Zuma Beach

Workout: Coached bike set practice

I'm woke up at 5 AM this morning. I must be operating on 4 hours of sleep. I was so excited about this workout and the wedding later today that I could hardly sleep. Good thing I packed my car last night; I've got plenty of time to get some breakfast and get mentally prepared.

Set practice is a new word for me. I heard it last night from Tik at the wedding rehearsal dinner for James and Vivian when I told him we were going to Zuma Beach today to ride the same course we'd be riding on race day.

UPDATE:
Driving down the PCH is really slow with all those traffic lights. Once I got to Zuma, it was still pretty early and luckily I was able to get a free parking spot right outside the parking lot.

They had a bunch of bicycle racks set up in the parking lot. This is the usual workout place for the Westside triathlon team. Their team comprises of members from only a few cities on the westside, while our Eastside team encompasses everything else in LA, but still they have more members than us. Many of their team was already there and they look like they meant business. We looks like the Bad News Bears in comparison.

Westside Coach Pete showed us how to set up our transition area and Coach Scott talked us through little tips and tricks to have a smooth, trouble-free transition. The mentors demonstrate how the transition is done and after that, we took our turn and tried the transition ourselves. I was a little surprised that instead of it being pretty low key. Some people were actually pushing and running into each other to vie for a better position off the transition.

Coach Pete showing us how to set up our transition area

Gabe demonstration how the transition is done

Amanda inflating her tires

After the transition clinic, we did a 13 mi. bike ride. I started cramping up in my calves on the way back. Got off the bike and ran 2 miles. I started my run off with Myra and we took a nice easy pace and just chatted. When she went to the bathroom, I tagged along with Quinton and man, we really took off running. He's super skinny and he just flies on the run.

I asked Victor about cramping up. I've been eating bananas everyday, but I guess I'm not drinking enough water. I really need to force down enough fluid for my weight. The formula is half my weight, that's the number of ounces I want to take in during my day. Kim and Tara gave me another tip for cramping, coconut water. It's got more K than bananas; an acquired taste though.