In eleven days, four of the Fab 5, our coach, along with +1 and +2 will head to Muncie for an Ironman 70.3. Everyone in that group has finished a Half, except me.
We’ve been training since January, so I feel like I’m ready, but every time I raise the bar I get a little anxious. Any of the three events, the 1.2 mile swim, the 56 mile bike, or the 13.1 mile run would be no problem on their own, but combining them for the first time at my level of expectation will be a challenge.
One of the things we’ve focused on in preparation is the likelihood of a very hot day. Last year they shortened the course, so the last workout I had before my week of debauchery in Las Vegas was a 13 mile run on a high school track.
Our coach’s goal was to simulate the time of our run (roughly 10 am) and the very sunny run course by offering no shade. We set up fluids and would stop every mile to rehydrate, but each mile we ran was faster than the last to practice negative splits. It was about 90 degrees at the time. Here’s a trippy little video I put together from that day.
Now, of course, we’re checking the forecast for the 13th in Muncie and it looks absolutely delicious from afar. We’ll see if this holds up. Hopefully it does, because it’s much different from my Olympic in Knoxville, which would be nice.
Knoxville forecast for my Rev 3 Olympic in May. The race was Sunday, and the forecast was dead on.
