Ha! It’s all relative but I’m more than relatively slow 
Do anyone has experience with pactimo triathlon suits?
I do love their bibs and would like to try their trip suits…
Just noting that I am also a PAC ambassador
I got the full sleeve tri-suit this year and really loved it. Not sure why I hesitated so long, great fabrics, the suit are more like bibs with built in top. Same tri-pad as in their tri-shorts.
Quality is on par with the other Pactimo stuff I have gotten.
Pretty sure I’ve had them at all 70.3 and Ironman events, but as I mentioned things may vary race to race and certainly by region. In the US they have people help people take their wetsuits off and they don’t always wear bib numbers on the bike, I’ve heard.
But things have looked different since covid on some of the races I’ve watched online. Definitely go by the Guide rather than my advice, and you should find that Ironman respond to emailed questions fairly quickly too.
Roll Call!
On time for once, Let us know
how last month’s training went
Race preparations
All trials and tribulations
This month racing we have 11 athletes:
| Athlete | Month | Race | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| @amnesty | 8 | 70.3 Zell am See | Half |
| Athlete | Month | Race | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| @smooh | 8 | Alaska | Full |
| @wyku | 8 | Canada | Full |
| @dfquigley | 8 | Canada | Full |
| @crosshemi | 8 | Canada | Full |
| @justindoestriathlon | 8 | Canada | Full |
| @Nelson_Dechant | 8 | Canada | Full |
| @asteryx | 8 | Canada | Full |
| @SRDen2020 | 8 | Canada | Full |
| @TG333 | 8 | Copenhagen | Full |
| @simo429 | 8 | Copenhagen | Full |
Good luck all!
My own training I’ve finally updated my tracker and its been a rough couple of months but I feel back on track now. Went a bit crazy on my second week back from covid then tried to settle back into LV FD plan which feels okay.
| W/C | Plan/Race Week | Bike TSS | Run hrTSS | Swim TSS | Lift TSS | Total Time | Avg TSS Bike | Avg TSS Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/05/2022 | Covid | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1h | 131 | 88 |
| 06/06/2022 | Covid | 32 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 1h 24m | 107 | 64 |
| 13/06/2022 | Comeback (3h) | 68 | 85 | 46 | 0 | 3h 43m | 93 | 62 |
| 20/06/2022 | Comeback (4h) | 237 | 158 | 91 | 0 | 7h 53m | 94 | 73 |
| 27/06/2022 | Comeback (5h) | 216 | 125 | 47 | 0 | 6h 49m | 116 | 84 |
| 04/07/2022 | Comeback (6h) | 134 | 158 | 73 | 0 | 5h 28m | 121 | 90 |
| 11/07/2022 | LV FD Build 4 | 229 | 109 | 118 | 0 | 7h 48m | 153 | 108 |
| 18/07/2022 | LV FD Build 5 | 184 | 26 | 90 | 0 | 5h 1m | 178 | 110 |
| 25/07/2022 | LV FD Build 6 | 243 | 143 | 104 | 0 | 9h 2m | 207 | 120 |
My six week average TSS has been very low as expected, ramping that back up reasonably will be the challenge as I feel like blowing the doors off this week. 
IM Alaska this week! Whoop!
The heat really has gotten out of control here in Florida.
It is absolutely terrible.
2 weeks ago went for a 12 mile run.
Ended with 11 and lost 6 pounds of water weight!
Sufficient to say it took 48 hours to recover.
I had a 2.5 hr bike ride the next day, and quit after little after minute 90. I knew it was not sustainable.
Last week we made the decision to move ALL runs indoors to the TM. I have been doing run wo on the TM but everything else on the road. It was amazing. Felt great after 12 miles Saturday (about 8 mpm and 1% inclination). I also felt great during the 2 rides i did last week (Boarstone), and the other shorter low threshold wo I did on Wednesday.
All and all, now that Ive been running indoors I am feeling significantly better. My body doesn’t need 2 days to recover anymore.
Thanks for keeping this going @JoeX!
Two races down and only 70.3 Wisconsin left this summer. So far the results have been good (1st in AG, 15th overall in local sprint and 3rd in AG, 25th overall in local Olympic). Training has been good too. I have been dedicated to doing my calf PT strengthening exercises almost every day, even if it means I have to shorten my run that day by 10 minutes. So far no calf pulls or other pains at all!
Now that IMLP is in the rear view, I’m done racing for the year. Took last week off. Trying to squeak in 10 hours this week (1 hour in the pool, 5 on the bike, 3 on the run).
Will start a formal power build in September. Goal is to lose weight and get faster. Noodling a 70.3 next summer. We’ll see.
Not much to report, training still going strong:
- Still full compliance with the bike & run plan, haven’t missed a single workout so far.
- Doing much better with the swims, I’ve been doing 2,000+ m in open water three times a week pretty consistently (although I’m still not going to the pool, so maybe not as structured as it should be).
- No injuries, sickness or burnout so far, motivation still pretty high.
- Fire & smoke season is finally starting in earnest and it might break the consistency I’ve been keeping for the past three months. May need to start switching most, if not all, my training indoors if the AQI keeps getting worse.
- This week is a recovery week before heading to Boulder this weekend for my first 70.3. I’m feeling pretty confident I can finish, at this point I can comfortably do each of the distances individually and I’ve been practicing race pace & nutrition for the past month.
Strippers are the best. If you’ve never had someone rip your wetsuit off, you’re missing out.
Out of ~30 triathlons, I think I’ve had to wear my bib on the bike only once. It was super annoying with it flapping around in the wind. It seems excessive to need your bib when you have your number on your bike, on your helmet and on your arm.
Bit of a disappointment at 70.3 Ohio. Was hoping to have a shot at my first sub-5 after going 5:05 at Eagleman 6 weeks prior. Unfortunately I had a tougher time than I thought would having two 70.3s six weeks apart.
Swim: my first non-wetsuit race ever. Felt totally fine and actually thought I was swimming well. When I got out of the water I saw 45 minutes on my watch (swam 35 minute wetsuit at Eagleman) and my motivation dropped pretty low. I knew that losing 10 minutes on the swim all but eliminated my sub-5 chances. My guess, being that I am not a strong swimmer, is that a wetsuit benefits me way more than stronger swimmers. And even though I felt strong in the water, I just wasn’t moving considering the chop, current, and no wetsuit. Oh well.
Bike: tried to forget about the swim disappointment and just focus on my goal of 5-10w higher than my eagleman power average (which was 173). I averaged 178. A strong headwind for over half the bike course had me frustrated, but overall I’m happy that I didnt totally phone it in after the swim and salvaged a 30 second PR bike split.
Run: this is where I phoned it in lol. Maybe if I still had a shot at my overall time goal my brain may have been able to push through the heat a little better. After 4-5 miles I finally let my frustrations get the best of me. I stopped pushing, and at that point was just running to finish. Finished in 5:29.
NEXT: 2 recovery weeks (1 week completely off and 1 week doing what I want to do when i feel like doing it).
Then a new plan: 4wk base, 8wk build, 8wk specialty leading up to 70.3 Waco and 70.3 Indian Wells in October and December. I’ll also be bumping my volume up as I have been doing low volume for the last 8 months. My goal was finally to get better with consistency utilizing LV. Now that I have that nailed down, I’m going to up the volume and see how i respond. I think i have a lot of room for growth.
73°F water at Boulder Reservoir and there’s supposed to be a “heat dome” over the US this week. I’m going to try get get a practice swim without a wetsuit before heading there, but does anyone have any advice if I end up not wearing one on race day? (The cutoff for wetsuit optional is 76.1° according to the athlete’s guide).