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<\/a><\/p>\nSwimming:<\/strong><\/p>\n The water is a magical place for me right now.\u00a0 I’m not sure WHAT happened over this winter (and it certainly wasn’t heavy amounts of meters), but my pace has just… dropped.\u00a0 Paces that would have scared the shit out of me last year are easy.\u00a0 I would comment that why the hell can’t this just happen with my running, but I won’t look a gifthorse in the mouth, so I WON’T say that, but try to figure out why (so I can apply it to the rest of my training or something).<\/p>\n I’m just going to drop some theories as to why because it’s quite honestly puzzling.<\/p>\n I *do* know that I’m much more comfortable pushing myself both in the pool and the lake.\u00a0 I’m much less likely to just space out and swim.\u00a0 My easiest efforts are really what I’d consider *steady* (feel like I had a workout, but on the level of a recovery run), and I have no problems picking it up when that’s happens.<\/p>\n I am also much more comfortable, somehow, with speeding up more quickly.\u00a0 The last few years, it would take me most of a sprint swim to get warmed up.\u00a0 Now, since I regularly swim ~1000 meters, I don’t have the luxury to spend half of that getting up to speed – especially in a chilly pool. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Anyway, I’m pleasantly happy with my swimming progress and paces and feel like I’m uniquely ready to tackle the swim leg of the triathlon this year for some rippin’ PRs.<\/p>\n Biking:<\/strong><\/p>\n Here’s the sport I ignored all winter.\u00a0 Something had to give with marathon training, and it was cycling.\u00a0 I used it mainly on days when I couldn’t run but still wanted to do *something*, and to warm up\/cool down after long runs.\u00a0 So, I didn’t expect to be in a good place with it.<\/p>\n However, we’re not at odds with each other as much as I expected.\u00a0 If I was ramping up for an early season 70.3 I would be in trouble, but since the most I’ll be racing is ~25 miles until September, the run fitness seems to be carrying over to predict decent short course bike splits.<\/p>\n I’m back at Endurance Cycling (or, as they call it, the Pure Pain Cave) once a week again getting my ass handed to me with great bike workouts.\u00a0 I believe, if nothing else, this is the key to being a better cyclist.<\/p>\n We rode outside at Lake Pflugerville and I felt a lot stronger than I expected.\u00a0 Zliten lead on the way out and decided to do hill sprints without telling anyone, so that was a few miles of “what the fuck” pace on the hills and “what in the actual fuck are you doing” pace on the flats.\u00a0 When we got near the half point, we stopped a few times for a mechanical and to check out the goats, and then for something else if I remember correctly, and then I decided I was leading on the way back and we rode steady efforts.<\/p>\n Outdoor efforts that are not races are really never the ones I push the hardest, because of the traffic and roads and distractions and people in the way and not dropping or getting dropped by people that you ride with and maybe that’s the reason that my bike rank is typically on the lower side.\u00a0 But it’s the reality I live in right now.\u00a0 The WORK predominantly needs to happen indoors.\u00a0 Or on a deck, this week. <3 outdoor spin.<\/p>\n However, when I *do* get to get out on the roads, I should probably not waste those 2-4 times per month fucking around and easy riding.<\/p>\n As per typical in early season triathlons, my bike is the biggest question mark.\u00a0 I definitely have a lalalala lot less bike miles under me this year, but I’m doing lots more quality.\u00a0 I think I just have to be open to digging a little deeper into the hurt than I did last year (I’m much more familiar with “throw up pace” than I was last year) and I may be able to pull out some good performances.\u00a0 Having less miles on my legs might be a *good* thing.\u00a0 We’ll see.<\/p>\n\n
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