One half marathon later and I’m still on track.
Weekly Amount:
Running = 13.1 miles
Biking = 46 miles
Swimming = 4000 M or 2.5 miles
Total Amount: 62 miles
Overall Amount:
Running = 64 miles (47 miles to San Diego)
Biking = 178 miles (64 miles to Las Vegas)
Swimming = 25,200 meters or 15.7 miles (21.6 miles to Los Angeles)
Total = 256 miles (159 miles to San Fransisco)
I’m on a roll.
Weekly Amount:
Running = 10.6 miles
Biking = 45 miles
Swimming = 4000 M or 2.5 miles
Total Amount: 58 miles
Overall Amount:
Accomplishments:
Zeb Bikes to San Diego
I am a Master Procrastinator. This week, I did not do much in the way of exercise, but I did want to stay true to my New Year’s resolution where I would increase my distance in running, biking and swimming each week, until I was able to do the full Ironman distance for each event. On Wednesday night, the last day of the week for my training, I was 6 miles short on my running, 14 miles short on my biking and 2.3 miles short on my swimming.
At 11:30 PM, I left for the gym and 4 hours later I was back in bed, having kept my New Years Resolution alive and well. And, on top of that, I completed the full Ironman distance in the swimming pool. Actually, a little bit over that, almost 2.5 miles. It took me one hour to run 6 miles, one hour to bike 14 miles and 1 hour and 53 minutes to complete the 2.5 mile swim, 27 minutes faster then the cut-off time for the Ironman race.
Six miles is the longest I have ran in one attempt, 14 miles is the third longest I have ever biked, and 2.5 miles is the longest I have ever swam in a pool. I am extremely proud that I stuck to my New Year’s Resolution, but also really impressed about how long I was able to last. This whole Ironman thing is going to be easier than I thought.
Weekly Amount:
Running = 10.4 miles
Biking = 44 miles
Swimming = 4600 M or 2.9 miles
Total Amount: 57 miles
Overall Amount:
Running = 40 miles (71 miles to San Diego)
Biking = 87 miles (24 miles to San Diego)
Swimming = 17,200 meters or 10.7 miles (26.6 miles to Los Angeles)
Total = 136 miles (106 miles to Las Vegas)
Accomplishment:
Zeb Runs to L.A.
I completed my goal for this week . . . are you surprised?
Weekly Amount:
Running = 10.2 miles
Biking = 43 miles
Swimming = 4300 M or 2.7 miles
Total Amount: 54 miles
Overall Amount:
Running = 30 miles (7.3 miles to downtown L.A.)
Biking = 43 miles (68 miles to downtown S.D.)
Swimming = 12,600 meters or 7.8 miles (29.5 miles to downtown L.A.)
Total = 79 miles (32 miles to downtown S.D.)
Accomplishment:
Zeb Bikes to L.A.
I completed my goal for this week . . . are you impressed?
Weekly Amount:
Total Amount:
I don’t want to flood my posts with my exercise routine; however, I do think it’s important to update everyone on the progress I’m making, so every Wednesday I will post the amount of exercise I have done for the week and my total amount.
Total Amount:
Running = 9.8 miles (27.5 miles to downtown L.A.)
Swimming = 4100 meters or 2.5 miles (34.8 miles to downtown L.A.)
Total = 12.3 miles (25 miles to downtown L.A.)
If you must c0mplete the bike ride in 10 hours and 30 minutes, that means they allow you to complete the run in 6 hours and 30 minutes. The run is 26.2 miles, so, in order to complete the ironman, I would have to run at just a little over 4 miles per hour. And would have to complete every mile in just under 15 minutes.
Fifteen minute miles? Piece of cake. When I was going to the gym, I could do a mile in under 7 minutes, so that’s getting about double the time. Of course, I would be doing about 26 of those and adding on a 112 mile bike ride and a 2.4 mile swim just before it, but hey, that’s not much.
This whole ironman thing sounds pretty easy, I mean who couldn’t run a mile in under 15 minutes? Right?
Today, I will be doing a little exercise. I have my weekly soccer game to play in a couple of hours, should be fun.
Yesterday, I figured out what pace I would have to swim at in order to complete the 2.4 miles necessary to complete the Ironman. Today, I want to find out the pace I would need to be at to complete the biking portion of the race.
According to ironman.com, The cutoff time for the bike ride is 10 hours and 30 minutes from the start of the race. So, if I cut off the 2 hours and 20 minutes that gives me 8 hours and 10 minutes to complete the bike ride of 112 miles. This is roughly 13.7 miles per hour. Again, I have never really timed myself on a bike either, but I am eager to see how many miles I could actually do on a bike without any preparation.
Tomorrow, I will set the running pace.
By the way, today is my wonderful girlfriend, Cindy’s Birthday. So, Happy Birthday! Can’t wait for the concert tonight.
Today, I want to know what my pace would need to be in order to complete the swimming portion of an ironman event that way I know what pace I need to be at for the swim. Knowing this will help me keep a benchmark on how well I am doing time wise.
The cutoff time for the swim of 2.4 miles is 2 hours and 20 minutes. Which means I would have to swim at a pace slightly over 1 mile per hour. How fast is that in the pool? I swim in a pool that is a 25m pool. A 2.4 mile swim is the equivalent of 3862.425 meters. 3862.425 meters is 77.2485 laps in my gym’s pool (by laps I mean to the end of the pool and back). So, the average time per lap would nead to be about .551775 laps per minute or 33.1065 laps per hour.
I have never actually timed myself in the pool, but I do want to go out and try it without any training just to see how long I could last. I am not anticipating long, but who knows. Tomorrow, I will set the biking pace.