I followed the advice of posts I read about getting back on the bike and swimming early in the week and save any running for the end of the week to allow the body to recover via low impact sessions. I'm also pumped to travel back to my hometown over the weekend and cheer on one of my good friends in his first Xterra race and longest triathlon to date. It will be a new experience for me to be on the spectator side of a race but I hope to offer encouragement to any who need it on race day. I know how important those cheers and encouraging words can be (or the ability to be crazy and bring a smile to a racer's face).
Next week starts the plan again with a planned first preview ride of the IM Chattanooga course next Saturday (6/14) where I'm meeting up with a group to ride 1 loop of the bike course. I think this will be an important training session as it will fill in the blank on a lot of questions swimming in my mind about the course elevation that has been greatly debated in almost every Facebook page, Slowtwitch forum, and blog I've read. Once I have actual experience on the course then I can formulate my bike workouts to be ready for that course in September.
Weekly totals: Not important this week since it was recovery, but I saw this somewhere else and thought it would cool to take a glimpse at my total training around the halfway point in this journey.
Totals year-to-date: Swim - 36.42mi • Bike - 916.92mi • Run - 227.81mi
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