Sooo much is going on at the moment. But somehow I have managed to do every session (7 x per week) on the program for the last month. I can't remember the last time I did that!
Mon: for once, a swim squad session I actually enjoyed - notwithstanding how much pool water I drank :-( Although a relatively short session - only about 2.3k - but loads of kicking drills that left my legs fatigued for 24 hours afterwards
Tue: steady state 50mins ride at 5am; Tuesday is by far the hardest day to get out of bed after only getting home from swim squad at 10pm. My legs felt very fatigued but the time past quickly thanks to a podcast interview with Chrissie W and some company in the garage. 20.5k Av.C 90
Wed: another solid strength session this morning
Thur: another Thursday, another bike session. This time 52min on the bike including 4 x 5min AT. Legs are trashed :-) 21.5k. Av.C.88
Fri: rest :-)
Sat: finally another chance to sleep-in but unfortunately I woke before 6am & couldn't get back to sleep. Grrrrrr. Anyhoo, a solid 1.4km swim mid-morning. All the water that I have swallowed during drills at Monday night's swim squad are finally paying off; I'm feeling much stronger, and faster, in the water. The rest of my day was great too - after a facial, I headed to Summit Gear at Glenbrook where I bought (with a little help from my $50 prize from Wild Endurance 100k) a great Mountain Hardware pac-lite waterproof / breathable jacket which will be great to use in Australia (my existing waterproof jacket is too 'hard core' for Australian conditions) which was followed up by some chocolate indulgence at my favourite cafe in Glenbrook. Nice.
Sun: this was probably my hardest session to drag myself out of bed for in months. I could hear strong wind gusts & while I kept thinking to myself 'it could be windy on race day', it wasn't enough to get over my malaise. So rather than stuff around putting all my stuff in the car & driving to where I normally start riding from (I don't trust Penriff drivers), I headed to the garage for my 2hr ride on the trainer. Thanks to a couple of podcasts and doing various intervals (high / low cadence, standing, steady state etc), the time past surprisingly quickly. AvC. 88. 50.9k
In other news I have signed up to do 2/3rds of the Nepean Triathlon (swim / bike legs) and have enlisted the services of a gun runner to bring 'Team Himalaya' home. Must admit to being rather nervous at the prospect of doing the swim leg as my longest swim in a race so far has been 250m! Of course the race is only 8 days are we get back from our honeymoon so I won't be looking forward to putting the trisuit back on.....
Less than 6 weeks to go until the wedding now. I can't believe that time has past so quickly. It's all organised; I must be the most relaxed bride in world history :-)
MTD:
Swim: 9.4k
Bike: 237.2k
1 comment:
thats a great gear buy.
wedding all organised? you should be a wedding planner!
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