Back in the running

Slowly. And shortly.

After work, I did an easy 4 miles on the treadmill. Nice and relaxed, in attempt at least. My breathing was a bit laboured, and heart rate was correspondingly high, for the speed, but considering I'm still a bit plugged and there's some stuff in my chest, I'll take it. Here's hoping it will be finally clear by morning.

Run: 2 miles @ 6.8 mph, 2 miles @ 7.0 mph

Six months from today is the Muskoka Ironman 70.3. I'm making improvements in all the events. I'm definitely not where I want to be yet, which is a bit frustrating, but only because I set some high goals for myself. Six months of work is plenty to make the improvements I need to. FTP building on the bike continues. Hopefully I'll be riding outside at least once a week for group rides by the end of next month. Speed work on the run begins in two weeks, then I'll start building endurance again. I don't know if there's a way to speed up my swim gains, other than maybe pushing just a bit harder on each set (EZ becomes EZ+; moderate becomes mod-hard; hard stays hard, because, well, it's already hard).

Six months. Let's make it happen.