This has been my theme song for the week. I have heard it (and not just by Adele) so many times...
Anyhoo, a bit easy on the training this week after a death in the family last Sunday afternoon & the need to travel to Queensland for a funeral on Wednesday.
The usual 1.2km swim on Monday morning & the first time since I got back in the pool that I feel like I'm starting to find my form (if not my fitness).
Then today it was another long walk as Coastrek is now on 14 weeks away. This time it was 2hr 45min which started in the Knapsack gully (between Emu Plains and Glenbrook) at the foot of the Blue Mountains. R joined me for the first 55mins as we walked up the 'hard' stairs. Interestingly I realised today that it was the same set of stairs that I fell down all those years ago & trashed my ankle. In fact I was looking for the 'hard' stairs at the time, It's nice to know that my navigation was good & that I was on the right track :)
R & I did a loop through the bush, arriving back at the car in 55mins. R then drove home whilst I walked on a hot morning. Thankfully there was a cool breeze which kept the temperature down - a little bit! 15.3km
A bit more training this week as we start to build for Coastrek!
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Cranking it up...
Slowly but surely cranking up the training as Coastrek approaches - only 15 weeks to go. Yikes!
Monday was a 1.2km swim. Relatively easy with a few moderate efforts. The swim fitness is slowly coming back so I have two speeds now, not just 1 :)
Tuesday was a big day though not because of any training I did (which was none). I met up with Keith Bateman (aka CR's Fossil) for a coffee & chat in Centennial Park. I interviewed him on SpartaPT and love his approach, and success, in changing running technique.
Then that evening I kicked off a 4 week core, flexibility & strength for triathletes program at a physio facility in Bronte as part of my plans for world domination :) Seriously the program is being conducted under the "Physio on Bronte" with myself as the trainer with the assistance of one of the physios named Mike. Exciting & slightly nerve wracking experience but it seemed to go well.
Friday I headed back to the gym for a strength session. I realised while I was there that it has been around 15 years since I first fell in love with strength training. I still *love* being in a gym :)
Saturday, my beloved dragged me out for a 90mins bike ride. Only my 3rd ride on the open road since I was hit by the car back in June :0 I'm glad he did; it was relatively pleasant outside and a nice ride away from the high traffic areas so I can get my confidence back. 32.9km
And then today, it was time to get back into the walking. The Panthers Tri Club had a race which R and Mini Mango were doing. So I left early and walked down to the Regatta Centre where the race was being held (approx. 7.8km), watched the race & then walked half the way home. So in total it was 13km walk in 2hrs 5mins but about 3.5 hours in total of time spent on my feet.
An even bigger week of training ahead I hope!
Monday was a 1.2km swim. Relatively easy with a few moderate efforts. The swim fitness is slowly coming back so I have two speeds now, not just 1 :)
Tuesday was a big day though not because of any training I did (which was none). I met up with Keith Bateman (aka CR's Fossil) for a coffee & chat in Centennial Park. I interviewed him on SpartaPT and love his approach, and success, in changing running technique.
Then that evening I kicked off a 4 week core, flexibility & strength for triathletes program at a physio facility in Bronte as part of my plans for world domination :) Seriously the program is being conducted under the "Physio on Bronte" with myself as the trainer with the assistance of one of the physios named Mike. Exciting & slightly nerve wracking experience but it seemed to go well.
Friday I headed back to the gym for a strength session. I realised while I was there that it has been around 15 years since I first fell in love with strength training. I still *love* being in a gym :)
Saturday, my beloved dragged me out for a 90mins bike ride. Only my 3rd ride on the open road since I was hit by the car back in June :0 I'm glad he did; it was relatively pleasant outside and a nice ride away from the high traffic areas so I can get my confidence back. 32.9km
And then today, it was time to get back into the walking. The Panthers Tri Club had a race which R and Mini Mango were doing. So I left early and walked down to the Regatta Centre where the race was being held (approx. 7.8km), watched the race & then walked half the way home. So in total it was 13km walk in 2hrs 5mins but about 3.5 hours in total of time spent on my feet.
