With 11 days to Ironman Cairns, I'm well overdue for a recap and reality check.
Is my injured pinky back to normal? Am I happy with my training? How is taper going? And how do I think race day will unfold?
Read on for the answers.
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Hello June. And Ironman Cairns.
Well, that happened quickly.
Just a moment ago, I was getting my May training mojo back.. and now it's June, and Ironman Cairns is only a week away.
I'm so excited that this race is nearly here... I'm nervous and curious to see how my body races after an abbreviated program since Ironman Melbourne.
Just a moment ago, I was getting my May training mojo back.. and now it's June, and Ironman Cairns is only a week away.
I'm so excited that this race is nearly here... I'm nervous and curious to see how my body races after an abbreviated program since Ironman Melbourne.
Backing up
It's now four weeks after Ironman Melbourne and time to check in.
Actually, more than that, it's probably time for a reality check.
I'm trying to back up in time for Ironman Cairns but it hasn't all gone to plan.
Actually, more than that, it's probably time for a reality check.
I'm trying to back up in time for Ironman Cairns but it hasn't all gone to plan.
King or Joker?
Tomorrow I'm doing the Kings of the Coast open water swim.
I haven't entered even though it's been on my program for months - I even nominated it as one of my goals for this year.
So why am I fronting up for a late entry rather than being preentered and prepared like normal? Good question.
I haven't entered even though it's been on my program for months - I even nominated it as one of my goals for this year.
So why am I fronting up for a late entry rather than being preentered and prepared like normal? Good question.
one-hundred-and-seventy-something-days
So, I've been injured. I'm on the way back though. I'm swimming, water running, and slowly building up my time on the bike.
Coming back from injury, you can't generally expect much more than this. You need to build your strength and fitness up again and that takes time.
I'm very aware though, that time is ticking. I got a reminder just the other day via Facebook. 180 days to go until Challenge Roth. That makes it one-hundred-and-seventy-something days now. It doesn't seem that far away.
Coming back from injury, you can't generally expect much more than this. You need to build your strength and fitness up again and that takes time.
I'm very aware though, that time is ticking. I got a reminder just the other day via Facebook. 180 days to go until Challenge Roth. That makes it one-hundred-and-seventy-something days now. It doesn't seem that far away.
Discovering Mt Coot-tha
I know, I know. I'm always banging on about how I did something new or different, and how great it was, and how I shouldn't have been worried about it after all.
I won't put you through that same old story again. But I will write about my discovery of Mt Coot-tha.
To set the scene - I've been a cyclist in Brisbane for eight years or so and for most of those years I lived a maximum of five kilometres from the base of Mt Coot-tha. Although I've often ridden up the front, I hadn't, until this morning, ever been up the back. Many of my friends, including KKB, find it incomprehensible that I've never ridden up the back. So much so that it's almost become a joke around the posse.
It might be surprising to some of you that I tackled this 'first' by myself. When I was driving there, knowing I was riding alone, I considered many options that would get me out of this predicament. But I knew there was no way out, so I parked at Toowong and set off.
Across the overpass (another first), up the bottom bit past the Mt Coot-tha Gardens and Planetarium then on around past Slaughter Falls to the start of the climb. I don't know why I was surprised, but I was both surprised and delighted to be all of a sudden surrounded by many fellow cyclists, all toiling away up one of Brisbane's favourite training locations.
What I thought would be a lonely, onerous training session was, yes, physically demanding, but beyond that, a real buzz. Particularly after weeks being holed up at home on the home trainer due to rain.
An excellent discovery. And I'll be back. Next week in fact. And I may never ride up the front again.
I won't put you through that same old story again. But I will write about my discovery of Mt Coot-tha.
To set the scene - I've been a cyclist in Brisbane for eight years or so and for most of those years I lived a maximum of five kilometres from the base of Mt Coot-tha. Although I've often ridden up the front, I hadn't, until this morning, ever been up the back. Many of my friends, including KKB, find it incomprehensible that I've never ridden up the back. So much so that it's almost become a joke around the posse.
It might be surprising to some of you that I tackled this 'first' by myself. When I was driving there, knowing I was riding alone, I considered many options that would get me out of this predicament. But I knew there was no way out, so I parked at Toowong and set off.
Across the overpass (another first), up the bottom bit past the Mt Coot-tha Gardens and Planetarium then on around past Slaughter Falls to the start of the climb. I don't know why I was surprised, but I was both surprised and delighted to be all of a sudden surrounded by many fellow cyclists, all toiling away up one of Brisbane's favourite training locations.
What I thought would be a lonely, onerous training session was, yes, physically demanding, but beyond that, a real buzz. Particularly after weeks being holed up at home on the home trainer due to rain.
An excellent discovery. And I'll be back. Next week in fact. And I may never ride up the front again.
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