Well, this week signals the beginning of intentional training for triathlons with a return to the pool.
After a 3 month hiatus (from the pool), I am determined to clock some reasonable kms in the pool in the hope of bringing my swim times down. Managed to get in just over 2km straight up of freestyle, followed by a couple of 100m medleys on monday night. The focus is going to be on drills and 800m sprints.
The bike is making a slow return into the weekly routine, with lots of strength training required. A bit of work on the trainer and some hills are in order. Have been doing a little over the last few weeks, but nothing to write home about. Time to start logging the kms so I can build up to reasonable distances at a good pace. Looking for a cheap road bike to get me off the tri bike. Managed to join the slimming kiwi for a dash up to hazo on Monday. Then decided to ride down to the morning run at Sleep Trains and back. Did struggle a little with the pace. I'm hoping to get plenty of ride-run sessions happening to improve my running off the bike - this was a struggle last season. So a 5-10-5 (ride-run-ride) session this morning. Planning on doing the same on Thurday.
After Saturday's 12 ft experience, I managed to get in a 15km run on Sunday morning with Terry (yet to be nicknamed - needs to attend regular BMMC runs and naming ceremony). Headed out from the NP gate at Glenbrook for the usual out to the picnic area before the start of The Oaks and back.
Wednesday last week was a longish run with Prince Donges from Woodford down The Oaks onto St Helena's, crossing over and down to the bottom of Martin's Lookout, up to Springwood via Sassafras and back to home, clocking in just under 2.5 hours (incl. breaks). Pace was slow and enjoyed a few rest stops.
Tuesday was a mix-up of the usual routine, opting to run from The Animal's (I know it has a name - ask Scam if you care about it) to give Sleep Train a few more days for the body to recover. Happy enough to manage running up Old Bathurst. Didn't even attempt to keep up with Garath and Tim.
Memory gets hazy about now. Did join Kiwi for a little ride out to H'bury L/out somewhere there. Hoping to keep logs up to date.
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