IRONMAN CHATTANOOGA 2019 TRAINING

WEEK 21 – Monday 7/22/2019 – Sunday 7/28/2019

 

Triathletes joke around about how everything gets neglected when training for an Ironman and typically cutting grass is one of the first things to get behind on.  Fortunately for me, I have plenty of time to cut the grass, take care of the pool, and the other stuff that I am usually responsible for.  However, I volunteered to chaperone at band camp this week like I have done the past several years and that takes three hours out of my afternoon to do things like the above.  But band camp is two weeks long, and it is worth my time to watch my daughter and her group practice their way into another awesome award-winning field show.  Certainly looking forward to chaperoning again this next week.  Fortunately, I was able to catch up with chores on Sunday.

With the chaperoning duties to do, I did a little shuffling around with the plan to get things done.

I did my Tuesday swim on my Monday rest day.  On Tuesday I got my run in on a very nice day.  Wednesday was the typical bike/run brick workout that went just fine.  Back to cycling on Thursday, but I pushed the swim until Friday.  On Friday, I did a brief two-mile shakeout jog and then did the swim before heading to band camp.  I didn’t want to overdo it because I was racing a sprint triathlon on Saturday.

Saturday was race day, and I did very well!  I nabbed 2nd place in my age group and was 17th overall.  You can read about it here:

Race Report: 2019 Manteno Triathlon

After the race, my training buddies Dave and Jeff rode to Manteno to meet me after the race and then we did a group ride back home together.  So cool that they came out to ride with me when they could have just ridden on their own.  Although I didn’t quite get in the mileage or riding time that the plan called for, I was happy with what I accomplished.

Sunday was a long run that ended up being about 11.5 miles.  I felt good on that rather warm and humid run.  I got a surprise when I saw Dave’s son Alex running at me and calling my name, with Dave not too far behind.  Heck, if I knew that they were still in town I would have joined them!

After that run I jumped in the pool, rehydrated, and then started catching up on my chores.  First was mowing the grass, and then I did some more power washing the sidewalk that I didn’t get to a couple of weeks ago.

There’s time for training, family, and chores when training for Ironman.  You just have to be resourceful.

 

WEEK 21 TRAINING TOTALS:

Swims: 3 total, 4682 total yards

Rides: 4 total, 86 total miles

Runs: 5 total, 28.5 total miles