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June 23, 2007
Vineman Update
Only 29 days left until the Vineman 70.3 Race!!! My preparation has gone pretty well, I'm in week 16 of my 20 week training program. I've been able to get most of the scheduled work-outs in (probably about 85% or so), but in a few instances having a life, a job and a family caused me to skip the workouts. My longest run in the flatlands thus far has been 13.3 miles, and my longest run in the hills of Paradise is 10 miles. I plan on doing one more long hill run this coming weekend (probably on the order of 15 miles) and then start tapering down.
I have not been able to get in the number of long bike rides I would have liked - finding an extra 4 or 5 hours on the weekends is pretty hard to do. However, I have put in plenty of shorter rides (most in the early morning, before work) so I'm not really concerned about the bike ride portion.
My swim --- well, it is what it is. I've pretty much relegated myself to being a slow swimmer for the rest of my life. I gotten my 100 yard times down to a pretty consistent 2 minutes with my wetsuit - and that seems to be about the fastest I can coax this old body to move through the water. The good think about being a slow swimmer, is that there is lots of people to pass on the bike and the run!!!!!
Posted by Dennis at June 23, 2007 06:29 AM
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I don't think swimming 100yds in 2 minutes is so slow. If you held that for a mile that would be a very respectable time.
Posted by: Terry Givens at June 30, 2007 04:39 AM
Thanks for the encouragement, Terry. At Oroville I held a 1'58" pace across the 1/2 mile swim - which put me 104 out of 230 swimmers. I guess I'm just not happy with being in the middle of that bell curve anymore.
A couple of weeks ago I went to Yosemite with my 16 year old niece who is on the swim team - and she absolutely swam circles around me. I figured she would be faster, but I didn't realize how much faster....
Talk to you later,
Dennis
Posted by: Dennis at June 30, 2007 06:31 AM
Hey Dennis,
Don't even think you can keep up with those swim team kids. I was only able swim faster than my kids until they were about 10. They train swimming 100's on the 105-110. Yikes. Some adults train at that too, but I think the master's are training on the 115-120.
Keep going, you are a great inspiration!
Terry
Posted by: Terry Givens at July 5, 2007 07:35 AM