Golden Ears Park
One of the highlights of my Easter Weekend was taking my Cervelo P2C time trial bike out for the first time this year. I was a bit apprehensive about taking this bike out since I was not sure how comfortable I would be riding in the aero position while recovering from my frozen shoulder. So I was pretty happy that everything went very well and I ended up staying out for 7 hours and riding 170 km. I only returned home because I had run out of supplies and I also had to get my bike into Speedtheory before it closed at 6 pm. I tried to choose a route that would simulate some of the conditions of Ironman St. George without exactly mirroring that bike course. Therefore I needed some rolling hills, a long steady climb and exposure to plenty of windy conditions. I certainly got all that and more by cycling out to Whytecliff Park and then going out east to Alouette Lake in Golden Ears Park.
Speaking of the bike course at Ironman St George, check out the course elevation map. There are some nasty climbs!
So I am feeling cautiously optimistic about going to Ironman St George after completing a weekend of swimming, running and biking. My swimming is still very slow and cautious so I won’t be achieving any PR times in this race however hopefully I will make the swim cut-off time (and also not drown). It is at least reassuring to see my training distances start to return to somewhat normal levels after being injured.
Training Distance 1st Quarter 2010
So for now I am moving my race status from Red Light to Yellow Light.
Happy Training!
Yay for the yellow light! I think I can speak for all your readers when I say: fingers crossed on the hopefully not drowning thing.
You are so amazing! Way to go!
Thank you Tzaddi. I hope that you enjoyed and were inspired at SXSW