I figured I’d write some blog entries for my preparations for Oceanside 70.3. Technically I’m in week 3 of preperations, though I had about a 6 week hiatus, in which I did little more than run 7 times. I’ve been back at it for about 2.5 weeks, but my swimming pace is way off, my running and cycling paces are slightly off as well. But I can’t believe how badly I’m swimming. Hope that turns around soon. Right now I’m putting in about 9 hrs per week of easy swimming, biking and running, about 3 hrs each. I need to get back on track.

I am also trying to lose weight. at 6’1.5″, I’m not overweight at 190, but for a triathlete, it’s just not going to cut it. I’m targeting racing at 170-175lbs in April, so I’m focusing on that. I’ve been using myfitnesspal.com to track calories, and currently trying to go -1000 per day. Though, I rarely hit. After my hiatus, I tipped the scale at 191. Today, I’m down to 187 (2.5 weeks). I spent this season racing at 184-186, so not too far off that. We’ll see what happens in the next 18.5 weeks.