Gonna be heading out for the weekend and already to get back Monday and back to training.  Nadine is heading to get her fit tomorrow, the bike is close but still needs tweaked a bit. Mine is headed in also for just minor stuff. Need to run a PT test with the Army for the upcoming Air Assault Course on June 21. Ribs are doing no better but running has been easier. The swim is what has been bothering me, not so much hurting just feels odd. Bike is great, although not a whole lot this week due to the weather down here. We so need to get a trainier for this time of the year. Florida just has too much rain to plan long rides.

 Cannot wait to get Nadine on her bike more and start jamming out some speed work for her. She is so happy with her bike and I was glad to get it for her. She so deserves it and it has been a long time coming. Wish we could have gotten it for her sooner but better she has it now with no race planned. Although I am looking at the Great Floridian for her. We can work the training plan together, me for IMFL and 2 weeks before is the GFT. Just need to get her set on training for it, right now she is in a slump with no race coming up or on the calendar. After I tried and like the X2Performance, she is next to give it a roll. I think she will be nothing but happy with the results. Till Monday, Im out

Elite Events Naples Triathlon

On May 25th we headed South to Naples for another Elite Events race. They have been in town for a year or so and finally getting pretty good turnouts to their events. They are also getting longer races and I cannot wait for that to happen. So the day started as normal, except the twist today was the race is a reverse !! NEVER have I done one or thought I would but decided to make it a speed work day and have a good time. They was running the tri and du at the same time. Run went pretty good and about my avg. even if the run was after the bike, 20:06 was run time and it was hard to tell where I was except I did see one guy in front of me in my AG. Bike was 10 miles and my split was a 27:14 for a 22.04 avg. Not shabby seeings it had speed bumps on part of the course and 3 U- turns in it also. I think the hardest part of the day was the swim ! Legs seemed to just hang in the water and with the up coming sun I missed a buoy. OK I should have seen it but followed a guy in front of me as we rounded buoy and never paid attention Either way my fault and should have worn tinted goggles and paid attention. Finished the race in a 55:55 and when I looked at results I was 3rd OA. The shocker for the day was during awards I was called for 1st place masters ! HEY my first ever masters win, but I just did get into the AG for it this year and only the 3rd race of the season. Had stuck with my new race day nutrition, X2Performance - Power bar - Xendurance; these 3 things been rocking training and last few races I have done.  I just started my training program for IMFL and I needed to get Nadine onboard. So seeings I told her she would not do another IM without a new bike we went and got her a new one the other day. I am gone this weekend and when I get back its gonna be game on. My bike is headed to shop this weekend when Nadine goes to get her fit done. Oscar is gonna tighten things up move my bars and a quick tuneup for training. So I am done with the sprints for the year I think, Making OLY's now speed work and hope to get a few 1/2 or even a full before IMFL. 

Back to training , Upcoming race

Had to bounce out of town for a few days, to go train with the Army. It was a Indoc for Air Assault school coming up next month. WOW what an eye opener, its gonna ba a tough school both physical and mentally. Been wanting to go to this school since I before I even joined the Marine Corps. Now 40 it is gonna be so much tougher on me and I am maybe the oldest person in the class. Well Im gonna give it my best shot and not give into their games. It has a very high quit/ kick out rate. Last course started with 230 and day 1 they kicked out 70 before noon.

Got a free trial of X2Performance a new sponsor of Ironman and have been giving it some test runs.

So far things have been great! Been using it as it says and things seem to be going great with it. I need to get more and use it on more workouts but so far it has been outstanding. Soon as I start training for IMFL I think this is gonna be part of my arsenal and if things work out for IM Louisville it will be going there with me also. X2Performance combined with Extreme Endurance has done wonders with my training and really feel a PR coming in the 104.6  distance this year. Them 2 combined with Power Bar fueling for me has been a game changer with how I been feeling. Need to roll out a few more base mile weeks and after AAC on July 2, training is getting ramped up for upcoming IM's

