Back for another month - The heat is on - Setting my goal for June at 120 miles !!!

June 2nd: 5 miles (*Running*)
June 4th: 10 miles (*Road Cycling*)
June 4th: 1.75 miles (*Swimming - Drills*)

***JUNE 8TH - GREATER NASHUA TRIATHLON (Spint Distance)***
It was truly a great day – Here’s my recap: The weather was amazing, the water temp was perfect and a friend was ready to check an item off his “bucket-list” and try not drown in the process. My bike was prepped, gear laid out in the right place/order and I squeezed into my wetsuit and headed down to the water. I was in wave 10 and watched the younger “kids” go 1st – it was awesome. Then it was my turn … cap on, goggles secured and into the water I went (felt nice and cool). Had a fantastic swim (.33 miles) got into my stride before the 1st turn and lead my wave out of the water w/ a time 9:08 (*1:32 faster than last year). Transition #1 went well and I was on my bike quickly. The course was 10 miles and my pace was 16.5 mph with a finish of 34:55 (*2:24 faster than last year). Transition #2 went quickly and I was off and running. Got my “running legs” under me by the 1st quarter mile. Everything was going great until about mile 2. I started to cramp up, both hamstrings, the left was worse, I slowed my pace, but I kept pushing myself. *Note: I had been hydrating the entire morning and throughout the race, but apparently not enough to account for the higher than forecasted temps and severe lack of shade on the course (Blah, blah, blah . . . excuses, excuses). Somewhere just after mile 2, I had to stop, stretch and massage my legs for a bit. The stoppage was less than a minute and I hated it, every second of it!!! I started running again and kept going determined not to stop until I finished and I never did . . . I finished the run with a time of 38:12 - not my best time for a 5k that’s for sure. My total time for the triathlon was 1:30:21. Ultimately, I was faster than last year in total, but I know that I could have been faster and that is what still bothers me and will motivate me . . . So now it’s back to training for the next race (RibFest 5-miler on Father's Day), back to researching hydration/fuel solutions, back to conditioning drills and even back to my life. PS: I hate running :-)
**Swim: .33 miles
**Bike: 10 miles
**Run: 3.25 miles

June 9th: .5 miles (*Drills*)

*Total (So far): 28 miles

3.7 mile walk. Was about to pass a fairly large spider on the sidewalk when it decided to show off it's jumping skills forcing me to show off mine. At least the driver passing me didn't crash his car when he saw my attempts at a ballet move.