Thu - 57 mile bike - strong head winds, torrential downpours, thunder and lightning, road closures, map got too soggy to read and we got lost ..... Just a normal training ride, really ....
Sunday - West Wight Tri 600/35/7km Good event, decent weather, hills! pb at swim 10:21 coming together. solid bike 1:05 poor run 34 mins but 30th/168 finishers not too shabby. Then off to the pub for much needed pint.
Fri - 112.3 mile bike ride, Derby to Hunstanton. Ave 15.32mph, 7hrs 55 mins, wet and windy. BUT that's the Ironman distance, in less than the cutoff time ...... wheee!!
Sat, Sun ..... as much rest as 4 children, 2 cats, 2 dogs, 1 hamster, 1 goldfish, 8 African land snails and 1 husband will allow!
Pacrfish WEll done, not as bad as you expected eh?
Not been training much - light week, end of tri season.
Sunday 10m X/C race 68:30 really windy and still a 2 minute pb so really pleased.
I have completed 7 tris this year and have only suffered after the long one (almost Oly). Sundays 10m run left me much more sore and stiff on Monday than any Tri of 1 - 1.5 hours. Triathlon must be good for you as it hurts less but your aerobic levels of fitness are higher than other single sport training forms.
Update on the big bike ride - 112.3 miles in 7 hours and 22 mins, not 7 hours and 55 mins (couldn't read the bike computer properly!!) Whoopee (ok, so I'm a bit pleased...)
Nutrition on the bike was 4 litres of liquid (half water, half sports drink), 4 gels, 1 mars bar (for DOtriharder!), loads of flapjacks and fig rolls.
Question 1 - if 4 litres of liquid goes in, and none comes out till much later in the day (after some recovery beers ...) - what happens to it?
And question 2 - does having the liquid inside one's body mean there's less weight on the bike than when it is in bottles on the bike - or is that just psychological?? (Or is all this tri stuff just sending me mad?????)
And speaking of mad - what am I an example of, madnurse????
and speaking of mad - what am i an example of madnurse ?
pacrfish wrote:
Fri - 112.3 mile bike ride, Derby to Hunstanton. Ave 15.32mph, 7hrs 55 mins, wet and windy. BUT that's the Ironman distance, in less than the cutoff time ...... wheee!!
Sat, Sun ..... as much rest as 4 children, 2 cats, 2 dogs, 1 hamster, 1 goldfish, 8 African land snails and 1 husband will allow!
oh not much .. just juggling all the above and still training to the level you do...
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Day off on monday... planning training for Autumn 10k and half marathon
Tues - planned next seasons races and goals. - PM masters swim - OMFG it was hard... need to keep going and get below 13 mins for my 750!
Good luck for Sunday, David.
David
today - bike (20km windy & undulating .. nice)
madnurse !
Thought my head was going to explode I was coughing so much yesterday
Long slow run - 10.5 miles in about 1.5 hours all at 75% max HR
Longest I've been in years ... feel great this afternoon - expecting to be a bit stiff tomorrow!
Fri - rest
Mon - Circuits
David
Sun - 55 mins on turbo trainer
Mon - rest
Tue - 70.73 mile bike ave 16.2 mph. Longest ride I've ever done. Windy and hilly. Now knackered (am I allowed to say that????).
Bike -
2miles 2 work 5miles home
today weights in the gym
yeah I reckon
friday...
more weights... [:@] still need to add some muscle in the winter when its 2 crap to go out...
17 miles on the tredmill, 5 miles static bike.
PM 1 hour steady swim with the pull bouy (my legs refused to kick for more than 20 seconds[&:])
Sat - 5 minute swim (not in the mood!!)
Sun - 8 mile run incl some intervals - not bad considering the size of the hangover after Sat night!!
Sunday - 4km run
Monday - Weights at the gym
Tuesday - 8km run
about 2kms worth...
1km drills (sick I know)
1km swimming
it hurt
4 mile run 35 mins. (legs really painful)
Only to counterbalance all the running I'm doing.
Thu - 3 mile run (maybe)
getting ready for ...
Fri - 110 mile bike ride (shame the weather looks wet and windy!)
Sunday - 10km run (PB as well)
Monday - Upper body weights at the Gym
wella
Had 10k race yesterday... first one so well chuffed with 41:17!
Looking forward to Fort William half in 5 weeks!
today - rest
Sat, Sun ..... as much rest as 4 children, 2 cats, 2 dogs, 1 hamster, 1 goldfish, 8 African land snails and 1 husband will allow!
Autumn has definately arrived!
Wella
Not been training much - light week, end of tri season.
Sunday 10m X/C race 68:30 really windy and still a 2 minute pb so really pleased.
I have completed 7 tris this year and have only suffered after the long one (almost Oly). Sundays 10m run left me much more sore and stiff on Monday than any Tri of 1 - 1.5 hours. Triathlon must be good for you as it hurts less but your aerobic levels of fitness are higher than other single sport training forms.
DAvid
Nutrition on the bike was 4 litres of liquid (half water, half sports drink), 4 gels, 1 mars bar (for DOtriharder!), loads of flapjacks and fig rolls.
Question 1 - if 4 litres of liquid goes in, and none comes out till much later in the day (after some recovery beers ...) - what happens to it?
And question 2 - does having the liquid inside one's body mean there's less weight on the bike than when it is in bottles on the bike - or is that just psychological?? (Or is all this tri stuff just sending me mad?????)
And speaking of mad - what am I an example of, madnurse????
oh not much .. just juggling all the above and still training to the level you do...