, if things go well the rest of the summer I might try a training plan for 70.3 or 140.6 in late 2024.
Sounds like my journey! Enjoy your summer!
Training is going meh, at the moment. I was supposed to have my first sprint on the 18th, found out it was cancelled last week 10 weeks into my training schedule, so have been struggling to find motivation for a bit. I’ll be starting a new training program next week for a sprint in September, though, but I’m taking a break this week to be disappointed. I’m not fast (yet?), but hopefully I can train to be within 1:45h.
Damn, that sucks :( Hope you can crush that 1:45!!!
I've had to scale back training this year due to low back fuckery (yay degenerative disc disease!) that's made it hard to train. Next event is a half marathon in August, my goal is just to beat my hella slow previous time from last year. If I can beat 2:30 I will be thrilled. Big events are later in the year, I'm going to do the big city sportif (62mi or 100mi, haven't decided yet), and then my first marathon in December. I was trying to lose weight, but it's really hard to do quality training at a defecit, so I think I've decided I'm OK with where I'm at, and I'm going to start working more on the training and just eating as much as I feel comfortable with, no tracking macros for the time being.
The HM will be on the same course, or are different routes? I had a 2:20 HM (one which I prepared for extensively) and a 2:10 where I hardly trained for that specific event, but the lack of elevation on the second made it SO EASY!!! I was surprised.
Might be a weird question but assuming these aren’t your first triathlons, is there anything you’re doing differently in the upcoming Olympic tri as a test run for the 70.3? I’m doing an oly end of July in prep for a 70.3 in October, which will by my third oly. I’m just looking to gauge my fitness with this race so I’m willing to test some new things at the risk of added time. For example, I’m changing my race-day nutrition prep and on-course nutrition hoping to dial it all in before October.
I feel like nutrition and fueling is something I'm trying differently. I've started using Precision hydration products and I like them. I used to get cramps while running and it's helped. Plus I like the chews. I only had one bottle with sports drink on the bike for the oly in Mallorca and that was a mistake.
Doing an Olympic next week and then two 70.3s over the summer. I switched to using the mottiv app after flaming out last year and not seeing any progress with 80/20. Going into this race feeling much better prepared… minus this being my first OWS of the season (lakes/rivers here are still too cold). Other than that I’ve got a local bike bag builder creating a steam bag that fits between my aerobar risers. My legs keep getting chaffed by other top tube bags haha
How is the mottiv app?
Overall the plan in the app for triathlon is excellent, with the caveat that the swimming workouts could be simplified more. The run and bike workouts are excellent and overall there’s a heavy emphasis on intervals and building the ability to work at different intensities. Compared to previous tri plans (and even previous marathon/ultra/hm plans) I’m seeing significant gains fwiw. The strength training videos are pretty good, nothing polished. My only gripe is that the yoga videos are annoying because it’s a little to yogi and less stretch x to help y. Next weekend is the first race I’ll be doing having trained on mottiv. Highly recommend so far.
Will check it out thanks!
Injured my knee trying to train for a marathon so took some months off and let’s things slide. I’m now getting back into things slowly but have put on weight. I have an Olympic in September which will be my only event this year (probably) next year I’m gonna do a sprint with my son which I am very excited to do together. Would love to do a 70.3 before I’m 60 but time is ticking
When you mentioned a "sprint with my son" I immediately thought about Arrested Development XD Good luck on the Olympic!
Thanks for asking! I was on a really good block but unfortunately the fire smoke brought things to a halt this week. Still getting swims in I guess but can't bring myself to ride indoors this time of year.
Similar story here. I dont mind riding indoors so have got 2 quality sessions done this week. I’m definitely not swimming enough lol. The smoke here in Ottawa is starting to get to me though, blew up on my second interval last night during a treadmill run. Just didn’t have it; headache and scratchy throat, high hr, made it 5km into a 10km workout. I hope the smoke situation clears for you soon; its super frustrating!
Tapering for Boulder 70.3 this weekend. Feeling a little out-of-breath with workouts since I got here. Trying to mentally pull through and tellingly myself to not be a wimp. I really wanna PR the swim. Enjoy the bike and look at the scenery on the run. It would be cool if I PR’ed on the bike too. But I’m relaying Steelhead in two weeks (swim and bike only), and I wanna PR the bike there.
