So today officially kicks off Ironman Training. I'm going to try and really get back to making daily posts at the end of the day about each days worth of training.
Today was supposed to be an easy 45 minute run and speed work in the pool. However, the holiday forced me to switch tomorrow's easy bike with today's swim.
So I did what turned out to be a 54 minute run, since I completely mis-guessed the distance out I needed to go, so I wound up running much farther than I was supposed to. No bother, it was such a light intensity it didn't bother me much. I was quite slow and nonetheless my HR was higher than I wanted it. But I've been out of working out for some time now so at least this gives me a lot of room to improve.
For the bike, I chose my home to parkway route. It's a pretty easy route with a few steady climbs. I did get my first real experience of riding in the rain. That was a joy, but I did learn that it's really not all that hard. I just have to take the hills nice and easy.
All in all, it's really exciting to "officially" begin my Ironman training. It's been all talk up to now, but it's finally put up or shut up. It's going to be an interesting summer. Despite the hills, I'm so glad to be training in Asheville. The weather is so much more pleasant, and training in the hills should only make me that much stronger on the flats of Arizona.
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