Look this isn’t badminton. F’n get on with it – T minus 6 weeks
“And after the race – a nice easy week…….. before the next one….!”
After last week’s ½ Ironman race, a little downtime was hoped for. No, expected. Actually that’s not right either. Demanded. That’s the word.
Coach Martin complied. I got Monday off.
Whoopee. I get Monday off every week. Still never mind. As my mate said last week (Mark again – he’s full of sh…. shining examples of motivational tit bits) – “Look this isn’t badminton. F’n get on with it”. Sorry to all badmintoners. No offence intended on my part. Mark on the other hand…
Anyway, Tuesday I was back in the pool for an hour’s coached session. Wednesday was an “easy” 50 mile ride. Thursday was a steady 10 km run.
Friday was a bit more exciting – a long open water swim. I like those a lot. Apart from when I shove my finger through my wetsuit. That’ll annoy you a bit. Still like Mark says….. (I know, he can be annoying) all the water that it lets in “will increase the drag massively – it’ll be like swimming with a bag full of water attached to you – that’s great training!” He’s a bit hardcore my mate. I swore at one point I saw him shoving his fingers in his suit to see if he could rip it. He gave up in the end but I bet he swam around with it unzipped.
Anyway back in the real world.
Saturday was a long ride. 110 miles of pure hell. Well that’s what I thought it would be, but I enjoyed every moment. It was great fun. I ended it, in just over 6 ½ hours tired but satisfied. It was hot, but not uncomfortably so. Unlike Sunday. That was a painful day – running 13 miles in the baking heat (even at five in the evening) wasn’t my idea of a happy day out. But like Mark says…..oh sod him. You can guess the kind of thing he would say.
In total, Sunday to Sunday about 20 hours of training. My biggest week yet. And as a reward…..some quieter time before, you guessed it…. another ½ IM race this weekend.
Wish me luck.
Cheers
Simon
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