I have set the standard low.

I decided to do my mock triathlon today since I planned on doing a 5k run on the 27th. I did well in the swim portion considering I have actually spent little time training. I usually do water aerobics or goof of with my sister in law instead of training for the swim. Time was 11.54, I did not do flip turns and my suit kept falling down. It took me five and a half minutes to change and get upstairs to the bike. I felt really good on the bike and felt could have gone faster if I could have found the right settings. I was averaging about 86 rpms. I usually average about 78 when training. Had lots of energy at the end. time was 47.36 Took me all of about 30 seconds to fill up my water bottle and head for the treadmill. I started off ok averaging 4 miles an hour for the first mile but then developed a shooting pain in my calf going up my leg after a quartermile the pain was so bad I slowed down to a walk. It took a while before the pain went away but only ran an additional halfmile and walked the rest for a time of 52.55. :-( Although I am very discouraged with the run portion I was pleased with the rest and feel by the time I do this again in february I will be a very happy camper with my improvement.
However the run portion has caused me to realize how much I have to improve it and makes me wonder if it is even worth showing up at the 5k. While in the summertime there are many people out there running and some with bad times in the winter the more serious runners only tend to show up I looked at last years race standings and the slowest runners time was 36 minutes. My best 5k in working out has been a 43 minute. Since I am not a quitter, I will run the race but with have to set a much slower finishing goal of 45 minutes.
The 30 minute goal was too fast anyways for where I am at. Thanks for listening to me grumble.

Edited by kgart 2003-12-17 11:24 AM