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Speed Work

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Well there is only 4 short weeks away until Ironman California 70.3 in Oceanside, my season opener and one of my favorite races of the year.  It’ll be just me heading to the race as we decided that the $$ used for flying a family of 4 would be better spent elsewhere.  In my preparation for the season, I wanted to do some race speed work this weekend so I signed up for a couple of short races.  Saturday was the last snowshoe race of the year, a 3K race for the Romp to Stomp out Breast Cancer series.  It was certainly fast as I finished in 14 minutes, good enough for the overall win.  It was a really fun time with the family but I was sad to know that it was the last snowshoe race of the season for me.  In my opinion, snowshoe races are the best workouts to really see where your fitness level is.

 

And the gun goes off!

And the gun goes off!

 

 

 I raced the next day by doing an indoor triathlon at Lifetime Fitness in Parker.  It was a 10 min swim/30 min bike/20 min run.  My very first multisport event ever was an indoor triathlon in Des Moines in 1994 so it brought back some good memories.  It was an all out effort and certainly made me sore!  I won the event with the highest combined points based on a total of swim lengths, bike distance and run distance.  The best part was that Nikki got to do a “boot camp” aerobic class while the boys were in the clubs top-of-the-line day care.  My Timex Bodylink (www.timextrainer.com) worked great as well as my Saucony Fastwitch (www.saucony.com) racing flats!  It was a fun day!

 I am eagerly looking forward to out team camp in a few weeks in Carlsbad.  It’s always so much fun to see all the new talented athletes that Tristan, Keith and Tom have compiled over the last few months! There are a few more of us on the team from Colorado which is great to see!

 

Thanks for reading,

Tim

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One Response to “Speed Work”

  1. Barry Siff Says:
    March 9th, 2009 at 9:05 am

    Tim – awesome racing weekend; but, I’ve got to be honest: the photo, captioned “the gun goes off,” shows you and one other guy. Ummmmm. :). Seriously, looks like you’re ready for another awesome season in ’09 – see you in Carlsbad. B.

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