Giddy up - Training is starting to come together. Swimming, running, TT-riding , gyming, stretching and massaging. All a bit shorter than I’d hoped to be by now, but it’s all happening non-the-less, and I have the Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) to prove it.
Dawned on me yesterday that I have grown to quite like Bubba the TT bike, with the only outstanding issue of any consequence being “where do you put your nuts?” There’s no compartment on board, and there really needs to be. If I can’t solve this issue over the next 298 days they’ll have to send a squirrel in on a post race recovery mission.
Weekend of a solid 65min run, and two solid, though shortish windy and cold TT-bike sessions, including a session of hill repeats. Something about getting out there in crap conditions that helps to convince myself that I’m serious about this thing.
Ran from home to the RAAF base and return on Saturday with Shano, with three efforts. Easy for him - but left me with no alternative but to retire for a post run sleep. Nasty case of DOMS followed also.
I do however love a case of atomic-DOMS in the quads, hips and calves. Historically the recovery cycle has generally left me noticeably stronger by the time the next b/t run occurs. Will aim for 90 min this Saturday. A 90 would be very comforting to my fragile emotional state at this point.
I suspect that I’ll feel like I’m finally out of the starting gates if can hit next weekend’s targets:
Ø Sat 90min run incl 3 x efforts, with at least 50% on soft surface
Ø Sun 4hour ride on TT bike with 3xTT efforts.
Get set,
W
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