My Life - The Triathlon Way: Lake Placid Training Camp

My Life - The Triathlon Way

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Lake Placid Training Camp

Today went better than expected as Jen and I suited up for our last long Ironman heading into IMLP. The morning started at 6:30 AM when the alarm went off. I thought I was going to be exhausted from the long drive yesterday, but I wasn't. We walked down to the beach jumped in, and swam around 2 miles in the crystal clear Mirror Lake. Now when I say crystal clear I mean crystal clear. I love open water swimming where you can actually see your hand as it enters the water. Oh yeah, I got to wear my new team gear too just to make sure there wasn't any unpleasant rubbing or chafing. :)

After the swim we (Jen, Paul, and I) got some breakfast. I had a huge one as I knew I had to fuel big for today. Two pancakes stuffed with blueberries and strawberries, 2 eggs, hash browns, and toast. Yummmy! After breakfast we headed back to the room and got on our cycling gear. My biking legs came out to play today and Paul and I biked just over five hours and close to a hundred miles.

After the bike Jen and I put on our running shoes and ran the 13.1 mile run loop. (For the IM, you run it twice). As I set off on the run my legs felt fresh. I was running 7:10 miles in zone two with ease. Mile after mile the pace stayed and the miles dropped off. I finished the half marathon in just under 1:35. If I can hold that pace in two weeks I'll be running a 3:10 marathon!!! Then again I'm sure my legs would start to lock up sooner or later.