One Clydesdale’s Journey

Well, I pulled out all the stops and worked my butt off this past week. And what did I have to show for it when I stepped on the scale this morning… a 1 pound weight gain!

Is there no justice in this world?

At least my Clydesdale ranking isn’t going to be in jeopardy any time soon.

Any way, back to this past week;
I managed to workout everyday this past week and even got in 4 bricks and 1 open water swim.

The open water swim was only about a quarter of a mile, but more importantly I was able to test out the new wetsuit. After checking with every place in town and finding out that none of them had one that would fit me, I went with the online option. I was able to find out what I wanted in my travels around town and what would fit me, so it made the purchase a bit easier.

I went with the NeoSport Sprint full suit from Wetsuit Wearhouse. I went back and forth with Shelly over whether or not to get the sleeves or not, but I can tell you that now that I found one that fits and I tried it in the water; I’m glad I went with the sleeves.

As for the rest of the training this past week; it went pretty good and I’m feeling about as comfortable as I can be with what I’ve done training wise.

Would I have liked to train more? Yes. But I feel as though I’ve gotten in as much as I could and I think I’m ready for next weekend.

I’m also looking forward to this week and the bit of a break that I get from the taper.

Although I’m not to sure how that will work this Thursday night at Tri Fit… I guess I’ll find out.

So my goals for Saturday; stay with my own game plan in the swim – long and strong with my strokes and don’t try to rush it. Kick the bike and take every advantage that I can with it since I’m able to really crank that thing out. Steady and smooth with the run, trying to maintain about a 10 minute mile for as much of it as I can.

Overall, I’m hoping to finish with a time of 3:20:00 or less. I’ll let you know how that goes next week!

Later,
John W.
A Clydesdale in training