Training for Ironman St. George officially starts today. The next 5 months will bring with it 10 workouts a week, meaning multiple double days with a workout in the morning as well as one in the evening. I'm sure that there will be blood and tears somewhere along the way which will hopefully be out weighed by triumphs and accomplishments.
This week starts off with my second least favorite workout which unfortunately is a necessity as well. My first workout for today was to test my overall fitness in the pool, I will have to admit that I've been neglecting the pool lately. This test involves swimming 1,000 yards as fast as you can without stopping. The results of which will be your T-Pace or your average time per 100 yards. My total for this morning was 15:48 meaning that my average time per 100 yards was 1:34. The rest of my swim workouts will be based on this time until we retest a few months from now to see if there is improvement.
The reason that I don't like this workout is that it's just painful. If done right by the end of the test your lungs should be burning and you should be a bit dizzy due to lack of oxygen to your brain as, what little oxygen you are getting in with each breathe is, all going to feed your muscles. Luckily though it's not a long test and will probably only be done one more time.
Tonight's workout you ask? Short run with hill intervals.
