IRONMAN LOUISVILLE 2017 TRAINING
WEEK 30 – October 9 > October 14
Race Week is finally here!!! Thirty weeks of training can be really slow moving at times, but it seems that the final week before the race will just fly by. And looking back on 30 weeks of training is a journey in itself.
Race day is almost here, the weather is looking to be decent enough, and the excitement is building. I can’t wait to join my teammates for another great event – Ironman Louisville 2017!
I will recap the last few days of this week in my race recap after the race next week sometime, but here is a summary of the 30 weeks of training that chronicles my journey to Louisville.
Week 1 – Yay! Week 1 is Done!
Week 2 – Treadmills, Rocking my Brain, & New Digs
Week 3 – Texting and Ironman Training
Week 4 – I Will Need Two of Everything
Week 5 – Balancing Life While Training
Week 6 – Focusing on the “A” Race
Week 7 – Great Finish to Week 7
Week 8 – Happy Mother’s Day
Week 9 – Week 9 Wrap-up
Week 10 – Memorial Day Reminders
Week 11 – Week 11 Fun: Training and Racing
Week 12 – Throwing Caution to the Wind
Week 13 – Breaking the Monotony of Training
Week 14 – A Week of Jumbled Training
Week 15 – Halfway Done, But Not Quite
Week 16 – Yay! Vacation!
Week 17 – Jeff is a GUNNER
Week 18 – Swapping Weeks and Gauging My Readiness
Week 19 – Sprinting in the Beater
Week 20 – My Brain on Ironman
Week 21 – I’M READY!!! Umm, wait – maybe not
Week 22 – It Beat Me
Week 23 – The Highs and Lows of Week 23
Week 24 – Laboring on Labor Day
Week 25 – Teammates Make It Fun
Week 26 – My Butt Spoke to Me
Week 27 – The Dreaded Week 27
Week 28 – The Week of Awesome
Week 29 – Do I Really Want to Call Myself That Anymore?
TOTALS:
2 Swims – 2900 yards this week / 113,150 yards total
1 Bikes – 12 miles this week / 10583 miles total
6 Runs – 16 miles this week / 996 miles
an amazing run 