Ironman Coeur d Alene 2006: Training Diary

"There will come a point in the race, when you alone will need to decide. You will need to make a choice. Do you really want it? You will need to decide."

Rolf Arands


HR summary for CDA.

Zone 1 = 58' 30"(9.6%)
Zone 2 = 5:15 (51%)
Zone 3 = 3:19 (32.4%)
Zone 4 = 34' (5.6%)
Zone 5a= 1' 30" (0.3%)
Zone 5b= 40" (0.1%)

Zone 4 was the final 10K of the marathon, zones 5 were the final 800.
Zone 3 was most of the Swim and last half of the marathon
Zone 1 and 2 on the bike, although held only around 5 beats into zone 2 on the bike.

Overall, in retrospect, a good race for me. Considering the conditions, and the number of very good age groupers that dropped or no where near their PR, coming within 30 minutes of my PR was acceptable.

Today I will start swimming and working on the hamstring.

Breakfast: Large coffee and cinnamon roll from starbucks. God that coffee tastes good. Any coffee tastes good.
Lunch: Turkey and swiss on wheat, 2 oz bag of kettle chips, diet shasta.
Afternoon: coffee and a hershey bar, yes...chocolate. It's my second candy bar in a week.
Dinner: 2 BBQ chicken sandwiches, low fat ice cream bar and 2 beers.
1.5 cups shredded wheat squares before bed.