Race No: 669

Just found out the Competitors Lists are up for the 70.3 Championships in Clearwater. I have a spreadsheet created to track my weekly training totals - volume and time. When I resumed training last week, I managed to scrape up 669 minutes of training. My race number is 669 - I shit you not! Wonder what significance, if any, that has?

There are approximately 150 people in my 30 - 34 age group with 9 of us from Canada. I believe at least 5 of us from the Calgary area!

I'll be extremely happy with two things at this race:

1. Finishing
   
2. Not coming last overall

Pretty basic/realistic goals based off my current fitness/health levels.

My bike is currently in the shop getting a major overall. I get to pick it up today in time to hammer out a 2hr ride this evening. Sandwiched somewhere in there will be a 38 minute tempo effort. The plan is to get in some more key workouts until Friday in a last ditch effort to gain a little speed. After that I'll taper for a week into the 14th.

The last month I have been pretty diligent with my diet and have dropped 13lbs since the Calgary 70.3. This week I am eating a lot of salads with loads of veggies, protein, and some form of carbs in there. Next week I'll resume normal eating to fuel up for race day. I am also implementing a tip from my buddy Katie and that is to cut out all diary about 3-4 days from the race. Diary didn't agree with my before the Calgary 70.3 which I think may have contributed to my stomach issues.

Getting some good runs in on the treadmill and hope to try the knee out this weekend outside. It is not perfect but I'll manage.

Happy Hump Day Folks!