Friday, August 5th 2011

Day 6 of test 1

Swim 4,000 meters:  101.30 (my watch, but Mario said his stop watch said 1:02.30)
transition to bike:  about 6 minutes
Bike 60km:  2:09
transition to the run:  about 5 minutes
Run 13km:  1:31 

Comments:
I had about a 2 hour conference call with Beijing this morning so woke at 4;30am and worked a little before training.
Good swim, but slower than I expected/thought I went.  I am sure I am swimming more than 4,000 meters!
The bike was good – again my first 20km was too slow … but the last 40km was 2nd fastest pace I have ridden this week.

After the bike, I changed as quickly as possible to get into the run ahead of Mario … I wanted to try and stay ahead of him.
About 45 minutes into the long run, Mario went flying by me …. then ran at a steady pace in front of me to make sure I picked up my pace.
I didnt feel as good on the run as I did yesterday, but the 2nd half of the run was much better than the first.

On the ride home, Mario told me my surprise tomorrow, the last day of my test week:  4,000 meter swim, 40km bike and full marathon.