Amilcar Herrera

I have been working on my endurance for the past couple of weeks since I am planning on doing the Sanford and Sun Olympic Distance triathlon in August. I did not do too badly on the Interlochen Music Fest Triathlon but I did the sprint version only. My endurance needs some work for the Olympic Distance triathlon in Sanford, Michigan called Sanford and Sun.

Here is my workout the past couple of days:.
- Yesterday I biked 26.6 miles in 1 hour and 24 minutes - not bad. I just hope I can keep that pace during the Olympic distance tri
- This morning I ran 6.5 miles and then I did HIIT on 1 mile with intervals of 1/8 walk at 3.3mph and 1/8 sprint at 9.6mph. After that, I did 1/4 mile cool down and some stretching. Total distance 7.75 miles in 1 hour and 15 minutes.
- This evening I went swimming for 40 minutes… I need to continue to work on my swimming endurance…

I will be writting at some point some information in regards to the complete training that I follow, developed my myself.. Timing for that is unknown since I’m too busy…

Now, I am not a certified trainer or anything like that, I do this triathlon stuff for FUN

BTW, I finished 35th (overall) out of 323 participants on the Interlochen Sprint Tri. I did my best on the run, finishing 8 out of the 323. Total time: 1:17:14 (running time on the 5K - 20:54 - my best ever). I also improved on my biking since I had just purchased a new bike this year. (I borrowed a bike last year). My biking time: 39:08 on 20k. And I was not impressed with my swimming since I did my worst…. I don’t even want to mention my timing…but it was worse than last year by 2 minutes on 500meters.

Have a great day! Keep on training.

My current weight today was 130lbs (I have lost 4 lbs since I started training for the Olympic distance tri - I started to eat more to replenish my calories becuase I don’t want to get too thin). Maybe one of these lbs was just water loss since I sweat a lot.

Amilcar