I packed and repacked my transition bags a few times today.
Well, more than a few.
The holding pattern
I flew to Melbourne yesterday and got my registration out of the way.
I packed and repacked my transition bags a few times today.
Well, more than a few.
I packed and repacked my transition bags a few times today.
Well, more than a few.
Kings of the Coast 3.8k swim
I arrived at Lake Kawana on Sunday very unsure of what lay ahead of me.
It was a very respectable start time of 8.30 registration for a 10.45 race start - the down side of this is that there is plenty of time for nerves and doubt to creep in.
I started questioning everything - do I wear my wetsuit, do I change down to the 2k swim that I didn't know was on, do I just go home...
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.
28 days and hatching Plan B
It's four weeks to Ironman Melbourne. In 28 days time I'll, hopefully, be heading towards halfway through my marathon.
Hopefully.
I hit a bit of a setback this week in the form of a tight gluteus maximus / piriformus. No injury as such; it's just tight as hell. This means a fair bit of rest in the short term to avoid more serious injury. Which, given the timing, translates to a slightly longer taper than I'd planned on.
Time to hatch Plan B.
Hopefully.
I hit a bit of a setback this week in the form of a tight gluteus maximus / piriformus. No injury as such; it's just tight as hell. This means a fair bit of rest in the short term to avoid more serious injury. Which, given the timing, translates to a slightly longer taper than I'd planned on.
Time to hatch Plan B.
Brush with fame: Justin Langer
Last Friday on my long run I ran into Justin Langer.
Not literally. Man, that would have been embarrassing...
But then again, I said something kind of lame anyway so I might as well have made a complete fool of myself by bumping smack bang into him...
But more what I said later. Let's focus on why I said it (even if it came out all wrong).
Not literally. Man, that would have been embarrassing...
But then again, I said something kind of lame anyway so I might as well have made a complete fool of myself by bumping smack bang into him...
But more what I said later. Let's focus on why I said it (even if it came out all wrong).
It's training. It's meant to be hard.
I completed the Alpine Classic 140k a couple of weeks ago and with that my first goal for 2013 is done.
It was a long day, the hardest I've ever had on the bike.
There were many reasons for this I guess but its probably as simple as this - it was my hardest day on the bike because it was a bloody hard day. But more than that. I hadn't trained specifically for this event - this event was Ironman training. Training is meant to be hard.
It was a long day, the hardest I've ever had on the bike.
There were many reasons for this I guess but its probably as simple as this - it was my hardest day on the bike because it was a bloody hard day. But more than that. I hadn't trained specifically for this event - this event was Ironman training. Training is meant to be hard.
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