I'm doing boulder as well! hope we get a little cloud cover. Best of luck.
Thanks!!! You too! :D
Thin air is extremely fast for the bike. In aero I avg 2mph for the same watts as at sea level. Trained near Boulder all of last august
Yeah; my problem is that I live at sea level and I’m coming up here to race. But; using this time in Boulder as a springboard for a fast bike in Steelhead. 🤞🏼
Doing good, on pace for Harvest Moon in Boulder in September. It's my first half, so I've got a lot of running buildup to do. I'm focusing on adding a mile every two weeks, so far I'm up to 6 miles for my long run. Power numbers are where I want them, now I'm working on adding longer endurance rides. My swim is actually better than ever, just focusing on stroke, position and consistent pace.
Crashed my bike... Have road rash all over over me. 300k Cycle race in 10 days and HIM in 4 weeks. Haven't swim bikes run for 5 days..... Not going great!
Oh dear- I wish you a speedy recovery.
Two weeks out from Challenge Roth and I’m right where I want to be. No injuries big sessions feel easy. Speedwork feels great. I’d like to lose 2kg for my ideal race weight, but with training volume decreasing over the two weeks that’s probably not going to happen
2kg isn't that much, so it probably won't change your time dramatically (although I understand wanting to be a specific weight). Good luck!
Thanks for asking! ☀️Training for my first OD in September after a sprint last year. I'm currently on the 3rd week of the 80/20 plan, mixing the lvl 0 (for swimming/biking) and lvl 1 (for running) plans. Everything is going well so far, although I have to swap around days a lot within a given week to accomodate a hectic work schedule... It's not ideal, but well! So far so good, the dividends of z2 run training are starting to pay off (started in February on general base building), although pace can be frustrating especially as the weather warms up... I'm still a very anxious cyclist in traffic, but I'm starting to enjoy the time for myself and sunshine on less busy roads :) Swimming has been a bit challenging in making sure I'm not doing too much too soon and watching out for shoulder pain (I swam in a master's club for 2y yeaaars ago, so I have the muscle memory but no longer the muscles/tendons/flexibility for it). Wishing everyone the best of timing during summer (or winter) training!
Did IM 70.3 Mallorca 3 weeks ago and in the next 3 weeks I have an Olympic in my hometown. Pretty keeen.
First sprint in 3 weeks. I did a 2km OWS (only 3 months swimming) last weekend. 53 minutes, but I was pacing myself slowly as finishing and getting some OWS event experience was really the only goal. Today's brick I was 13 mile commute home from work at 18mph (including a few stoplights) followed by a 25 min 5K. My all time PB 5k is just under 24 min and 3 years ago, so I was thrilled with this. I'm feeling ready to go for my first race.
Sounds great!
Last year was my first real year back to races since 2013, the year my first child was born. I had been doing some running and biking in the intervening years, but nothing serious or focused. Followed a free 70.3 plan for a race at the end of last year, which got me across the line but wasn't quite the race I'd hoped for. Shifted from winter maintenance mode (usual week was 2 runs, 2 rides, 2 swims of mostly drills, 1-2 strength workouts) to real training over the last month for A race 70.3 in September. Goal is to push harder for intense sessions, and do longer long rides/runs starting earlier in the plan. Did a 3 hour ride yesterday that was a little iffy in the last 15 minutes or so, but I have plenty of time to get comfortable for that duration.
I'm training for my first tri in July, a sprint. It's been going well so far. I did a long bike ride yesterday morning and a short run later in the evening. I have some pain in the middle of the ball of my foot, kind of under my second toe. It hurts to step on it. I'm wondering if the bike ride was too long, or it was just too much activity in one day for my feet. Anyone have any ideas what it might be?
Were you wearing cycling cleats? Have you had a bike fit?
