3 Olympics in 3 Days???

I decided to set a goal for the last three days before I go back to school!  Three olympic distance triathlons in three days!  It's TOTALLY doable, right?!  We'll see.  Today was triathlon #1 and it went quite well!

Camilla wanted to go to spin class this morning at nine so I told her that I'd meet her up there.  I beat her to the gym by 30 seconds, jumped in the pool and 20 minutes later was up in the spin room with her.  The pool was pretty clear of people.  Just a couple of older ladies bobbing up and down their lanes!  I jumped in and hit it without so much as a warm up.  The first five hundred I did in 7:50 and the second in 7:45.  I felt pretty good about that effort (I think the olympic is actually 1500...oh well).

Transition was looonnnnnggggg.  I had to go into the locker room and dry off really well before getting into my gear for the bike.

The spin felt good from beginning to end.  I really enjoy riding next to my wife.  We don't even have to talk for me to enjoy her company.  There's something about us both working hard together to maintain and work on our health that makes me happy.  I finished the 25 miles in just over 1:09 (averaged 21.7mph).

Transition again took forever.

Hopping on the treadmill and running the first mile was easy.  I was a bit surprised at how easy that first  mile felt (wasn't running all that fast 8:50 pace).  Mile two felt fine as well, but I could tell that I would be in need soon of some nourishment; something more than just water, and I didn't have anything.  I finished my first 5k in just under 26 minutes.  At that point I had to walk a little.  The wall had jutted up and smacked me right in the face!  Two or three minutes of walking had me feeling a bit guilty so I cranked up the speed to 7.2 and started running again.  Surprisingly, I found a bit of a groove for the rest of the run.  I ended up running the 10k in 55:40.  Not great, but not bad after a good swim and hard ride.

Overall I feel like my conditioning isn't that off from summer.  In fact, my times are very comparable to my performance last year at the Boise Half Ironman.  I'm encouraged by that!  In three weeks the strict training starts and I WILL NOT BE DISTRACTED from preparing myself to destroy my times from last year!  I love training.  Love it.