An even bigger week of training ahead I hope!
Monday, November 14, 2011
Mojo returns...
Yet another strange & crazy week!
Not a great deal of training but I have found my long lost mojo!
Another hard bike session on Monday (50min/18.2km) and lots of taper ahead of Team Sparta's assault on the Nepean Triathlon yesterday.
Fliss (swim), Sonia (run) & I teamed up & entered several months ago. It turned out that none of us had done any training so we joking said we had entered the 'social' category - there for a fun time, not a fast one!.
And a fun day it was.
Last week I (slightly) regretted entering the race due to my lack of training. But this week excitement crept in. And now I am soooo glad I had. I had a really fun day with the girls & my mojo returned (somewhere between the bike leg & the refreshing dip in the lake with the girls to cool down afterwards!)
My bike leg really surprised me. I had estimated that my split would be around 1:15. Ultimately I came in (according to the bike computer) at 1:06:50 which included a negative split on the second lap.
Anyone who had read this blog for more than a week would know that I had done very little training; no more than 1 x windtrainer session each week for (only) the last 4 weeks. Given that I actually went about a minute faster than when I did the bike leg in a team 2 years ago - and had trained consistently - for that event. I'm not sure what that says more about - the type of windtrainer sessions I am doing this time around or the new bike ;)
Now that my mojo is back, and I have a couple of kilos to lose, I'm looking forward to getting back into the training again this week.
Not a great deal of training but I have found my long lost mojo!
Another hard bike session on Monday (50min/18.2km) and lots of taper ahead of Team Sparta's assault on the Nepean Triathlon yesterday.
Fliss (swim), Sonia (run) & I teamed up & entered several months ago. It turned out that none of us had done any training so we joking said we had entered the 'social' category - there for a fun time, not a fast one!.
And a fun day it was.
Last week I (slightly) regretted entering the race due to my lack of training. But this week excitement crept in. And now I am soooo glad I had. I had a really fun day with the girls & my mojo returned (somewhere between the bike leg & the refreshing dip in the lake with the girls to cool down afterwards!)
My bike leg really surprised me. I had estimated that my split would be around 1:15. Ultimately I came in (according to the bike computer) at 1:06:50 which included a negative split on the second lap.
Anyone who had read this blog for more than a week would know that I had done very little training; no more than 1 x windtrainer session each week for (only) the last 4 weeks. Given that I actually went about a minute faster than when I did the bike leg in a team 2 years ago - and had trained consistently - for that event. I'm not sure what that says more about - the type of windtrainer sessions I am doing this time around or the new bike ;)
Now that my mojo is back, and I have a couple of kilos to lose, I'm looking forward to getting back into the training again this week.
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Rest & revive
Feeling very relaxed & revived after a much needed weekend away from work after escaping to the Southern Highlands this weekend with R to celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary :) I really needed to get away from the biz as I have been feeling very stressed about it in recent weeks.
An easyish week of training with a bike session on Tuesday, a strength session at the gym on Wednesday and a 40mins walk in Bowral this morning. I believe that there was another training session in there somewhere but I honestly can't remember what it was :)
This coming week brings a couple of training sessions before doing the (30km) bike leg in the Nepean Triathlon which should be interesting given the handful of bike sessions I have done since I was hit. In fact, I have only been out on the road once since then so I'm not expecting great bike handling skills :0
An easyish week of training with a bike session on Tuesday, a strength session at the gym on Wednesday and a 40mins walk in Bowral this morning. I believe that there was another training session in there somewhere but I honestly can't remember what it was :)
This coming week brings a couple of training sessions before doing the (30km) bike leg in the Nepean Triathlon which should be interesting given the handful of bike sessions I have done since I was hit. In fact, I have only been out on the road once since then so I'm not expecting great bike handling skills :0
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