It’s a couple of weeks since I wrote, in fact I have been really lax and haven’t updated the site since Christmas. I just looked on the British Triathlon hompage and they have gone and put a link to my site, so panic stations…. Update needed.
Lucky I have been writing a blog for city runs, so I’ve managed to quickly adapt that, and I’m still going to make my afternoon ride in the rain. I think this has kicked me into action, so some new photos and maybe even an update in the rants and raves section when I have done my miles.
The weekend saw the end of our big block of running for a couple of weeks – I had a really good block of work and in a strangely sadistic way are already missing the big sessions. I took the “If you can’t go fast, go long approach” and hit 110 for the last three weeks. It’s only been 4 days since the big miles finished but some very strange things have happened since then!
1) I can actually feel my legs
2) I’ve been seen out on my bike on two consecutive days
3) The profits of Morrisons Garage in Tavistock have halved since we stopped running home on a Tuesday and Thursday. All those at Tavi AC should understand this but it relates to our addiction to 39p bags of sweets (3 for a £1!) and Coca Cola after a long, hard session with a 6 mile run home to follow.
Morrisons will be pleased to know we’ve only called a temporary halt to big mileage in the lead up to Eastleigh 10k on March 16th. The start list came through yesterday and it’s pretty stacked with 30-32 minute runners which is ideal for fast times and a great race. In the lead up to that it will be a couple of short fast sessions mixed in with some easy, shorter runs to keep the mileage reasonable. We had 8×4 min (1 min rec) at Tavi AC on Tuesday which was a great race pace session and set us up nicely.
Away from the training I’ve been setting up the South West Triathlon Talent Academy and am currently drowning in a sea of application forms. There are certainly some talented youngsters out there; fortunately they mainly seem to be girls, so hopefully I won’t be spotting anyone to beat me.
I also picked up a new pair of Trainers from Brooks called “Ghosts” – how cool is that! Hopefully I’ll be so fast no one will see me! Look out for them in shops soon.
Harry
