Amilcar Herrera

I have started my triathlon training. 2 weeks ago or so I started focusing on cardio and I left lifting weights alone for a while. I still lift weights but I do much, much less. After I build my cardio to a good comfortable level, I’ll go back to doing some weight lifting and combining that with biking, running and swimming - the same type of training that I followed last year.

This is what I did yesterday. It was not too bad considering that I have not done much biking for a while. (I would consider this a small brick workout)

• I had 1 scoop of BSN no xplode with 8 oz of water before I went out.
• 14 mile bike ride in 46  minutes. (not too bad. Last time I went biking was about 2 weeks ago and I had done 12 miles in about 40 minutes in a Saturday and then I did 22.3 miles the following day -on Sunday-. I did the 22.3 miles with my brother-in-law and a friend so I had some motivation to go faster…)
• After the 14 mile bike I did a 2 mile run in about 17 minutes. I was not going to fast but again, I have just started to build my cardio.

Total workout time: 1 hour and 3 minutes. I’ll keep pushing myself to get up to abour 1 hout and 20 minute of cardio workout… I know the trick to push my legs for the bike and to push my running up a bit before triathlon races.

I have signed up for 2 triathlon races. One in the middle of July (sprint triathlon) and one in the middle of August (long triathlon). I’ll keep training so I can do well. (I do it for fun but it would be nice to win a first place, eh?) Last year I got a second place on my age group and I only did 1 triathlon. Right now, I have enough time to train well but I need to work on my swimming - it has been a long time since I did any swimming.

 Amilcar Herrera
Here is my video from last year’s race: