Do we Really Need Skin?

Training update: Completed conditioning session on Monday with Paul Fullalove. I enjoyed this session and it was nice to have company. I substituted tabata intervals after the squats for low cadence hill simulations on the turbo. This meant that the session was not quite as intense! With a cross country race on Wednesday ahead of me I didn't want to burn myself out . . . again! That said, I was very stiff and sore on Tuesday. Come Wednesday's cross country race I did not feel that much better. However, I have accepted that I will be arriving at the cross country races tired; hence I do not expect any great performances.




I ran with Nige Porter (fellow RAF Triathlete) for much of the race. Nige's running has improved immensely and he was going well on the hills. On the 3rd lap of 3 I put a dig in to try and catch Clive Wintrip ahead of me. By doing this I managed to drop Nige, but it won't be long before he is leaving me behind. I did catch Clive just before the finish line but I had to work for it!



When I had finished I felt a stinging sensation on my heel. Mmmmm, I thought. i may have a little blister there. Upon looking down, this is what I saw. . . .


So bloggers, do we really need skin?!

I managed to get my bike shoes on today but will I be able to run tomorrow?


I have my 5th swim session at swimshack on Monday. I am looking forward to this as my drills have been going really well. The anticipation of getting faster in the H2O is something that I have not really experienced before. Full report to follow.