Ironman Augusta 70.3 - 47 Days to go

I'm back in the saddle again! I started the day with a 2000M swim. The speed wasn't great but I was still working out the stiffness in my legs from Saturday's 1/2 marathon distance run. The swim was wonderful and I felt strong. I'm really looking forward to doing the distance in the open water, as back and forth in a pool trying to keep count of laps just misses it a bit for me. I'll be swimming down the lane thinking 33, 33, 33, but wasn't I just on 29? No, I passed 30 because I hit the lap on my watch and swam back and I think this is the next lap so it must be 33. Thankfully all this process goes on mid lap and by the time I touch the other wall I've got it all straightened out. Just some mental aerobics while I do the laps.

This afternoon, I headed out on the bike for a ride in the 101 degree heat. Yes, that's what my GPS pulled as the high temp out there. I did 22 miles at 15.1 miles per hour. I love having the GPS watch. It gives me lots of great data on the ride like fastest mile, slowest mile, highest heart rate, avg heart rate, etc. I really enjoy getting the info. I also found that my bike computer was off a bit in it's speed.

At 15.1 miles per hour, the 56 miles of the Augusta Ironman 70.3 would take 3:42. My swim should be around 45 minutes and the 1/2 Marathon at 2:40. That puts me at 7:07 plus 15 minutes for transition, so 7:22 total. That would be an awesome time that I'd be thrilled with. If everything goes perfectly, I could... could possibly... break the 7 hr mark. THAT would be incredible.

When I got back from the bike I did a low challenge reverse brick. Know what that means? I got off my bike and jumped into the pool with the kids and just goofed around. It was a great afternoon.