TT 'Tastic!!

A good couple of weeks of training now completed! Happy with the progress at the moment and looking forward to some longer races. After Odiham I bagged some big days on swim, bike and run. This culminated with a full on 50 Mile Open TT on the F1 course Sunday morning. The route is basically up and down between Sandy and Buckden. This is the same course that I did my last 50 Mile TT on a few weeks ago. That ride was done in 2:01:43. yesterday, I managed a new PB of 1:59:23!! Yeehaa. It has been a long time goal of mine to break 2 hours for 50 miles and I am a happy chap! I even ran for an hour off the bike and managed a decent pace too. Sub 2 hours looked to be unmanageable as I went through the first 25 miles in 59:57. The Southerly wind was rising steadily and by the time I turned for home with about 12 miles to ride, the wind felt very strong. That last 26 odd minutes seemed to last forever. Actually managing a negative split was very pleasing.

I don’t plan on easing down for the Dambuster Standard Distance Triathlon this weekend but I have some domestic stuff to take care of that may mean some lost training. Either way, I will be happy to just race on Saturday (please, please let the weather be warm and dry!) and focus on 3 July 11, when I will race the Cowman Middle Distance Tri.

Off to stretch my Achilles!