Fighting the Tide. . . . .And Losing

The gap between Blog postings tells a story really. The story is that I am not happy with progress. Fitness levels seem to be going backwards and recovery period from any level of intensity is insanely long. The 25 Mile TT I mentioned was completed in a personal worst of 62:16. I suffered and produced a season best Power average for an hour of 250W. But the time was slow for decent conditions. The following Wednesday I raced at the Inter-Services Duathlon as a guest. I felt tired there too and the performance showed that. First 5k run was 18:20 but I didn't feel good. The bike was always going to be slow as I was on my evo road bike. I was so slow I was utterly shocked. The second run was not my usual decent off the bike performance and I hobbled round barely able to get 4:00 per/k pace. Since this race I have never really felt fresh, despite some days off. Maybe it is lack of sleep. Next race is 19 May at Ashbourne Sprint Tri. Let's see how that goes. . . .