Well, I did the 25 mile TT on the N1 course at Sawtry on saturday. I had been ill since the 25 TT on the A1 the previous Sunday and it was touch and go whether I would ride at Sawtry. I started off really steady, with the plan to stop if I started to feel bad. As it turned out, I felt ok and so went for it. The result was a course PB of 58:16. Weird how things work?
I went for a run early Sunday morning and felt dire! I was really plodding. But then I often feel really bad early in the morning. If I assess where I am fitness wise for the Vitruvian, I would say that I am swimming as well as ever and biking as good as last year. I am just unsure about running. There is no time to gain any real run fitness so it will be jump in and run off memory!
It's always the same with the Tri season; we spend ages in the dark depths of winter wishing for some sun and day light to commence racing. Then, in a flash, it's season over for another year! I need to remember that I could not do any Tri races last year. So, I already tick 2010 off as a success, even though I have not raced that much.
Some awesome results from Bloggers doing various Ironman events last weekend! Check Frank Whittle and his 10:33 at IM Regensburg! That is a great race from Frank. Andy Fisher finished 9th at IMUK! It's a shame that we are losing him from the RAF next year. Jase Walkley also had a great race. I reckon his 11:23 was well below his capabilities. He confirmed this as he was cruising for the experience after being quite ill the preceeding couple of weeks. Nevertheless, he can now call himself an Ironman and go and get his Tattoo! Well done Jase. Same goes for Jamie elliot at regensburg. Perhaps not as fast as he is capable of but he was nursing a really bad injury to his ankle. get the Tat mate - you know you want to!
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No, it's not really weird why you did well at the 25. DOH, you were rested because you couldn't train for a while because you were ill.
Why did you feel crap running THE NEXT DAY, oh please Sags ... you'd just done a pb on the bike after being ill less than 24 hours before, give your body a break!
Because you're normal state is overtrained. The rest (despite the illness) did you good. Look at the facts buddy, they're staring you in the face.
Well done on your PB by the way.
i'm going to jump on the band wagon here as well, maybe you do train to much, i'm only running 3 times a week since the knee injury early this year and my run is as good if not better than last year. Well done on the p.b though.
Struth! Feel like a naughty school boy!!
You will all be pleased to note that I did my commute to work very easy this morning, ditched the planned run session and rested instead.
Not sure I like the inactivity - I just eat continuously!
I will do the evening 10 mile TT tomorrow and beast a 5 x 1k run session off the bike instead.
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