travels, races, and other musings

Pre-Race When I signed up for CapTex, I was planning to get in a lot more training than actually happened. Life intervened and I was sick and Emmaline was sick and we were on vacation and busy and so on and so on.  So my training has been fairly minimal lately. I also took off most of the winter, only doing a little biking, an occasional run and some core/strength. Actually, mostly core and strength training. But I found that doesn't make up for swimming, biking, and running in terms of speed. My general fitness was maintained, but I lost some of my speed in those areas. So my goal for this year's CapTex was just to go out, relax, and have fun. I wasn't going to push like crazy or work really hard, just go and take it easy - more like a training day.  I didn't worry about my times or my pace. I didn't worry about making specific splits. I kept my heart rate lower (it was in the range I used when I did Longhorn Half Ironman). The morning was fairly uneventful. T