My Ironman: cycling achievements, swimming on the island, a lot of running at different distances and with new acquaintances

Finally, I became more or less regularly ride a bike. The problem with it is only one - it is necessary vstravat at 5:00 am to drive without thinking about cars and scooters, which this year is very much Koh Samui. Biking is accompanied by comments on the impact of voice RunKeeper. I do not think of how to attach the phone to great to see the results of the time. For his drive, I chose this type of training: I ask the desired Pace at 2: 15 / km, and try to keep him. Voice in the RunKeeper can tell I fall behind on their goal or getting ahead of her. It is clear that it is determined and when I need to push and when posochkovat. :)

Normal check-in now looks like this:

There were not too many pokatushek only because it somehow managed to chill neck and spent a couple of days at home sick. And my neck is no longer rotated and a half weeks to fully. Because of this ride on Wehle it was simply dangerous to life - I could not see who pulls up behind me. Now everything is OK, we continue with the bike. At the moment, by the way, my speed record (with slides) is 54.3 km / h and I will tell you it's just unreal stremota :) Especially if you imagine that it is not kontrolliruesh happening on the road and just bear down. I recommend to try!

Can boast of the fact that he never fell more like it was in the first two races (read previous entries my IRONMAN). The helmet is not yet affected, and let it be in the future.

By the way, due to the fact that I had no bike computer and the iPhone could not get priladit to the bike and it did not help with the diving, I decided to buy himself a triathlon watches, which are able to all this. Stopped at the TIMEX IRONMAN with Cardiosensor who treated me with customs clearance and delivery ≈ $ 230! Excellent purchase, the review which will soon expect to "Run Layfhaker Run". I also can tell you about the Garmin 910XT - masthead today for multisport device.

By the way, I also swim, but to measure the dynamic on swim distance is not possible. So, pick a landmark in the sea and swim to it. Then rowed back or go back on the beach. That's how I found my main distance... I see something to do with the beach island and I estimate how much to it - I thought 2km. Was slightly less than a kilometer - the sea is always deceptive.

Then measured the distance on Google Maps, it went like this somewhere:

Given the reality of call on the shelf and leaving it on the same features of the bottom and all - came ≈1km. The first it looked like a swim (the rest is just lazy to enter, learn to swim with the clock - will itself. ;)

One thing is clear - we must swim longer and that my pain at the moment. While there is a task for myself - ≈4km swim to the island in front of my house (photo made at the time of writing this post):

And of course I have a lot of running around. Run is greater than required by the program my coach, but then do it in a rush.

Below, for example, you can see how I have tried to run the mountains and almost died from the strain on these 6km + :)

That's how it looks in my life that does not pass according to the verticality of the slides :)

Fun to run around, I began to run on the same steep Put on my route (it below) with the people who live on Samui and running immediately. Already with me ran three people!

Here they are (not all):

I do not forget about small records that help to believe that all I get - beat an evening half-marathon on Samui. Ran so all wet, he did not even remember being so. ≈3l drunk water for the race and eaten a Snickers (in vain). By the way, life hacking for the residents of Koh Samui, which then run: you can run into the stores Family Mart and free pour yourself an ice machine with ice for drinks. It quickly melts and you drink delicious cold water! Then I sat on the stairs, running 21.3km and for a long time could not get up.

Jawbone UP truly with me going crazy - I said rabid calories and all that. It seems that I have outgrown it and the results show they do not have much use for me. After all, always reserve calories per meal. But the dream continues trekat and listen to advice - sleep came to little. Get up at 5 am just, but to go to bed at 21:00 or 22:00 want and need, but friends and acquaintances puzzled - "Where are you lost yesterday? All the evening you called! ":) I slept... I wake up at 5:00, my friends.

By the way, there were also some good news - the belt that I bought in San Francisco, finished holes. I had to buy new shorts that do not need a belt. Leaky excellent leather Banana Republic really do not want!

As for the books that I read. What most impressed me "born to run»And« Eat & Run »(review coming soon) Authorship Scott Jurek. The second book - an autobiography incredible Scott Jurek, coolest ultramarafontsa and vegan. Today, I have a lot of thinking about food and what we eat with you. Soon, as he'll be ready to tell about their thoughts and conclusions. I am not ready yet, sorry ...

Many think about ultramarathon and trail running. If I can in a month or two obbezhat around Samui (≈50.2km), then I will think more ...

See you in a week or two :)