Race Results and the plan from here on out.

Swimming on hold, ready to run!

With  the swim behind me I am turning my focus to running.  On Labor Day there is the Salt Lake Half Marathon which is basically my favorite run in Emigration canyon.  On the other hand Davis County is having a sprint triathlon.  I am torn between the two.  I currently have a lot of my stuff for sale to pay for a bike on KSL.com http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=231&userid=746790.  If I get a bike in the next few weeks then I think I will go for my first triathlon, otherwise the fun half marathon.  I only ran once this week and again today.  On Tuesday I ran about 6 miles at about a 9 min mile.  Today I ran 10 miles with my father in-law.  Today''s run wasn't very hard because John had to stop about every mile to a mile and a half.  Honestly I didn't mind at all.  I was only slightly motivated today.  The funny thing about today's run is that around mile 6 John stopped at a coffee shop for a shot of espresso.  My stomach doesn't like coffee prior to a run, let alone in the middle of one. My goal for the week is going to be a run on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday again.  Probably do this type of distance, 5 miles recovery run, 8 mile pace run, 5 mile speed run,   6 mile technique run, and 12 mile pace run again on Sunday.   I will then mix weeks with 1/2 runs and 1/2 bike and gradually work up to 20 mile runs on my pace day.  Given that I don't have any experience in biking I guess I will work on those workouts when I have a bike.   

Race Results and next year plans.

The race results were posted this week at Deercreeekopenwater.com I came in 7th place as I remembered.  I have decided that I will swim the 10K next year.  The 10K looks like a better race and I will be in better shape then.  I am not trying to make myself look better but if they divided it up into age categories then I would have placed a lot better. All of the people that beat me were 6 to 15 years younger than me.  So this year I will say that I did really well for the 30 and over division.  Next year age doesn't matter.