Time to Ease Up

Just under 3 weeks to go until IM race! Today was IM Regensburg in Germany. There were 3 RAF guys racing, as far as I know: James Organ, David Meer and Brian Hagan. Ironman Live makes for interesting reading! James clocked 10:00:44 – he will be happy and frustrated, I reckon. That is a great performance but I suspect he wanted sub 10 hours! He had a great swim ove a smidgin over 1 hour. Bike 5:23:59 and a run of 3:30:00. Fantastic splits! Not sure on the finishes of Dave or Brian but they look to be close to finishing. All the best to them all.

I did my last brick session today as 62 mile bike as 3 x 19 mile perceived race pace with spinning and bottle change inbetween. It was very windy but I was well over 20mph average for each 19 miles. I ran for an hour off the bike at perceived IM run effort and averaged around 7:40 min per mile. This is good but my shin started to hurt at 6 miles. I guess it is now more rest, ice and shorter runs up to the race.
My nutrition plan is working well and I have equipment stowage nailed.
I will take a cool pump from genuine innovations – second wind micro pump. This doubles as a CO2 pump and hand pump. This is cool as it fits a disk wheel without the need for an adaptor.

The big question is, do I race at Cambridge Triathlon next week? I like this standard distance race and I could do it for fun, with no expectation. I will probably make a decision on Friday after I get some treatment o the shin and see what the weather forecast is for the race day! The rest of the week is easy but I do plan on a 3k easy swim at some point.

Happy swim bike run 8-)