Revision of Goals

Week 27

You may ask where the hell was I for almost ten weeks...

Well, I've been around, just keeping busy and all, but now I am going to try to blog everyday. For what reason, I do not know (because, seriously, I doubt many people read this).

Anyway, let me talk about my goals for a bit. Basically, I want to do a half-iron distance triathlon...I found one called the RedMan in Oklahoma. Half-iron distance is: 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13 mile run. I can do the run easily (my long runs every two or three weeks are between 25 and 35 miles), and I have been swimming and biking about three times a week.

1.2 miles swimming is a little more than 1900 m, I think, so every Thursday I have been swimming long, first starting with 1500, then 2100, then 2350. I want to be able to do 4000 by September (2.5 miles), just so that I will have confidence, and I think that this goal is very reachable. Tuesdays are hypoxic workouts (my favorite) and Wednesdays casual swimming days (500 -1000 meters). Plus, my brother and I spend a lot of time diving...we do stuff like kneel on the bottom of the pool, and I'll take off my watch and put it on his wrist. Or, we take off our goggles and dive to the bottom and search for stuff we throw down there. Confidence building, again.

Biking is alright. The farthest I have gone so far is 14, but I plan to double that distance within the next week. I just put on new tires and an odometer/tachometer thing on my 1984 Centurion road bike. I still need to get a helmet, probably, because I will be riding on the highways soon.

The ultramarathon is not out of the question. I still plan to do one mid-October, probably just a 50 miler, though (just 50?).

Well, that is all for now. If you have read this far, you deserve a small gift. Thanks!