Thursday, August 4th 2011

Day 5 of first test…

Swim 4,000 meter:  100.06  (i missed breaking 60 minutes by just 6 seconds)
transition about 20 minutes because it was raining strongly
Bike 80km:  2:40 (fastest bike pace yet)
transition about 5 minutes
Run 14/15km:  1:40

Comments: 
It was pouring down rain, storming … I woke at 5am, slept ok but didnt have my mind into the workout – probably because of the rain.
I feel strong in the water.  I personally, think the swim is longer than 4,000 meters…
But, I don’t use much energy on the swim, and use it mainly as my warm-up.

Because of the strong rain, the transition to the bike took about 20 minutes …. we rode on turbo’s in Mario’s gym.  Mario rode next to me … which made me have my best ride probably ever.  I wanted to break 2:40 for 80km … but just missed. 

The run was great.  Mario kicked my ass on a 14/15 km run … probably best run of my life.  We ran in the mountains on a trail near his gym.

I felt like shit this morning, and really didnt want to train … on the swim (because of the strong rain), I kept thinking/hoping Mario would cancel the test today … mentally, I was a total pussy.

But once into the bike, I felt much better/stronger.  We had a great run on a long trail run – Mario just kicked my ass, and kept yelling to me to run faster to keep up.  My best workout yet.

Mario laughed when he dropped me off telling me …. “only 2 more test days left, and your surprise is yet to come…”