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The first triathlon was to see if I could do it.  The 2nd triathlon I wanted to shave 10 minutes off my time.  I was able to cut 7:00.  Now I want to complete the next one in under 60 minutes.


From the first race to the second I have improved.  The most important one that I see is the 10 min mile average.  I cut about 1 minute per mile off the average.  For the bike and running I cut 4 minutes off.  The swimming was reduced by 1 minute.  I lost time in the transition from the previous race.  The physical training I am doing is working.

Race Overall Gender Place Division Place Swim Place Transition 1 Place Bike Place Transition 2 Place Run Place Run Per Mile Final Time
June 20th Sprint 267 177 35 235 / 8:44 244 / 3:13 236 / 30:10 / 15.9 239 / 1:32 288 / 35:06 11:20 11:18.43
Clear water July 11th 204 138 21 162 / 7:39 227 / 3:14 131 / 26:28 / 18.1 316 / 3:15 239 / 31:23 10:08 1:11:57
The NEXT RACE 86 74 6:41 2:40 24:54 / 19.3 1:05 24:43 8:00 1:00:01

I want to be under 1 hour total time for the next race:  Here is the plan:

  1. Cut the swimming transition time down to 2:00.  There is a sprint from the water to the staging area; then I need to have everything setup and ready to go.  In the last two races, I put on shorts and shoes, but I need to find a way to make this quicker.  It might be worth it to swim in bike shorts to reduce time.  I may loot at getting shoe laces that are quick tie instead of regular.
  2. Shoot for an average of 20 mile an hour on the bike.  More leg strength training is needed. I will start to increase the weight training on the legs.
  3. Making the 8 minute mile.  I don’t want to bite off more than I can chew, but running is my weakest point.  I cut 1:20 off my running average, so two minutes in 4 weeks could be done with the right leg strength training.

So that is my simple plan.  60 minutes.  Its gonna be some heavy training for the next few weeks.  I love this stuff. :)

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