Did an open water swim-run brick.
My Nebo tri club was doing an open water swim at 8 AM so I joined them at the reservoir. I tried out my new wetsuit for the first time--merry christmas to me--in 07. I was impressed with the gliding and bouyancy I got from it. After I got tired, I was swimming just as bad as I always do, but I have high hopes for a faster swim at spudman. We swam 50 minutes--I took two 5 min breaks during that time--every 15 minutes when my form started to struggle. I do not like to practice swimming wrong.
I decided to do a 10 race/run after. I drove home and did my riverbottoms 10k. I wanted to beat the stinking 7 minute guy. I got 10 sec. behind him the first mile, as I got my legs and before I started to watch the garmin closely. The next miles I caught up and passed him. At mile 5 I was 15 seconds a head of him. At mile four, my heart rate went up to 180 and a little above. I have to slow down a bit and relax my run and got it back to mid 170s. At mile 5 I have the up hill for the rest of the race. I had a 7:49, 7:30, which was not too bad but it was a butt kicker. I ended with a 44:30, but hit the half (5k) at 21:20 so a 42 something is possible at spudman.
I practiced my nutritian. I took a GU in my fuel belt and downed that at the one mile mark, then washed it down with my weak gatorade. I usually do not drink on a fast run, but I pushed myself to get some more fluids, especially at miles 2-4. It was after 10 AM and it was toasty. I had two fuel belt bottles, one with gatorade and one with water. I did good until I dumped the gatorade on my head thinking it was the water (I had switched the side the bottles were on). I could have been a winning coach with gatorade on me. The GU felt great in the tummy and the drink was fine.
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