Week 1

Week 1

Not a good week then. A couple of sessions on the turbo trainer, a masters swim session and a 8 mile run. The week started bad with a bit of a cold. I thought it wise to give it time to go away, and it seemed like a good excuse. Wednesday was swimming, yeah, enjoyed this session and stayed on in the pool to do another 400 metres after everyone else from the lane had left. I’m still pretty useless at swimming but when I think about the fuss I made in the summer about a 750m swim, I just have to call myself names, what was I on? The idea of 1900m for the New Forest Middle Distance Triathlon (the 2008 goal) is daunting but I’ll do it. Found a bargain wetsuit on Ebay and just couldn’t resist it. An Orca Sonar, retail 180 gbp on Ebay for 99 gbp. An early Christmas present. I hope it not an Ebay scam! Doh, hadn’t thought of that!

I have also rediscovered the turbo trainer. This is probably the easiest thing to do, as it means I can fit it in with my own schedule. So why have I only done 2 sessions? Moving on, Saturday morning I was up and out early to do a Ballbuster circuit. An 8 mile circuit, in the event I will do 5 of these, I did this 1 circuit in 1:05:36 did not feel too bad afterwards and was powered by 1 bagel and 1 energy gel. At some point I am going to need a nutrition strategy for this Ballbuster. I mean it’s got to be as tough as a marathon. I believe that based on 1 circuit in 1:05:36 I can complete this Ballbuster in 3:45, a similar time to my marathon time. So there is my target which I think will put me in the middle of the pack.

The run was good, Ipod in, not too cold, no traffic, felt good, tried to vary my pace and lift my knees. One thing I have found in the past is that my head says to me, take it steady, theres a long way to go, so I don’t speed up, I just plod along. I think cycling has taught me that I can vary my pace, speed up and slow down to recover and I will still be able to make the distance, so I’m going to try and remember this in training and put in some faster stretches.

Roll on week 2