Tomorrow starts my second four week block of training for Lake Stevens 1/2 IM on July 6th, 2008. The training is really starting to step up and the intervals look extremely challenging. I am finally heading to The Peak Centre on Thursday to use a Compu Trainer for my bike training. For the past 4 week block I have been trying to use HR to measure my Z5 intervals on the bike but it is really difficult to do. The power metre on the Compu Trainer really is key. With 8 weeks of training left I will really need to keep an eye on the food quality and intake to make sure I am at my goal 'race weight' of 128lbs.
Run – 42.2kms – 5:11:09 The run was slow and basically went as planned. The first 3kms of the run are in and around the finish line. When I was at about the 2km mark, I could hear Jordon Rapp, the race winner giving his victory interview with Steve King. How crazy is that??!! I have 40kms to go on the run and the winner has finished. As I headed out of town and down Main Street I saw www.twitter.com/kelownagurl and her husband Erik cheering me on. Not more than 50 feet later I saw www.twitter.com/trifunster and her husband. I was running slowly but had a smile on my face and felt pretty good. I was not really concerned about the distance I had to cover still. I was pretty excited that I had now finished the swim and the bike and was now on the run. It was like being in a dream how quickly the time had passed during the day. Around 9kms into the run I started to feel the distinct tightness of my right IT Band. I had ITB 10 years ago when I first started to run marathons but t...
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