I'm always pretty disoriented coming out of the water, and it amazes me how some racers can get out and do a dead sprint through transition...I'm a zombie for 60+ seconds...hit the wet suit strippers and then found my bike.



My main issue in T1 right now is keeping shoes clipped in. I use road bike shoes which are difficult to get into once you're riding (no heel loop and a latch that is hard to put on when riding). Oh well, yet another thing to put on my father's day / b-day wish list....tri bike shoes!

Started off really hurting on the bike. My hamstrings were tightening up (I don't really kick in the swim so may need to get the legs more involved so they don't get shellshocked when I hit the bike). I was getting pretty bummed out because I was really happy with my swim, and it looked like I was about to blow it all on teh bike. Didn't realize until later that the first few miles of the loop are generally uphill. I was cursing myself that I should have done the longer rides on the weekends, but then hit the back stretch of the first loop and realized I was going to be ok. Was hoping to average over 20 mph but didn't quite get there...I think I need to add at least 2 more hours per week in the saddle to get over the 20 mph hump..I've been stuck on 3-4 hours per week which just won't hack it.

Get up early on weekends and add the extra hours in the saddle...I've got several of the longer Spinervals (2-3 hours) which I think would be great for the Olympic distance because they are heavily interval focused.

Came out pretty quick of transition but had to hit the ol' porto potty which wiped out the time savings! No big deal. Decided to go without socks (tried it in sprint last month), but shoved socks in my shirt pocket just in case.

Held a pretty steady pace throughout run but felt pretty slow. On second mile, I started feeling blister on left foot so put on sock. On third mile, I saw Ash, Sophie and Gracie, which really perked me up. I've been trying to run 5 times a week with less mileage per run, but so far it hasn't really improved my time...I'm going to keep doing it because it seems to allow me to recover more quickly and haven't had calf issues since I started.

Nothing really. I need to keep the 5x week running schedule and hopefully will see gradual improvement in my times.

Put two cold towels over my head and shoulders, and then gorged on pizza, fruit, muscle milk, power drinks and every other product they were giving away! Met up with Ash and the kids, and then we all drove back for a day at the Comal River...had enough energy to hit the diving board with my kids, so the training must be working because there is no way I could have done that last year after my races!


I really, really, really need to put more time in the saddle if I expect to see any improvement. I tend to opt for spin classes given the quick intensitiy and music, but I really need to put in more hours outside or on the trainer.

On the run, I'm going to stick with my program which is 4x a week at 3.5-4 miles, and then one longer run per week. I need to add some speedwork in as well, which I may do with one of the 4 shorter runs during the week.