{"id":112,"date":"2011-02-26T11:01:07","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T19:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcrectridu\/?p=112"},"modified":"2011-02-28T00:01:54","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T08:01:54","slug":"countownbegin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcrectridu\/2011\/02\/26\/countownbegin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Countdown Begins!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just had the realization today that TriDu is next weekend! In seven days I will racing my first ever triathlon\u2026 I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s actually next week. I\u2019m actually more nervous now than ever before. Panic mode begins.<\/p>\n

I started doing some research about triathlon tips on the days leading up to the race. Since this is all incredibly foreign to me, I have a lot to learn about. How much training do I do in the last week? I have a 14k run on Monday and a big swim session on Wednesday. My biking schedule has fallen off the wagon because I got kicked out of my triathlon specific spin class at the BirdCoop because they accidentally oversold it\u2026 to Tri Club members\u2026 Don\u2019t they already know how to bike??? I think that was the first time I have been disappointed about missing out on going to the gym.<\/p>\n

The race week tips I have found so far are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Scale back training by 30%.<\/strong> Hmmm, I\u2019m thinking that 14k run on Monday night isn\u2019t looking like a great idea anymore. I\u2019ll probably train with the Sun Run group that night instead.<\/li>\n
  2. Stay hydrated<\/strong>. Looks like my water bottle and I will become one this week. Training myself to drink more water is always something I\u2019ve struggled with. Usually I\u2019ll only drink water when I\u2019m thirsty\u2026 halfway through training or sports.<\/li>\n
  3. Get lots of sleep<\/strong>. Easier said than done. This week I have lessons to plan, a field trip with the grade 11 social studies classes to Victoria, as well as I\u2019m starting to coach the grade 8 ultimate team with practices on Wednesday and Friday\u2026 Oh man\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If anyone else has some veteran advice for what to do for the week before a race, help a newbie out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I just had the realization today that TriDu is next weekend! In seven days I will racing my first ever triathlon\u2026 I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s actually next week. I\u2019m actually more nervous now than ever before. Panic mode begins. I started doing some research about triathlon tips on the days leading up to the race. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcrectridu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcrectridu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcrectridu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcrectridu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5090"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcrectridu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcrectridu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcrectridu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcrectridu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcrectridu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcrectridu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}