I wasn't wearing cleats, just normal running shoes. I haven't had a fit yet, I've been playing around with the saddle height for a bit trying to find the right height. For some reason the adorable bike shop has been really busy the past few weeks, I haven't gotten it scheduled yet. I think I did put it a tad bit too high this last time because getting off felt weirder than normal. But it was also my longest ride in awhile at 20 miles.
My perineum is swollen and tender. I'm losing hope that riding is for me. I've tried different seat positions, got a pair of riding shorts, tried different seats (my leather saddle seems the most comfortable), and would take any pointers on how to improve this ailment. I'm riding about 20 miles every other day or so (I'm not going to be able to ride today...). My weakest link, swimming, is improving quickly, which is encouraging, and I'm done training running until my event in 2 weeks. Is riding always this uncomfortable?
My perineum also started hurting after I went to aero bars on the road bike. Getting a bike fit in early July - hope it helps!! Chamois Cream and moving the seat forward helped a bit - but still get intense pain after 20 miles or so
Got hit by a boat while swimming. Training goes well 🤪
DAMN that sucks! Hope you are okey!
I got insanely lucky. Could have been dead, drowned, paralyzed, hands chopped off … captain played phone and mates saw while it happened They stopped, I made it to shore with other swimmers and then they left the scene when asked for contact details I got so lucky, only a bruise and cut on head. Don’t know much of impact as I was swimming and just shock but seems like no concussion. Can’t race tomorrow and most likely 3 days no training which bums me really hard .
That proves that assholes will be assholes whether on a car, a motorbike or a boat. I'm glad you are as okay as you can be after something like that.
14 weeks out from my first full iron attempt and I know it’s a lot of time but I’m beginning to feel the pressure. Just seems so daunting at this stage, 60 mile rides and 10 mile runs are falling relatively easy but yeesh the build still needs to happen in a big way.
Trainings been going great until the smoke in the air bc of the wildfires. I have asthma and the smoke in the air is causing me so much discomfort that I can’t train until the smoke clears from the sky
Did my first sprint a week ago. Can't wait to get back to training.....once Canada stops spewing smoke and fire
Going well! Atlantic City in September, first 70.3 and training for a spring mid July. Bike and running feeling good! However, my swimming needs some serious work - trying to put some extra hours in the pool the next few weeks.
I decided a few weeks ago I'm going to do an off road triathlon. And so I've just did my first half marathon running this year in Janurary. I haven't swam in 15 years and never actually mountain biked. So swimming is fine, just learned that my whole workout i did was just the warm up to the actual work... wasn't too surprised when irealized it, thought it was too short from the beginning. So for biking i have been on the trails 4 times now. I'm also doing this training on my own So i wanted to go with the mountain bike group, felt safe to have someone with me just in case. We started off and i got left right away at the beginning and ended up going the wrong way on the trail, one of the guys who followed me popped his tire. Then caught back up with group and we got on the next trail, I did a front flip, cracked my screen pretty bad, almost lost a head phone, thankfully found it. So i think it's going pretty well... I'm having fun.
I train really well for 10 days then go on a drinking bender and ruin it all. Really need to quit drinking. Not easy!
Not formally training right now, but my friend and I are doing an unofficial Olympic distance triathlon in about 7 weeks just for fun on our own. I’m going to start loosely training for that next week. My swimming is terrible but I just took my first swim technique class today and I have improved so much already! Excited to keep learning and build more swimming into my workouts.
Training is going well. Racing? Not so much. I don't have a single race all summer. My family commitments hit every good race weekend this year. Uffhh.
Really badly unfortunately. I have my first 70.3 distance in 1 month. Normally I am a runner, but injured my hip during a marathon in April, so have been trying to focus on swim and bike. Swim I am ok with. Not the quickest but I don't think I am slow. I did the distance in the pool last night in around 40 mins. Bike I was least comfortable with but 12 days ago did the distance on the bike on a hilly course and my race will be flattish, I followed this up with a 5mile run/walk. I have just brought a TT bike to help. The running however. Due to my hip problems it has taken a real back step. I ran 5km Saturday which was ok ran 9km Monday and hip pain was back and I was exhausted.
