Hever tri

820am
Swim - the session with RKC really helped I think. Swim was OK tho lots of weeds & I did get tired. Hard to pull left arm out. Only 400m which is a little pathetic.  But could breath this year ; could stick head in water & did crawl the whole way so result.
Bike- couldn't get damn thing out of 2nd so not great. Can't believe has been to bike shop twice & still doesnt work.
Run - was OK tho banged right heel on ground.  Merrel barefoot things.


Net result  -  same time as last yr! Oh well. No more of that nonsense. 

Proper running to start on Monday! Can't wait!

Faster than the speed of light.... & Hever tmrw

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8783011/Speed-of-light-broken-by-scientists.html

 

hmm

 

back in the sub-3x10^8m/s speed world of sprint tri ; couldn't be bothered to get up for "20 mins easy bike" this morning. That's a bad sign.  But don't see that it is really going to make any difference and is too dull on a stationary bike in gym. You could argue that a 20 min easy run the day before a race doesn't make any difference & I usually do that but that is LESS BORING.  So what with everything else decided to have an extra hour in bed - then turned up at work in a really good mood so maybe was the right choice!

 

Need to think +ve for tmrw so enjoy the experience.  Concerned about how bike will perform though.  Check back tomorrow for the exciting conclusion! Then we can get on with the important business of MDS training.

 

Nutrition:

- ytday after eating pret sandwich for supper pre-grading had high heart rate about an hour later. not sure whether due to sandwich or nerves & missing target train.  I think was sandwich.

- Eggs, mushroom, tomato for bkfast today.  But hungry (or at least not "satiated") again within couple hours. 

- Large salad for lunch with a bit of a pause in middle to digest then 500ml water once finished.  Trouble normally with salad is don't get that "full up" feeling even though am not hungry after.  The large amount of water seems to help somewhat with that. 

- Another note from today is that 2xtea + 1xdecaf coffee in morning leave with elevated heart rate. Think is due to the heat ingested rather than caffeine or anything else

- & another another thing to note (not from today though) is if have had caffeine & then do hard exercise  - such as other day when did spin class in evening & had had caff coffee during day - get tightness across heart area, just as did during Comrades with all those caffeinated gus.  Nicht gut.

Tkd grading

Grading seemed to go ok. Should find out on Saturday but won't because won't be there! (Dylan at sleepover). Not really looking forwards to the tri on sat. First time i haven't looked forwards to a race. Just not impressed with bike whichbstill won't go into 3rd gear. Of course bike is longest stage so that's not good. You can't really perform well without a racing bike. But there you go. It's just a bit of fun. Looking forwards to start of mds training on Monday.

Back to blogging

Thought should start blog just for meself to record mds training. Had forgotten started one already.... Only had 2 years off. But couple more weeks off as one week to hever sprint tri and after that the proper mds training starts. Watch this space!

to mum & dad's

actually 30/8 - ran the 18 miles to m&d. was OK. <9mins/mile.
Some tought bits next to A road where couldn't run. Did the through Oxted to Godstone r/about then down A22 to EG route.

Problems:
- bag pack rubbing on neck / top shoulders - need to tighten up etc
- chafing

Got through approx 1 litre water with carboBOOM plus electrolyte tabs and 2 energy gels

swim day

good swim - 40 mins for mile. decent workout after. had the "karno breakfast" of small greek yoghurt + some cereal about 90mins before swimming - was fine. swim better than usual, dunno if because of brekkie. need to move arms in bigger movements for max impact

swim day

decent swim - 1 mile in40mins. nice jacuzzi after. then some weights. ate lots at work - too much??? Nothing funny/interesting to report.

long run

Sunday - to Knole park, 3 miles round &b back. 13 miles in all. 1h50 - 5 mins longer than target. decent run though but big hills between brasted & sevenoaks!

Central Park

Biz trip to NYC for the day. Run round CP from 530am - it gets a lot busier after 630!

15miles or so (Garmin said 17 but don't think I ran that far in 2 hours given it took me that long for 15 the other week) in vibrams: good news - calves felt fine after ; bad - left foot shredded!

running day

From work up to Holloway. 8 miles ; 63 mins. Not great but OK esp coz got lost couple times!

Gym sighting: bloke with long hair blow drying it with TWO dryers! Seen him before. Loser.

Moving house today - thanks goodness.

swimming day

Swam 1 mile. 46mins - aagh! Did 44mins 2 days ago! Curses

Ate quite a lot - fruit & nuts for bkfast ; salad lunch ; pret yoghurt & banana in pm. Then big cold pasta & beans from cook followed by yoghurt & fruit for supper.

Supposed to have completed on house today but lawyers seem to have screwed up again... Maybe on purpose methinks. Hoping for completion tomorrow. May have to sue some people here.

sprint day

7 * 800m sprints up the tonbridge road
22mins all in
Then a "hurricane" workout for 3*5mins
Then got me oats (rolled, with youghurt, blueberries & strawberries)
Then off to work!

swim day

1 miles in 44 mins.
Then nice jacuzzi for 5 mins. Do that from now on.
Plus grab a cup of water from 1/2 way down pool at end ; down it & take another for the 'cuzzi.
No shaving foam after which isnt good. Van der Buegel loaned me some of the little shaving cream they give out when they don't have the foam. Nice of him.

sick

sick yesterday. sick today. supposed to run 7 miles yesterday & swim today. go for the miles tmrw.

no gym today

too many beers with zac & chris. need to work out what i'm going to do in pool for next 2 months now finished schedule. need to have some speed trials

spotted today - woman at cannnon st train station, looked for all the world like she was in ancient roman dress...

seen in the gym

man spraying deodrant down his undies. yuck.
1mile swim today - 45mns. thought could do 40. hmm.

Week commcing 2 Feb

Disaster for training. Monday - worst snow in 18yrs => no train => no training.
Tuesday - car in with Paul Redgate => no training as arrived too late.
Wed, Thurs - in Switzerland => no training
Fri - trained! Swam but only 620m, not 900m planned due to sleeping in too long to catch up on sleep. Fri night in Frankfurt for Dirk's birthday and back on Sat so...
Sat - no training , flying.
Sun - lazy bones, decided to sleep not train.

Disaster

Feb 1 2009

Ran in Knole Park this morning ; cold as hell. Snowed a little throughout but the wind made it feel much colder.

Lesson: need more than 1 hr post breakfast before running (as I already knew but had forgotten) else feel sick especially when try to sprint. Did 2 sprints for a mile each but forgot to time so a lot of good that was.

Was a 1hr run ; pretty slow mostly - only about 6.5miles. Second sprint ended up with 6:30ish pace.

Am in Switzerland two days this week: unbelievably neither hotel seems to have a pool but has access to ones close by. Will take trunks ; will depend on what "close by" means if I use.

So - swim tmrw at gym ; gym exercise or spin on Tues (I think maybe spin) plus swim on Friday - maybe 1 or 2 swims on Wed and/or Thurs. Sat off as will be at Dirk's for his birthday. Try to run for an hour again on Sunday.