Zack's Triathlon Blog

So after my milestone swim on Friday, and the snowy, rainy, cold, never-ending weekend, I would have to say that training this week has been rather routine. I suppose that must mean that I'm getting in shape, because a month ago swimming a total of 2500M (Tuesday) or running half a mile at a 6-minute pace (last night) would have been quite eventful.

To summarize, I was able to swim 2500M total, on Tuesday in a very crowded and choppy pool. The longest consecutive distance was 800M and after Friday's 1500M, it was quite do-able. At the Wednesday track workout, we worked primarily on recovery. We alternated running hard with easy recovery running. I was able to maintain a fairly consistent pace which is what fabulous coach Steve recommended.

I am beginning to look forward to all of the various workouts. I think the next big hurdle will be swimming in open water, which everyone tells me is pretty scary. I'm also looking forward to getting used to the feeling of the transitions from swimming to biking and from biking to running. I'm told that eventually I'll get used to running on jello legs. Let's hope!