Base is for wussies...

Okay that's not all true. I am working on building base in all the events right now. I'm not doing really anything super hard or structured. For instance, today I worked on some more form during my swimming and it wasn't harder but I was faster. I went for a 7.5 mile run at a nice easy pace. I'm really trying to build as much confidence right now so when I really start to focus come January I'll be able to get through those winter/spring months.

On Thursday during the lunch ride, we were joined by a person who had just did Ironman Brazil this year in 10hrs. Fricking amazing. I chatted with him about all the stuff I could. He said his swim split was 56 but he didn't feel so hot on the bike because he was just coming off a cold he got while down there. His marathon split was 3:50. I told him that my swim sucked but I would make it up on the run as my goal for the run is 3:15ish. He practically laughed at me. It sortof pissed me off a little.

I was telling that basically I can run 7:30s all day every day and if the nutrition went good and I was on for the event I could bust it out. I haven't even started really training my bike/run combo yet and I feel pretty good about my chances especially since I put in a 90 mile ride last weekend with a 5ish mile run afterwards. Sure 5 miles is nothing but I really wasn't even tired at the end of the run. Again this is with no base or structured training yet. Just plain endurance stuff right now. Oh well, it will just give some motivation come race day if it's starts to hurt about mile 18 of the marathon to really push past it.

It's not like I'm gonna set the bike course on fire so I'm planning to have a lot left for that marathon.

Soon enough fall will be in full swing and those 5 hour bike rides won't be 5 hours on the trainer. I figured if I can successfully do a weekly easy 3 hour spin on the trainer during the crappy months I'll have enough base. I also just plan on keep running at least one run of about an hour or so as well through the winter. I will continue to swim everyday just to build confidence and good habits. Swimming really doesn't break down the body it seems so I could see definitely swimming for an hour once a week during the winter when I get strong enough to do that.