Rode my bike to the gym bright and early this morning for a swim. I think maybe that small amount of warmup made a big difference. I didn’t feel like I was pushing hard, but I came close to my previous sprint time of 10:59 (set during my dry run last weekend) with an 11:28. I beat my best .6 mile swim time by almost a minute, getting it down to 27:44.
The weekend included a bike ride with a former co-worker and her husband. We covered 36.4 miles in 2:14, for an average speed of 16.2 mph. That’s much better that my usual speed, which tends to creep down to 14 mph on longer rides. I think having somebody to keep up with makes a big difference. I wonder if this will get my times down on race day as well.
I’m also trying to get my running distances up. I did a 3.9 mile run yesterday in 58 minutes. That’s a pretty godawful pace, but I’m not going to start trying to improve my pace until I’m sure I can cover the 6.6 miles I need for Miami. I think I’ll be there in a few weeks. Four miles didn’t kill me, so I think I’ll tack on one more for tomorrow’s run.