May 11 Cape Sprint

Yesterday was the Cape Coral Sprint Triathlon and Nadine and I decided to go run the thing. Not a bad setup by the county and pulled in bout 158 people to run it. Although we knew it would be smaller, we also knew that there was gonna be some fast ass people attending it and we was not wrong on that. Weather was good in the low 70's and water was mid 70's. Swim went by well, started up front and never left the crowd the entire time, hit the beach around 5min for the 400 meters. Bike was 2 laps in a T pattern, made a huge rookie mistake and missed a turn. Had my head down jamming along and just missed it but caught it soon as I did. Back on track and onto 2nd lap there was a crash in front of me. 2 guys and a girl got caught up somehow and knocked one guy out with broken brake levers on bike. Run started out good in my new shoes I won at the Fit 2 Run grand opening and they was feeling good. Picked off a few and at mile 2.75 got passed not realizing he was in my AG. Finished in a 56:59 , 10th OA and 2nd AG. Tried out the 2X Performance today, hard to tell about it would have liked a longer course but still gonna work with it. Nothing bad about it just sprints always seem to hurt me more then 70.3 or higher do. Next race is in Naples on May 25th its a reverse sprint. 

Wedding Day

On March 16th the best thing happened to me. I married my best friend and love of my life. I could not ask for more, Nadine is everything I have wanted my entire life and we are just better together. I love her, train with her and she is my everything and my 3x IM finisher. Who although it was our honeymoon in Ocala for the HITS 140.6, when I could not race and against her will, she went out and rocked it out. With another 3rd place AG finish

May Things Calm Down

Its been crazy for a while now and time has passed way to fast. Hard to think its already May and the year is almost half over. The Ocala 140.6 with HITS Triathlon did not work out the way I had planned. Matter a fact, I never even got to start the race. Had a flat tire issue, which on any given day is easy to take care of but not this day. Between old tubes and rim tape, could not keep any air in front tire but did not know this till I got home. Had brand new tires and it even stumped the bike support guys, who only got a short look at it because they was too busy filling tire. I mean WTF you come to a race and dont bring a pump ?? April hit and I was in a slump and have been in and out of it. So for my 40th B-day I thought I would run 40 miles for it. Day started good, although I wanted to stop within 5 miles. Fueling and water was good but things really started getting to me. Knee and ankle on right side was killing me. Walked and talked to Nadine at 27 she was riding and said just see what you can do. I made it to 30 miles and shut things down. The roads canter was causing me to run back n forth all over the road and could never find a happy point. So seeing I have not ran over or had to run more then 4 hours in years. When I hit 30 @ 4:35:00 I decided to live to fight another day. Since then things have been slow coming, that run took more out of me then I thought. One thing I do know is an Ultra is within my reach if I wanted to train for it. I went into this run with 1 16 mile day, which was a 2x day I did that.
Did not have to go to annual training with the FLNG so I jumped into the Cape Coral Yacht Club sprint triathlon on May 11 just for the hell of it. Also I am in for the Lake Avalon reverse triathlon in Naples on May 25. Someday soon I am gonna turn towards IMFL and set the training plan up. Been doing more strength training and speed work in all three sport. Need to kick the slump and get head back on straight and set my sights further down the road. For now looking at Air Assault school in late June into July then it on to IMFL. I WILL be ready for it both mentally and physically. Have a break in school, BA in Exercise Science is going well and need to get back in ASAP. Also this year Triathlon Coaching Cert. and NASM Cert.  renewed are 2 other plans.

HITS 140.6 01/12/2013

Day started like any other race, running around and running late no matter how early I get there. Got T1 set and headed to beach. Spent a lot of time talking and getting pictures. Had the race meeting and before I even had goggles on the horn went off. Swim went well and was out of the water at 58min.. little quick but guess my swims been paying off. Hit T1 at the hour mark and ripped through it in 2 min.. Headed out on the bike course I know all to well. Kinda boring but the headwind all the way out made you work. Tailwind on the way back made it kinda nice. Came into T2 after 5:18:?? and only was in there for another 2 min. Run went back from mile 2 on and spent the next 4 hours trying to figure out whats wrong. Run was a out n back 2X, so you got to see everyone a few time. Best I could figure I was 8th going into the run and they even yelled to me I was. So started picking people off till I was 5th and bad went to worse. Stomach didnt wanna hold anything down and was making me walk but ran as long as I could between them. Crossed the line in 10:29:00 a new PR that I was not expecting. Run was the worst at 4:06:??, in all a really good day. Took the whole week off and finally got into the pool this morning. Training start light in the morning and goes back full Monday. HITS 140.6 Ocala is March 23rd. Just need t maintain and do a little work.