Lazyman Success!

This year I successfully completed the Lazyman Triathlon. As of today I did 3.45 miles swimming, 112.19 miles biking, and 46.2 miles running.

Getting the swimming in wasn't too hard because I knew I needed to practice for the Cville Intl Tri. Plus doing the swim part of the triathlon should've given me near a mile (though it ended up being a short this year).

I had more issues with the biking mostly because I wanted to go on Sunday mornings. One time it was a thunderstorm and another Sunday was the triathlon. Thus I ended up trying to go after work a few times but that meant shorter rides. That being said, I still got them all in. It also helps that I'm still in training for the IronGirl Triathlon so I couldn't blow it off as much this year.

The run was clearly the best and I should get another 3 miles in tomorrow (so technically part of the Lazyman time) thus putting me very close to a double marathon in July. I made sure to run 3 to 4 times a week as my version of my pre-training for the marathon training program.

Overall, I'm happy with finishing this year!

Two Parts Done!

Today I finished both the swimming distance and running distance. I will keep more miles in each of these before the end of the month but I met that part of the goal. As of today I still have 41.26 miles left on the bike. I still have confidence that I can complete that portion too since tomorrow we have a 23 mile bike ride planned. So two more short (10ish) mile rides after that and I'll be over in that category too.

Lazyman Started

Just a quick note to highlight the the GoogleDoc plug-in on the side of the blog that tracks in near-real time my progress through the Lazyman (see post below for full description). As you can see, I've already made progress on both the bike and the run. I have plans to swim tomorrow so hopefully that number will go down soon too.

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.

Lazy man final report

Yes, it's an entire month late, but Pennsic came and just never got a chance to update it. If you've been watching the numbers for the last month they haven't moved and the final tally was 3.3 miles swim (over by 1.1 miles), 78.3 miles bike (under by 33.7), 37.2 miles run (over by 11).

Once again, I didn't make it. However, I did do much better this year and I suspect I can do better yet next year. It's all a matter of getting the biking in early.

Week 3 of Lazyman

In week 3 of Lazyman I was hampered by very knotty shoulders that impacted everything (yes, you use the upperback in all three sports in some way). I did manage to complete .3 miles swim, 17.1 miles bike, and 10.2 miles run. As of the week cut off that means I'm done with the swim, almost done with the run (which I actually finished this morning but counts in week 4), and no where close on the bike.

In related news, the international Tri is this Sunday. Kinda seems surreal.

Week 2 of Lazyman

Week 2 was hampered by a business trip and just getting out of the routine. I accomplished 1500m swim (~1 mile), 4 miles biking, and 6.3 miles running. With any luck I can make up the biking somehow and actually finish this thing.

My goal for week 3 is to finish both the swim (really easy as long as I get to a pool) and the running (Saturday should be 4 miles and if I do 5k on Monday I'll get it). As for the biking, just try to get in more in general.

Week 1 of Lazyman

My week 1 totals for Lazyman were 1.2 miles swimming, 28 miles biking, 7.2 miles running. Logically that leaves 1.2 miles swimming, 84 biking, and 19 running. This is very doable.

Lazyman Returns!

With July brings the return of the Lazyman Triathlon. We have the entirety of July to do the distance of an Ironman Triathlon: 2.4miles swimming, 112 miles biking, 26.2 miles running. I feel very confident that this year I can actually complete it since I'm starting at a great advantage over last year - I actually have a bike and feel reasonably confident using it.

I will try to post weekly updates with distances remaining. I started off the month with an early morning run (2.6 miles) and short bike (2 miles).

Lazyman Left to go
2.4 miles swimming
110 miles biking
23.6 miles running