June 2011 Racing and Training Summary

This June I was a little light on the swimming.  I was having trouble getting up to swim the morning after Tuesday Night Time Trials.  The last time I swam less than 20,000 yards in a month was Feb'09.  I had a couple other days were I just had trouble getting out of bed.  Bike was over 10 hours and pretty intense, since it includes TNT and races.  I added a snapshot of each month, starting in Feb, for 2011. I am averaging 25+ hours a month, which seems pretty good to me. Overall I am feeling pretty good about things.
This month there were two TNTs and two triathlons.  I had my fastest time of the year so far at the second one of the month.  Still off my fastest ever, set in '08, by more than 1 MPH.  That seems so strange to me that I am that far off.  Maybe later in the year it will pickup.
At the Eau Claire Sprint I had my fastest 5K off the bike, 23:14 (7:30min/mi), on a challenging course.  That was a good sign.
At Lake Waconia I had a course PR by 3min.  The swim was as fast as last year, the bike was a hair faster than '08, and on the run I finally went under 8min/mi, 7:54min/mi,. on probably one of the most challenging run courses around.  Another good sign.

TNT Results (11miles) for June 2011
6/7/2011 (over 100 degrees at race time) -30:14 = 21.83 MPH
6/21/2011 - 29:25 = 22.43 MPH

For comparison, TNT Results in 2008 (both over 23MPH) and 2010 in June
6/10/08 - 28:40 = 23.02 MPH
6/24/08 - 28:14 = 23.38 MPH

6/8/10 - 29:55 = 22.06 MPH

2011 Month-to-Month Starting in Feb

June Comparisons Since 2007

Since 2007 Totals and Averages

Since 2007 and YTD Totals for 2011 

July should be interesting with four (4) triathlons and two (2) TNTs.