Today I biked 50 miles and ran 2 miles to do a brick workout. I injured by hip after a 10mile run this past Sunday. I have self diagnosed it as "Hip Bursitis" which is common with runners (Thanks to the gods of online community boards). I freaked out since the big race is less than a month away and people tend to have this injury for a while. I think it was in my bad running form since I had a Camelpack with 30 Ounces of water on my back during the run.
By Sunday my hip was much better, and I ventured out for my longest ride ever. The 50 miles were not bad specially since I did them in 2hrs 43mins at an avg pace of 18.35 Miles/hr. If I can duplicate that speed on race day, then I will be happy.
I came home and I calculated by average speed for the first time before the HIM in Orlando on May 18. I will have to complete a 1.2Mile swim + 56 Mile bike + 13.1 Mile run (or 1/2 marathon) at the end. I will have to say that I am nervous. Running a 1/2 marathon after a 56 mile bike will be a huge challenge. But hey, that's the purpose of triathlons! Put a big challenge in front of you and work hard to accomplish it.
I need to get two separate 60 mile bike rides in the next 2.5 weeks plus a couple of 10 mile runs to feel ready. The swimming will have to take third priority since I can probably finish the 1.2 miles in less than an hour.
So, after calculating my recent speed, I am aiming for the following times:
- 1.2 Mile swim in under 1 hour
- T1 in under 4 min
- 56 Mile bike in under 3hr 8 min
- T2 in under 3 min
- 13.1 Mile run in under 2 hrs
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About 375 min or 6 hr 15 min.
At first I was aiming for under 6 hrs, but this is just not possible with the shape I am in today. Perhaps next year.
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