No Tri yet, but soon ... Tri!

So I didn't get to the Tri this weekend.  There we some ... complications.  I will get into those as they occur in the timeline of the blog.

Monday
Off to Soccer at EA.  Nothing particularly special just a nice run.  3.74miles under an hour.  Not too bad not to good.  Soccer is getting better though and it is helping  my overall fitness.

Tuesday
The reverse alpine loop on the bike with Colleen, she is in form and does a really good job.  Her moving average is 17.7mph which is really tidy.  She spends a lot of time in my draft, but she is still getting better at the hills, not necessarily enjoying them, but definitely getting better.

Wednesday
Soccer at EA again, another 3.7 miles in just over an hour this time.  Nothing else to talk about there.

Late in the evening out to the pool.  The normal 1.5 miles (1.4 miles timed 4 laps warm-up and 2 laps cool down 100 laps timed).  Do the timed laps in 39:10 which I am fairly happy with - still need to get quicker.

Thursday
Out for a ride.  Do the Alpine loop as I haven't done it in quite some time.  Manage to get a lot of love from the traffic lights and from my quads and bust around the lopp really quite quickly (for me anyway).  Complete the loop in under an hour with a moving average of 21.5 mph.  Riding is something else I need to try to pick my speed up at.  I think I need to get to the gym to get my quads stronger as I am sort of stuck at ~21mph at the moment.

The Ride of Chafe

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It is during this ride that my plans for the triathlon come unstuck.  I am not sure what was going on with my bike pants, but I get some chafing in a very unfortunate location.

Friday
Soccer again, only 3.5 miles this time, in just under an hour.  Going to have to do some more running and some less soccer.  While soccer is good and I like it - it probably isn't the best running training.

Sunday
No tri, I made the decision Saturday afternoon not to, because my chafing was still giving me grief.  Which i really annoying as I haven't had that particular issue before.  Perhaps those bike pants are done.
So I go for a swim.  Manage to do the whole 1.5 miles (106 laps) in 40:01 which I am pretty happy with, which means I have done the 100 (which I usually time) in well under 38 minutes.

I am registered for the San Jose Metro Triathlon next Sunday (the 22nd), the race website is here.  It is a full Olympic length triathlon.  1500m Swim, 40k Ride, 10km Run (or 0.94 mile Swim, 24.9 mile Ride, 6.2 mile Run).  So next Sunday is the big day.  I will try to do daily updates through the week as the big day approaches.