Hey guys, this is my blog to talk about how my training is going towards my goal of a 2:10 olympic triathlon. I have set the goal and plan on racing to this time by the begining of April in 2012. The race will be the Collegiate National Championships. It seems like a very attainable goal for me since I have never really trained for anything in this field. I have done an Ironman triathlon in November 2011, but I was definitely not as prepared as I should have been. I went into the Ironman expecting "if he can do it so can I." That was definitely not true! But as for now I am setting this goal of 2:10 in an Olympic Tri and I WILL break it.
Now mind you since the Ironman was hard does not mean I didn't have fun. I did have the best time racing of my life with the people I cared the most about! My brother Ricky Larrimer and one of our best friends Marcus Taylor also did the race. We all did great! It was awesome going around the corners on the bike course and seeing everyone out there cheering us on. It was also a great feeling when I saw Ricky and Marcus on the course. That got my competitive edge pumping and made me want to catch them. The coolest feeling was when the announcer at Ironman Florida said "Jay Larrimer, You are an Ironman!"
Anyways back to what I was saying about my main goal. Yesterday, I have begun to build my run base. The run is a VERY weak section of mine, and I need to get my 10k time below 40 minutes if I ever want to come near 2:10. I will be using a 10k training program that the one and only Jenni Peters has given me, and I will update as I progress through it. These next few weeks I am looking to just put in a lot of miles to prepare for the begining of this program. Wish me luck guys. I hope to see many of you in April at Collegiate National Championships.