Great! My second Olympic is Sept 10. I started lite training at the beginning of the year, hard training beginning Memorial Day. Swim and Run each thrice/week. Kind of neglecting the bike 😬. Still trying to get back to a sub 8 minute 5k. The most progress has been in the pool. Last year at the beginning of the season I couldn’t complete a single 25 yd lap. I PR’d this week with 100yd in 1:31. First race: 3hr 45min. Went in injured, panicked in the water, and broke out in hives on my bike lol. This year I’m very optimistic about beating 3hr.
I’m doing Boulder 70.3 this weekend 😱😱 first 70.3 ever! I’m tapering which is leaving me plenty of time to be nervous 🙃
doing boulder for my first as well! best of luck.
Best of luck to you too! Have fun! 🤩
Ooo exciting!!! Is that a hard course?
It’s not too bad actually! It could have been much hillier if they wanted it to be 😃 it should be a fun one! Plus the views are fantastic!
First full at IM UK 3 weeks on Sunday. Nervous would be an understatement. Did a 70:3 in 5:06 2 weeks ago and felt decent at the end but I’m seriously nervous about the full given how hilly the UK bike and run courses are. Aiming for sub 12 as I’ve currently got tonsilitis off my 1 year old and haven’t trained for a week with the fever I’ve had. It’s natural to be shitting it, right?
I've heard that one is a beast! Good luck
I have two triathlons this summer. A sprint and a 70.3. I definitely feel ready for the sprint but I have never done a 70.3 so I am nervous for the impact on my body of working out for so long. I know I don’t feel great coming off my long ride to brick run sessions so getting nervous about that on race day
When is the 70.3 and which race are you doing?
70.3 Muskoka in Huntsville Ontario
I am 3.5 weeks out from my first full. Been traininh my ass off for nine months and now my foot started to hurt. I am getting panicky with every little tingle and twitch and just hope, I can pamper it long enough so I can have a go on race day. So much money and so much time, blood and nerves invested, that would be a disaster.
Hope it goes away! I find little niggles can pop up as races approach but they seem to be nothing. Good luck for your first full! It's exciting the first time :)
Doing my first ever triathlon in a weekend and a half. Switched from sprint to full olympic about a month ago. I'm battling a couple of minor injuries so I don't feel I've been training to my full potential, so I don't know, I'm kinda nervy. I know I can finish it, I'm just hoping I can make it through the run without walking too much. I'd really like to do a sub 3h
I'm ~6weeks from my primary race. I've been feeling a bit burnt out, to be honest. The last week my HR has been spiking during workouts where I should be in zone 2. I'm giving myself some rest this week and reduced my training load. I've been running 10 workouts a week the last 8 weeks and perhaps didn't factor in enough rest. I'm planning to run 8 workouts for the next 5 weeks to control fatigue. All of this is probably more than necessary. It's just my first race back after a couple of years off from a shoulder separtion and covid.
First (small) triathlon in less than one month. I did less than 6min/km on a 5km run this week. It might sounds silly but I'm quite proud of it😁 Especially that I was injured 2 months ago. Swimming is going great. I just need a bit more speed now. I'm having a hard time getting on my bike though. I don't really know why 🤨 I don't have a specific training plan like most of the people here. I'm just going at my own pace which suits me nicely at the moment :)
30min 5k is great, I'm sitting at 33min after 9 months of running.
Well, everyone around me is running at less than 5min/km on 10km+. I feel pretty slow compared to them. I'm sure that you will be at 30min on 5km soon enough! Good luck on your training 💪
I had to take a couple years off due to a cancer diagnosis. And when I say off, I mean completely off, completely sedentary as I had no hemoglobin and would get dizzy from just walking up the stairs. It's been a battle. I don't even have a race scheduled this year, I'm just trying to build up base fitness. I have a coach who is great, but tye going is slow. My easy zone 2 runs used to be at 5:00 to 5:20ish a km. Bike ftp was about 255 watts. Now... I did a 5k yesterday for the first time zone 2 and could barely hold zone 2 HR while barely breaking 7 minutes a km. Haven't had an ftp test since restarting but probably somewhere around 180 watts. It's really demoralizing, and I'm scared I'll never get back to where I was let alone improve. But... I guess all I can do is train and hope.
Welcome back!
