T-19. All-things-achilles considered, and including last week's Jindi camp, this has been close enough to a perfect week of prep given where I was a week and half ago.
Weighed in at 78.8kg today. Haven’t been under 78 since I was about 33yo, so near enough 14 years. A couple of weeks to shave off another 1kg would be about perfect as I don’t want to be losing weight during the taper.
FRI
2 x 1k in the suit – both legs around 17:24. Smoking. The last few months has seen me move up two distinct grades as a swimmer. "Splashing Panicked Gumby" to "hopeless", and now a further graduation to "bad". Another two weeks of work could see me at "ordinary" by race day, which would feel like an outstanding achievement in mediocrity.
Long ride on the shared path. Boring as batshit, slow and hot. But steady, aerobic, and didn’t leave any undue fatigue in the legs. Still concerned about staying aero all day, and the Adamo seat may yet get a run.
SAT
Club race 1/30/8. 17:18 (when I stood up) 38.x average speed on the bike beign careful to take no draft-cover at any point, and then a very slow but steady shuffle/run. Got fatigued in the upper quads on the run, but I suspect this only reflects a lack of miles. A couple of injury-free weeks of might see me shuffle-out possbly even half of the run – which would be a huge bonus on where things were a week ago.
SUN
150k Long Punt and Kurrajong AND Hawkesbury. Left me pretty shattered, and still fatigued today, but very very pleased with the effort – super day.
This week will be all about getting some more shuffles in, a few 2-3k swims, and gearing up for a weekend of a couple of long rides.
Saturday Mez and I are doing a Greek Food Safari. Possibly not ideal IM training – lets face there aren’t a lot of baklava munching Greeks at the pointy end of Kona - but a welcome distraction in any case.
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