Big Rock Tri

The second triathlon of the year was the Big Rock Tri in Lake Perris. The race started with a beautiful morning, a great swim, strong bike, and fizzeled with a "bonk" on the run. Soooo close to a PR, however my nutrition - or lack of - made for a personal worst on the run.

During the bike, my primary focus was calories and unfortunately I neglected the hydration. Once I started the run it was too late, and I couldn't recover my liquids. This made for a loooong, slooooow, and painful 10k. My final run time was 8 minutes slower tham my previous personal worst..... ouch. Fortunately I recorded my best time ever for a 1.5k swim, and I was also very happy with my bike time (for a back of the pack biker).

April is the month I officially start my IM Arizona training, so no more tri's for the next few months. My next event is the Laguna Hills Half Marathon on Memorial Day. This was the first half marathon I ran back in 2009, and I am really working to take some significant minutes off my time!

Stairs and Sand Burpees

One more week before the Big Rock Tri, and I was able to fit in a great beach workout. One of my training partners knows a hidden set of steep stairs that drops from PCH down to the sand just north of Dana Point.

The workout was 5 rounds of the following: Up the stairs, down the stairs, 400m jog in the sand, 20m bear crawl in the sand, and 20m burpee broad jumps in the sand. The first round took 8 minutes, and the last round took close to 10 minutes - total time was 50 min.

The stairs were a blast, definately more cardio than strength for the first few rounds, and then more strength than cardio the last 2 rounds. This was the first time I had ever done burpee broad jumps in the sand, much different (and harder) than on a hard surface!! Overall it was a great workout, and beautiful day to enjoy the ocean.

And now that April has arrived, its officially baseball season. Living in SoCal I have pretty much been a Dodger fan most of my life, however I rarely get to see the games in person. This year my daughter and I decided to attend opening weekend, and had a great time. Nothing better than a Dodger - Giants game to start off the baseball season ....