I am very excited to see the race go by this weekend in Clermont, FL. We have many new athletes racing and the Special Olympic Triathlon Team Florida will be racing as well. It will be great if you showed up to cheer everyone else.
Nutrition Prior To Race
Are you READY
The following recommendation is leading into a race that will be held in the afternoon / evening.
Friday – Evening Prior to Race
Carbohydrates, some lean protein, not too much fat.* For example:
Enclosed you will find the revised schedule for this week:
I completely forgot that there is a corporate 5k on Thursday night. So if your company is racing, please run it with them. If you are not running, please go for an easy 45 min run.
I’m so proud of all of you! You all did an amazing job. Unfortunately, at times the end result we want is not the outcome we planned for; however, we get up and keep on fitting and training to get better.
Congratulations to all of the athletes who got ready for the starting line and those who finished.
Congrats to everyone who competed in Alpha Tri! Here’s the accomplishments, hope I’m not leaving anyone out!
Sprint
First Race Completed:
Ren Williams
Jose Mercado
1st in Age Group and 3rd Overall Women:
Wynne McFarlin
1st in Age Group:
Joshua Williams
1st in Athena Women:
Alison Wiland
Olympic
2nd in Age Group:
Michelle Hill
1st in Age Group:
Carol Walker
2nd in Age Group:
Pat Smith
1st in Clydesdale:
Jeff Miester
70.3
2nd in Age Group:
Maryory Calixto
2nd in Age Group:
Sara Haugh
5th in Age Group:
Justin Goodman
Oceanside 7o.3
Haley Mc.
Kate P.
Craig V.
Jan
70.3 Texas
Carlos
Jennifer
Disney Tower of Terror
Andres
Jojo
John W
Alison
Quick note: We all have good days and bad days! Bad days need to happen so you can work harder and embrace the good days when they happen. “
Schedule
Keep up the good work everyone and I’ll see you tomorrow!
We have many athletes racing this weekend. Please go into this race…. Fearless! You have done the training and you have been working hard. You only need to do is perform at your best!
Get there early and prepare you transition area. below leaving transition go over your strategy of how you are going to set up! Make sure you have all of your nutrition planned out.
Get to the swim start and warm up at least ten min prior to the national anthem. Practice on sighting and do some pick ups.
Line up in your coral and when the gun goes off….
UNLEASH THE WARRIOR WITHIN!
Be smart and attack each part of the race with an action plan! If you are doing a…..
Sprint: don’t hold back… I’ve taken you through harder workouts. So push!
Olympic: push but don’t burn out… this is not your “A” race so hold a steady state hard effort.
Half: practice with your nutrition and fuel the body!
I imagine you are waking up and seeing the rain. Lucky’s lake won’t be a good idea. Please do the following swim workout:
Swim
Warm up:
300 Free
200 kick with fins
200 kick side to side / switch every six kicks
200 free with fins – focus on your extension
300 Free without fins
Main Set:
(All efforts at 85% or race pace effort unless specified otherwise!
6 x 100 free with paddles and no buoy with 15 sec recovery (focus on your hand entry and catch)
100 Free EASY
5 x 100 free without paddles with buoy with 15 sec recovery (in the earlier set you focused on the hand entry with catch. Now that you have then me with the paddles… take your time to focus on creating the same power )
100 Free easy
4 x 100 free with fins and paddles with 15 sec recovery ( Please focus entry and catch) by doing so, you will be able to glide much more… effortless
Cool down: 200 choice
Bike- Optional
Easy ride at zone 1 – zone 2. Flush it out! Keep your cadence between 85 – 90 rpm
Good luck to all of the athletes racing this weekend!