Building

Ahhh, a new training phase - the Build Phase! A welcome change in the Bigun's training. All base and no build makes Marc a dull boy. A couple of really good things came out of the past 4 days of "build" -

1) Ran a 8:29 pace for 6 miles - really cool - puts 8 even in my sights

2) Ran under 11:00 pace for 6 at 138 (high base) average HR - first time for under 11:00 pace in base - means my fitness has improved.

3) Knocked out a 3000m swim at a 2:00/meter pace - granted, with a couple of 1 min breaks, but still, getting there.

One thing thats getting me down is that my bike is falling apart - not my bike performance, but literally my bike! Got some brake issues, pedal issues, need some retaping of the aerobars - nasty - had both the front and rear tires slow leak on me (finished Tuesday's 50-miler with 40lbs of pressure in there - I was wondering why I was going so damn slow...) I've been sorely neglecting the beast. Time for some bike TLC.

This is my busiest time of the year work-wise, so my blog will likely suffer for it. I'm doing all that I can to get the miles in, but with my lunch swim done for a while, and working late, it gets hard. Small hill for a climber, right?

On a cool note - the routes for the Bradenton 101 are finally posted on the 101 site - something about actually seeing a route makes it all the more real to me. It's really cool that the transition area is only 40 miles from my front door.