Last Saturday, June 14, I participated in an Ironman distance race in Moritzburg, Germany (near Dresden). As regular blog readers might recall, due to a torn calf muscle I was unable to run for two months (March and April). But hey, I have my power cranks. The hours I would normally have spent running, now were devoted entirely to biking (with lots of PC-work). I started running again in early May, but of course couldn’t do very much running wise. I just had to be careful and take it easy. Still, I managed two 2 hour runs and two Olympic Distance races. On May 24 I did a real hard work out: swam for an hour with the Groningen tri-squad, rode 60 k to the start of an OD race, raced the thing and rode back home: 7.35 hours of training.

Anyway: last Saturday was just great. After a decent swim (1.07) and a real good bike ride (5.11, including two transitions), I ran a 3.20 marathon (PR). Time: 9.39.09 (another PR). And this after 22 years of triathlon and 24 Ironman distance races, for someone who will turn 47 in a few weeks. The only real change in training since 2005 is powercranks. They do make a difference!
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