Good luck to Triabetes!

Tuesday, November 16, 2009

This weekend the Triabetes team will compete in Ironman Arizona.  I met the team in March during a training camp in Tucson.  This is a great bunch of athletes!  I’m really excited for all of them and I wish them the best.  I just can’t imagine getting through an entire Ironman.  Sure, I run long distances … okay, insanely long distances … but, an Ironman is a tough deal.  There is the swimming, cycling, and running combined.  Plus, each event is really long; I mean, come on, the running on the end is a full marathon!  Holy crap Batman!  So, good luck to the Triabetes team! 

After my back trouble from the infamous mattress incident, I’m running a whopping big 15 or 16 miles for a “long” run.  But, then yesterday afternoon I went out and ran my rolling 10 mile trail loop (I call it LO10 for Lake Orange 10) and ran 67:25 without feeling too bad at all.  I have no idea where that came from.  I haven’t run anything fast since I hurt my back, haven’t done a long run since then, and have been busy enough lately that my weekly mileage is pretty low for me. 

What I have been doing consistently, though, is core work and weights, stretching, and form/cadence drills.  So, there you have it - the biggest bang for your buck is in the basics, the fundamentals.  The few times that I was injured when I was racing the roads heavily, I was usually able to maintain pretty decent fitness by focusing on those fundamentals and hitting the elliptical for more cadence work and overall aerobic conditioning.  I actually still get on the elliptical about 5 days/week. 

So, this is short … mainly just wanted to wish Triabetes good luck!

Missy