Lake Pflugerville Tri<\/a> 8 days later.\u00a0 This is our hometown race, although we don’t train there much any more, we know every inch of the course like the back of our hands.\u00a0 This is another one, however, that I’ll probably be running for 3rd.\u00a0 With paces I know I can match this year, that’s where I would have landed in last year’s race (but last year, I was 8 weeks out from IM Texas, so I was struggling to remember how to not drown and also run faster than a snail’s pace so I was 6th).\u00a0 I like the swim, love the bike, but hate hate hate the run.\u00a0 Hopefully I can channel a fiery little ball of anger into a great run and place there and close out the first half of the season well.<\/p>\nThen, I plan to take a little break and do whatever for a week or two, and then I need to decide how to proceed.<\/p>\n
Right now I am strong and I am fast but I don’t have a lot of endurance.\u00a0 I’m great at these 60-90 minute races but I’m pretty sure I would fall apart halfway through the run if you put in at the start line of an Olympic right now.\u00a0 I’m not worried about ramping up the swim, that should be painless.\u00a0 I’m not worried about the bike, I know that goes rather quickly and I just need to make sure to keep pushing the watts instead of only riding “fun pace”.\u00a0 However, it’s doubling my typical run these days for Nationals, then doubling again for Sept 30th, without losing all those speed gains I’ve worked hard for this spring that is keeping me up at night a little.<\/p>\n
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Looking forward to doing more of these types of rides vs always being in the pain cave in our Pain Cave.<\/em><\/p>\nSo the conundrum I will be solving this month is:<\/p>\n
\n- How long do I need to take some downtime to feel ready to hit it hard for Cozumel?\u00a0 A week? Two weeks?\u00a0 Until after the July 4th holiday?<\/li>\n
- What does that downtime mean?\u00a0 Minimum requirement is maintaining the weights sessions but is it too much to go play bikes with friends a lot as an enjoyable way of building base?\u00a0 Should I make sure I get out and run once a week to keep heat acclimation?\u00a0 Do I completely cut speedwork?<\/li>\n
- When I actually get back to it, what’s the best strategy of splitting the difference between speedwork and volume ramp up without overloading myself too much?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Obviously, look for more about this from my wordy ass as the month progresses. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
In #projectraceweight land, I can report that I successfully made it through a cruise and did not gain weight.<\/p>\n
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Now that I have the momentum, I seem to be making steady progress of about 1 lb per week, average.\u00a0 That means, if I can stick with it for another 10 weeks (ironically, until Nationals), then I’ll be at what has been my interim goal weight for about a million years, 165.\u00a0 That would rule.\u00a0 I’m really happy with the progress I’m making, and while I definitely miss stuff like pizza and beer post bike ride and definitely DON’T miss being stressed about being invited to social occasions (what’s there to eat? will there be drinking? will this completely blow my calorie budget?), it hasn’t been too bad in retrospect.<\/p>\n
Long term, I’d probably like to transition to eating right at what I’m burning sometime in August, and then once I’m done and recovered from 70.3 season, do this whole thing once again (strength work, short races, #projectraceweight take 4) and hopefully next year settle at something closer to my foreverweight.<\/p>\n
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Here is a thing I put in my mouth on vacation.\u00a0 I still lost weight because I only had ONE (which is actually 190 calories, and truth – worth them)!<\/em><\/p>\nShort term, I just gotta keep making the donuts<\/del> protein smoothies and doing what I’m doing because it seems to be working.\u00a0 Metrics below (keep in mind this skipped vacation):<\/p>\n\n- Average Calorie Burn: 2211<\/li>\n
- Average Calories Eaten: 1708 (-503 deficit)<\/li>\n
- Average Diet Quality: 22.8<\/li>\n
- Weight trend May 1: 181.4<\/li>\n
- Weight trend May 30: 177.6 (-3.8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So, considering what was stacked against me last month, I’m totally stoked.<\/p>\n
This month’s challenges are:<\/p>\n
Race + camping this weekend.<\/strong>\u00a0 I’ve learned a lot here and now I know that the three keys on race day are:<\/p>\n1) Eat IMMEDIATELY after the race, something substantial with protein and carbs, even if it’s junk food, otherwise I will be a hunger monster the rest of the day.<\/p>\n
2) Have healthy filling meals ready to cook.<\/p>\n
3) I’m going to go over on calories that day, so make sure the few days after are good, clean, low calorie, nutritious eating to balance it all out.<\/p>\n
Racing back to back weekends.<\/strong>\u00a0 I just need to make sure I follow the above rules, which are easier when I’m at home after the race.<\/p>\nIndependence Day (early) party:<\/strong> camping at a friend’s house.\u00a0 I’ll just make sure I get in some good activity that morning, eat a filling healthy lunch, and enjoy myself while I’m there, within reason.<\/p>\nThe rest of the month is honestly mine to fuck up.\u00a0 I need to keep my blinders on just a little longer and not get distracted.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ve lost weight, I’m feeling better about myself, so it’s MUCH easier to go “hey, let’s just get pizza instead of eating the Snap Kitchen meal that’s at home”.\u00a0 Not yet.\u00a0 Soon, but not yet.\u00a0 I’m going to stick with being good like 90% of the time for a little while longer and see what more progress I can make.<\/p>\n
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Desanos, I miss you most of all.<\/em><\/p>\nSince I cut the cord on worrying about most other life and adulting stuff, I don’t have a whole lot to talk about beyond those things.\u00a0 My very ambitious goals for June are plentiful and below:<\/p>\n
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