Road to Lake Placid - July

The first week of July (1-8) was a great final hard week of training. Got in two open water swims; did one long run (10 miles), and two long bike rides of 88 and 111.6 miles. I also worked up some stats comparing my training for the 2003 IM and this year's race. Here is the comparison in miles trained:

.............2003 . 2007 Change
Bike........849 . 1099 +29%
Run.........243 .. 282 +16%
Swim........48 .... 45 . -7%
Weight....142 .. 137 . -3.5%

So, with the increased bike and run training, better swimming in races and weight loss, I'd have to say that I am about as ready as I could hope to be.

The second week in July (9-16) was my "taper week". I cut way down on the volume of training in order to allow my tired old muscles to recover in time for the race. I did a couple of open water swims, two moderate bike rides and some easy running.

On Tuesday July 17, we left for the big show.