Update

Well, this was one heck of an interesting weekend. I got to spend a lot of time with Meg and her family (including her bro who flew across the country), but it was due to a family member being in the hospital. That being said, our guy is starting to feel much better and should be released from the hospital later this week. It was definitely a scary weekend at times, but again...everything should be OK. I will be happy to not be back in a hospital anytime soon!!

As far as training, this past weekend did not end up where I wanted it. But that's alright. Life is like that. I was able to take an extra day off which I think was actually a good idea. I did get in a solid 2 hour run Sunday morning. I made it out before the weather truly moved in. It was one of those runs where you just felt like you could go forever. It was extremely difficult, just relaxed. I averaged 8min miles which is perfect...I'm just accumulating base miles at this point so runs like these are more about developing that aerobic engine than pushing any certain pace.

This week will involve a lot of travel time during the week for work, but it's still pretty packed with volume. This is my final build up prior to my big Spring camp next week. These next two weeks will conclude my base training and help take me into a build period for Boise in June. My priorities are really centered on big bike volume and run toughness. I have some big goals for later in the year at Ironman Canada...the biggest of which is knocking some time off of my IMAZ time. Actually about 54 minutes is what I'm looking for :) 75% of this time will come from the run. So why am I working so much on my bike? Because you MUST be bike fit in order to run a solid marathon at the end of an Ironman. I was bike fit last year, but not like I'll be this year. I felt like I was ready to run sub 3:45 marathon after the bike last year, but I wasn't. 112 miles is a long time to race after a 2.4 mile swim. So anyways, keep your fingers crossed for good weather for me next week as I'll be in the saddle a lot!! Thanks for reading,

-T