Count down

Less than 7 week to Kona - I'm already getting nervous!

I sent an e-mail to Joanne, a friend who did Kona last year asking her if there was any shade on the run course - no such luck. She suggested I drive up to Hilo and do the ride down from the turn around point to a beach about 25miles away, just to get a feel for the raging winds.

A guy from work called me - found out I qualified for Kona - he plans to do his first Half in a month, and his first Ironman next year. From our conversation, I gathered he is a good runner, an average biker, and a beginner swimmer. I tried to give him some basic advice without over complicating things (which is very easy to do).

I biked on the trainer this morning: warmup, 2min max resistance @ 60rpm/1min easyx25. Great workout, but not much fun.

I swam after work, did 10x50 on 1min. I've been focusing on easy, smooth, relaxed swimming and I'm not so sure this speed work is helping - my form starts to fall apart after the first 5 reps.

I'm going to try for 15miles tomorrow in the afternoon sun. That will be my long run for the week, since I've been building for several weeks now, I need a 'short' long run. I plan to start work early, then leave in time to do 2 hours or so at Valley Forge. I'll throw in some hills to make it interesting and let you know how it goes!