Melissa - Vain Triathlete

email to coach Carrie about this race: This half was much better than both HMs last year.  How can I not be happy about that! Last year I ran two HMs. It was a really rough year on my ego in regard to my HMs. I know that might sound trivial but when you are used to certain times and all of the sudden your competition is kicking your butt and your times are getting slower – it’s not a fun time. With my 5k and this HM I do feel like I am on the up-swing now. Now that I have gotten to the core of my health issues. My two HMs last year were March - New Bedford 1:41:36 and August - Rock N Roll (flat) was 1:43:15 Both much slower than 2010 and 2009. In 2009 and 2010 I did 1:35 in two Half marathons.  My PR was in 2008 1:33 at Newton Chilly HM. I feel I’m close to where I was back then. What I believe is that – since I have shifted my training to IM I can’t expect to get my racing speed back since my mileage is so low.  However, seeing my recent resul...

Today is Sunday and I'm about to go out for 50 minute run.  It's one of the easiest weekend workouts I've had in a long time.  I'm happy to get this run done so I can catch up on work.  Getting my work done is one of my goals I set in training for the IM.  As my hours increase I will have less and less time to work. Plain and simple. I want a clean slate before that time hits me so I'm not stressed out to the max. Training is going smoothly.  I am able to perform my workouts as prescribed by Carrie. I'm challenging myself in swim class by moving up a lane with the faster swimmers and trying to hold.  This technique causes me to work extremely hard. But I'm glad.  It can only help my swimming. In April we go to CA to visit Donna and Carol..  I'm bringing my bike and hoping to ride through wine country with Donna on a 100 miler. The Hyannis Half is next weekend and I've been training on less than 20 miles per week.  Weird but my runs are ...