Running Again

Can’t believe how quickly time is ticking by lately. It’s nearly Christmas! When January arrives it normally means that race season arrives almost stealth-like and we always seem to be behind getting some speed work in for the early season races – well, I normally feel like that. So, as I am looking to focus on Duathlon racing, I have started to introduce some speedy-er sessions into my training. Firstly, I should clarify that I am training ok at the moment. My injury problems have improved – not disappeared – and I am able to run properly. This is good and I am enjoying my running. Recently I have been doing 400m and 800m intervals, mostly as part of a brick session on the turbo. Talking of the turbo, I have a new one! My Cateye is still going but the computer read out has broken and I cannot get spares. So I use the Cateye turbo for training at work and have a Tacx Flow in the garage. I like the Flow as it has plenty of options to keep your sessions interesting.

I really wanted to get some cross country races done in January but I have a training course to complete at work, which will take all month. With the first Duathlon race being the first weekend of March, that does not leave much time to get some race speed in the legs. That said, I have been surprised at my running as it is not that bad. Not sure where the bike speed is right now? Weather permitting, I am still periodically riding to work – a round trip of 38 miles. I got totally fed up of coping with supposedly good bike lights that were actually rubbish. So, I did some research and splashed out on some lights that can enable me to see where I am going. I went for this Gemini Duo. It is fantastic! Very small but incredibly bright. There is also a helmet mount.

Immediate goal? Stay healthy!