Friday, March 5, 2010

Back at the pool and looking ahead to this weekend

Haven't commented on goings-on in the pool as of late....Everything is still a go. I did a couple of 750s and 3 500s today with the 500s averaging 7:26 (I was going on 8:30). Going sub 1:30/100 for me is good--right where I want to be. I'm going to do one more 3000 yard test before OC and I expect to continue to lower my best time....

Picked-up my BMC today and it's all set to roll in Califonia. I'll comment on my set-up a few days down the line. I plan on putting some big miles on it next week--I haven't riden it since the Duathlon World Championships way-back when...

So this weekend is a big test of my run fitness--the B&A Trail half-marathon. This will be the third time for me at this race. I did it previously in 2007 and 2008. 2007 was my break-through year when I worked with Pete Reid and 2008 has to be my second fitest year so these are gold-plated personal benchmarks for me. Here is how training volume (run) and the time compares to the current year:

2007: 1:38:39 (would later run 1:38 in ahalf-IM in May and run 1:33 at the Philly distance Run

December run volume: 85 miles
January: 122
February: 100

Total-3 months: 307 miles

2008: 1:40:20

December: 181
January: 166
February: 123

total 3 months: 470 miles

2010: ?

December: 152
January: 127
February: 158

Total 3 months: 437 miles

Your guess is as good as mine! But I'm going to be disappointed without a PR.....

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