(Photo courtesy of my parents – thanks to them for the guiding help!)
After the struggles in January, I re-started the swim coaching with Coach Joe. Things had also gotten a little better on the other two aspects during training. So going into this race of the series, I expected better outcomes.
That did occur with both the swim and the bike, but not the run. In the swim, it would have gone even better (as I was told I was literally 2 strokes out from another length), but had lost time asking how much was left. While treadmills have always created issues for me, the run was even harder this time. I just couldn’t keep the heart rate and breathing down/at constant levels. So I had to keep going through a loop of running for a few minutes and then walking to get things back to par before starting the cycle again.
While I had hoped for a larger improvement from Jan to Feb, it was still a good step forward. I hope to build on these successes when the outdoor season starts for me in April.
