last week, this week, race goal and deep thoughts

did another 30 minutes on the trainer today. same as yesterday. last one is Tuesday then she goes into the shop for pre-race tuneup.

getting a good feel for proper aero posture on the new bike. tried out the sippy cup water bottle setup. may need some gizmo to stabilize it as my aero bars seem a tiny bit too wide for it. mounting and dismounting bike with water bottles behind the seat is interesting. the usual "leg over the saddle" technique often ends up with a water bottle flying off into space.

doing tons of stretching in an attempt to avoid IT band tightness and knee pain during the race. one last ART appt on Tuesday at 6:30pm. have done two or three stretching sessions per day the past few days plus hourly stretch for the oblatus quadratus (or w/e it is called).

last week I did the Saturday brick. 1hr 30min bike. 40minute run. followed by ART session.
Friday was a brick. 1hr 15min bike. 44minute run. slight knee tightness
Thursday I had my first ART session. Boy that is intense stuff. Deep tissue work while you move the muscle. drove home and stretched before doing an hour or two on the trainer bike.
Wednesday I think we rode in Kona but I don't remember.

Race Goal:
5hrs and an Ironman Kona slot
realism factor: in the realm of possibility
40minute swim: realistic (I swam 1:50 per 100meters @Lavaman)
2hr 24minute bike: might not be realistic (this is the same 20.5mph as Lavaman)
1hr 40minute run: probably not realistic (this is 10 seconds per mile faster than I ran at Lavaman)

deep thought for the day:
If you're in the top 1% at something there are still 61,000,000 people who are probably as good or better than you. (assumes a world population of 6.1 billion and that I've not buggered the maths)