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Brooks Brooks Adrenaline teal: 338.1 / 300 miles

Ashland,VA

Today

Patchy rain possible High 70FLow 43F

Temp: 49F
Hum: 97%
W: 0mph N

FRIDAY

Partly cloudy
High 61F
Low 41F

SATURDAY

Partly cloudy
High 61F
Low 43F

SUNDAY

Partly cloudy
High 63F
Low 45F

MONDAY

Partly cloudy
High 63F
Low 43F

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Thursday - July 3

Run

44m 27s
3.55 miles
12m 31s /Mi

Hot. With a brief rain shower in the middle. I should have gone longer... But I didn't.

Now that it's July, I find that I don't really want to run in the heat in the evening. So bye-bye cul-de-sac 5k's.

Calories out: 3007 From lifestyle:2601, From activities:406
Health data: Hours slept: 7

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Wednesday - July 2

Bike

1h 11m 34s
13.77 miles
11.54 Mi/hr

Super chill ride with friend. (But it's HOT!)

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Tuesday - July 1

Bike

42m 59s
10.48 miles
14.63 Mi/hr

Easy ride.

Run

17m 39s
1.50 miles
11m 46s /Mi

Brick. Trying to follow plan, but I was not feeling this one. Made it short.

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Monday - June 30

Turns out, those were my fastest two transitions ever! Cool.

Tired and sore. Not feeling too motivated to go swim...

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Sunday - June 29

Bike

1h 11m 41s
18.80 miles
15.74 Mi/hr

Run

37m 08s
3.10 miles
11m 59s /Mi

Swim

10m 35s
710.85 yards
01m 29s /100 yards

swim goal was wrong - distance was different.

made T1 goal

made easier bike goal

made T2 goal

run was a bit slower.

made overall easier goal.

I enjoyed it. I am sore.

RACE DAY: I Love The Tavern Triathlon

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Saturday - June 28

I guess I'll set some goals. I should be faster than the last time I did this race, b/c last time I was newly pregnancy and had been throwing up every day for several weeks before the race. (I only did aquabike.) I probably won't be as fast as my sprint last fall because I've put on 20 lbs. :( :( :(

Anyway... here are some guesses/goals:

swim <7 min (swim is 650 m with the current, and yesterday current was strong!)

T1 <3 min

bike 1:18 (better goal 1:10)

T2 <2 min

run who knows? let's say 36 min.

overall 2:06 (would be amazed at under 2 hrs!)

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Friday - June 27

Swim

06m 51s
400.00 yards
01m 43s /100 yards

open water swim. there was a significant current! Seeing as how I was twice as fast as usual and only swam with the current. This is supposedly the race distance. I don't really believe it's 650 yards, personally. More like 500. But I'm not complaining.

I would have gotten in more swimming if I hadn't been late. But it felt good. No panicking. Breathed good. Sighted good. Sometimes remembered to kick. Accidentally grabbed a guy's bum. Sorry, dude.

UPDATE it was only 400 m!