Thought I'd do a little checkup so this blog isn't considered completely dead. I pay for the domain name, so might as well make use of it?
Last time I posted I was leading up to KC Half Marathon. I actually did write an entire race report. Too lazy to hit "publish" I guess? Basically I ran a 1:43, which I was hoping for 1:45 so that felt good. Pretty soon I was back on with full training because I gave Coach Ken with Midwest Triathlon Coaching a call and signed back up. All I needed to do to keep the injury bug away was stretching, so I dedicated time to that.
2018 was returning to true endurance triathlon competition and hopefully a marathon. I'm signed up for Boulder 70.3 in August and Space Coast Marathon in November. I also signed up for KC Triathlon in May.
Leading up to the end of March, training was going great. I believe I hit 14 miles and the pace was picking up. I decided to sign up for Space Coast with BQ aspirations. I signed up to finally race with Jill again. Been way too long!
Then April hit. Work exploded on me and I probably skipped 80% of my work outs. Lost ~35% of my fitness (per TrainingPeaks TSS). I hated wasting Coach Ken's time setting up training plans for me just to miss them. I enjoy what I do for a living, it was just a crazy month (I say that because my training partner is also my boss who likely will read this, Hi Kevin!).
I actually had an awesome run a week into April. I ran an 8 mile segment of Brew-to-Brew at 7:38 pace. But about a week later I could barely muster 9 minute pace. I ended up bailing on the half marathon I was planning to run mid-April. A couple reasons being I just didn't feel I would get the race I had been training for and it was also TKBs birthday (yes, I got approval to run a half marathon on her birthday in advance anyway). But this gave me the opportunity take her to brunch at our favorite brunch place.
I was even considering bailing on KC Tri in mid-May but raced anyway. It was a true olympic. I've raced it multiple times and it was my first time racing in my new age group (40-45... I need to change my bio on this blog! Ugh!). I raced my race and had plenty of moments on the HOT run that I wanted to walk. I almost did but heard one of my teammates come up on me... Olympic distance World Champion, Kelly Dippold. I kept pace with her for a couple miles. She gave me plenty of motivation to keep pushing. Definitely helped!
I was fine with my results. Finished ahead of a couple people that I figured would blow me out of the water. Wasn't my goal but gotta brag! I did mention my buddy, training partner, and boss might read this? :P
That was about a month ago and I've been getting my lost fitness back (still off a bit). Summer arrived in full force right before the KC Tri (When I did the brew-to-brew run on April 8, it snowed on me during that 8 mile run). So my running in the heat has fully zapped my speed. I need to suck it up and get back on the treadmill. I probably still have gremlins floating in my head but I will work through it with more training.
I'm pretty confident my chances at a BQ are lost but not giving up on getting my fitness back because I plan to parlay that marathon fitness into ironman training in 2019.
Here's a few photos to share....
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| Rieger is weird. |
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| Kristen and John doing a practice wetsuit swim at Smithville Lake prior to KC Tri. |
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| My nephew Sam and me running a 5k together. He was doing a 7 week run club that culminated in the Heritage Park 5k. |
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| Rieger and his chew toy, Turdle. |
I think that's it for tonight... maybe the next 10 months? I'll see what I can do.
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