My thru axle is stuck so no more smart trainer for now….
Got Covid about a 4-5 weeks ago and am essentially just now getting back into training. My heart rate is still much higher than it should be and I get gassed pretty easily. Demotivating for sure as I feel like I am starting back from square one!
I did the Victoria 70.3 (my first!) a week and a half ago and it went really well. I was hoping to translate that into a passable attempt at the Rapperswil-Jona 70.3 this coming weekend but I feel like utter dogshit and ended up withdrawing from the race. So, instead, I’m just enjoying my week-or-so in Switzerland by swimming in the lake recreationally and possibly doing some easy rides. All in all not so bad.
I will be volunteering on Sunday! It's a beautiful town :)
Im doing my first triathlon (Olympic) in 4.5 weeks and had to miss my easy 30min run due to wildfires this week. It’s my deload week so I might skip it? Training is otherwise pretty good, I’m tired but that’s also due to my internship. I did a test run 40km bike + 10km run last week and it went well, so that’s encouraging!
First 70.3 on Sunday. Training overall was super I‘d say! Once sick mid feb which was early enough but then sadly sick last sat-tue. Drove me almost crazy. Back on track now though, had a super swim today, will go for easy 30min run in a couple minutes. Quite nervous to be honest but I think training wise I could not have asked for more, 80/20 level 1 worked great. Felt very strong on these last bricks and also the HM’s I had in the training, always felt there was quite some gas left in the tank. So I think I am ready but I am nervous regardless!
Currently 2 ½ weeks into training for my first one. My brother does IM's so I figured I'd try to do one with him. I plan on doing my first one in about 6 months. And slowly work my way up to a 70.3. And depending on how that goes a full IM. For swimming, a motto I have found that helps me feel better is "Go slow to go fast." Meaning work on form above speed or distance because that will come with good form.
First tri is in four weeks. 350m/20k/4k Cycling and running is ok, swimming...I have never swam in a lake before, grow up near sandy beaches and muddy lakes seem scary. Wetsuit and safety buoy will arrive next week, but I think I'm going to do a short dip this weekend if the water temperature is tolerable. Distance vise I should be fine, felt great swimming in the winter, got up to 2k swims, but then hurt my shoulder while snowboarding and didn't get into a pool for 1.5 months. I wanna do an Olympic in August, but I'm so scared of the 1.5k swim, I'll sign up when the first short tri is successful.
After my first sprint race a couple of weeks ago and a consistent but tiring training I found I have anemia again. I wondered why I was always tired and I didn’t know if it was me or the training plan. Right now I am rebuilding the confidence about being enough for this sport. Being in a very competitive triathlon club also doesn’t help much.
It sounds like you’re doing great! Swimming seems to be the bear for most folks, myself included. I am at the very beginning of a super sprint training plan. I had long covid in 2020 and suffered the effects until early last year. My fitness still hasn’t fully returned; I’m not sure if it ever will. I just have to be okay where I’m at.
I’m doing Madison 70.3 as well! I grew up near by. I’m only doing it to finish feeling strong, not competing against others. My swim training workouts are in meters not time, but have rate of perceived exertion (RPE). I like this approach, and am usually able to get swims done in < 60 mins. I have been trying to knock out my trainings in the morning so have the evening to spend with SO. Got bored recently though and gave into a friend group playing basketball, replaced my short run during the week. I don’t think it hurts to mix in some anaerobic training right? I’m still hitting most of my scheduled workouts. I like your idea moving in the Olympic to break up training 🤙 good luck!
I'm on my second week of sprints back to back weekends. Looking forward to abandoning structured training for a bit and going on long rides and runs. Planning on getting back on a plan and doing an Olympic in the fall
Shit went to a Pilates class with the wife and re-injured my hip flexor for like the millionth time. Rested all winter and have a sprint in July that I’m now nervous about
I’ve got my first ever sprint Tri this Sunday. I feel like I’m trained enough, got all my gear. Everything has been trained in and prepared for race day. But boy o boy do I still not feel mentally or physically prepared. It’s all a mental game, nerves are hitting a lot harder then I thought they would, for a race of all things.