Cville Int'l Tri & Lazyman

July is almost upon us which means the return of the Lazyman Triathlon and the Cville International Tri.

Lazyman
I've participated the last two years in a Lazyman Triathlon put on by some friends at work. The goal is to do the entire distance of the Ironman Triathlon but instead of doing it all in one day, you have all of July to do it. That means 2.4 miles swimming, 112 miles biking, and 26.2 miles running.

The last two years I have successfully completed both the swim and the run with miles to spare in both of them. I have not yet successfully completed the bike portion during the timeframe. Therefore this year I have created a plan in which I do a short bike (10ish miles) once a week and a long bike ride (30+ miles) on Sunday morning (except the last Sunday... more on that in a second). This plan allows a little flexibility in weather conditions and routes, but it is a much more solid plan for getting the miles done.

For swimming I'll probably knock it out fairly quickly since it is only 3863 meters and once a week I try to do 1500+ meters (working on distance) and another time in the week do 750+ meters (working on power/speed).

Since my marathon training program starts the last week in July with runs of 3 miles, 4 miles, 3 miles, and 5 miles all in that first week I need to make sure I'm in shape for it. Thus my plan for the rest of July is to do two 3 mile runs during the week and a 3-5 mile run on the weekend (starting with 3 and working up). Even if I low end the weekend run, that is still three 3 mile runs in a week, so I'll be done with the run portion in 3 weeks.

Cville International Triathlon
Once again I'm part of a relay team for the Cville International Triathlon. This year my team members are my coworkers David & Will. I will once again be doing the swim which is ~1500m (thus why my long swims start at 1500m and get longer). I really want to improve on my time over last year and give my team a fighting chance.