Good weekend

As I mentioned in my last post, I had some hard work ahead of me after Thursday night's semi laziness. First up on the road to athletic redemption was the 3km TT on Friday night - consistently the most painful (albeit short) session I do. The very best thing I could say about the session was that it was over quickly, as I racked up a new PB. 16.8kph for the first km, then 16.9kph for the second, accelerating through 17kph and up to 17.5kph in the final 1km. Heart rate reached 185 for the final 100m, a massive 95% of max. 10:43 on the clock, though that's a few seconds slower than the reality as the treadmill takes about 5 seconds to get up to speed. Still, its 10:43 that goes in the record.

Bike ride on Saturday was good too - first 40km (long-ish) session of the season, in the hills, on my heavy training bike. 01:21:38 was good - I didn't push hard, at all. That will come in time. Swim, Saturday afternoon - again, a steady one, with good technique, yielding 10:45 for 750m. No hard efforts again, though I did up the pace a little after the 400m split (5:45).

Sunday morning - Leicester Half Marathon relay - I did the final two legs for my team, and brought us home in first. 12km in total (11.9), at a 4:05/km pace. Heart rate was kept below 180 (92% max) throughout, and I felt pretty good given the distance.

All in all a good training weekend, but it aint half as much fun as when Sarah is around. Fortunately I'm off to York next weekend to watch her compete in a horse riding championship, and continue my education as an unpaid groom!

Bye for now,

11/10/09