Utterly fabulous week of training.

Tri Club swimming - various drills and 800m of swim and pull = 19.08.01 Then x6 25m sprints 28.25, 34.75, 31.45, 36.00, 32.37, 33.54

Watched my swim video - eep plenty to work on - slap my right hand into water palm facing up, arms all over the place, no strength in my catch, end of my stroke no power either. However I do kick more than I thought :)

S&C on the common with James LRR as usual brilliant although I am strawberry flavoured to the midges and was bitten to death. I have some amazing bites on my leg :( HIT training. Tough but fun)

Didn't run Wednesday - instead cycled over to Suzanne's 9 miles about 45mins. Lift to Robs to get tri club kit, then chilli and showed the dvd of my swim. Great discussion on my technique.

Thursday was tri club running. Boy, tough session but great fun. Jog warm up then relay laps 12 x 400m. My partner was Rob D :)

400m easy 2.53.40
400m hard 2.14.42

LC lap 1 = 2.15.24
RD lap 1 = 1.12.63
LC lap 2 = 2.15.02
RD lap 2 = 1.12.87
LC lap 3 = 2.19.92
RD lap 3 = 1.17.44
LC lap 4 = 2.25.76
RD lap 4 = 1.21.84
LC lap 5 = 2.21.47
RD lap 5 = 1.13.48

Easy 400m = 3.01.52
Liz = 3.2k track running

Friday Hurtbox session - bike handling skills at Winchester Park and Ride South carpark. OMG what a fantastic evening. Met Roelie and Angela at Winchester Road roundabout them cycled up The Avenue, Winchester Road through Chandlers Ford and onto Otterbourne then popped out near Winchester. From.my house = 11miles 50mins.

Then approx 8-9miles of cycling round the car park - cornering, chain gang, hard x3 3min intervals. Then cycled home. Again about 45mins.

Left flat 5:15pm, home 9:15pm.

Pizza, loads of orange squash. Falling asleep with Atlanta / Miami pre season game 3.

What a wonderful week of training. Very very happy.

I especially love the age grouping in triathlons

Okay...
This is the second page of the novice / sprint distance results for today's racenewforest triathlon.

Scroll down to the bottom.
It's meeeeeeee :)

Now scroll across to the end and look at the three numbers

58 1 19

I was 58th out of 58 finishers.
I was FIRST in my age group F45
And the 19th of the 19 female athletes competing.

So basically I was dead last by a good five mins yet still a gold medalist.

I really love my sport :)

Club Champs Sunday 21/8/16

RaceNewForest over at Moyles Court by Ellingham lake.
400m swim / 1k run to transition / 33k cycle / 5k run. Starts 7am, registration 5:30-6:30am.

Early night Saturday so didn't set alarm to watch Mo do the double double in the 5000m. What a hero.

Cycled to Sandra's for 5am, Rob collected us both and we rode trip rode trip road trip to the venue. Registered, chatted to lots of STC members and set up transition.

I really enjoyed the event. The swim was super, didn't default to breast stroke once and my goggles didn't mist up.once.

The jog to transition was fun, felt like Rocky with my red towel draped round my neck

T1 - faffed about abit, decided not to wear my cycling jumper - was I going to regret that decision???

The cycle was really good fun. Had some of my peanut butter and.marmite bagel while getting myself settled. Gave one of my inner tubes to some poor chap who'd got two punctures :(

Windy cycle, beautiful countryside, lots of people overtaking me, lovely marshals. Wasn't to cold. Loved it.

T2 not too shabby :)

The 5k run was quite a tough, undulating out and back. I did have to walk abit. But what was great was seeing so many stc club mates on the run, lots of high fives and congratulations and well dones to pretty much anyone who passed me on either side.

Back into transition and through the finish line. I love finishing. I've said it before, it's that overwhelming feeling of achievement that permeates through every fiber of your being.

It really is a wonderful feeling :)

I arrived back just in time to watch the awards being given out so could cheer club mates who'd done particularly well. Then onto the bbq - thanks Steve, Claire and Anabelle. Chatting, cup of tea, lots of laughing. Great feeling of being amongst fab club mates. Loved it.

Hot shower and a lift home with Sue, then sausage and chips while watching the Olympic men's marathon. All in all a super Sunday :)

400m swim 13.17.61
Out of wetsuit 1.58.24
1k jog to transition 10.54.46
T1 3.35.38
33k bike ride 1:37.30
T2 1.54.62
5k run 41.12.53

Total = 2:50.23

August update :)

First things first - ankle is okay. THANK GAWD!!!!
GP checked it over, poked it about, it's fine. Just regular pain from turning ankle, good that I rested it but fine to run on it. Very very relieved.

So what else have I been up to this month?

Swimming as per usual.
S&C with LRR - walked last week, ran this week. All good.

Brilliant talk at Tauntons organised by LRR with Active Step about some common running injuries. Bought some new socks - kinda socks that are the equivalent of taping. Good support for ankle.

Had a swimming video session - got the dvd of my swimming to watch. Eeeeeeeeep. Need to work on catch and the last bit of the stroke.

Lovely cycle with Lou to Hilliers out in Ampfield Sunday 14/8, Smith's joined us for a cuppa and I got to check out RHP's exhibition. Probably about 26miles of cycling over the course of the afternoon.

RR10 17/8/16
Cycled to Hursley 11miles, 50mins
Ran 4.4miles 51.09.36
Cycled home 50mins
Left my flat 17:50, back by 21:25
And yes, could barely walk. Had DOMS big time (delayed onset muscle soreness)

All ready for the club champs Sunday 21/8, but have swapped from standard to sprint as worried about the run and the swim. Feeling much happier about Sunday's race now.

Ankle still sore :(

Hmmmmm. I managed to turn my ankle within a couple of kms of finishing the walk along the Thames coastal path on Sunday supporting Katherine and her 14k swim. It's the right one. The one I turned at Thunder Run a year ago.

I won't run this week and will keep icing it. Also I'm seriously thinking of either changing from standard to sprint tri distances or giving my place away at the club champs on 21/8. My autumn is to full of fun running events to jeopardise :)

Aaah well.

#supportcrew #thamesmarathon

I'm absolutely shattered!!!

Today I got up at 3:50am so I could go support Katherine swim the 14km Henley to Marlow, Bridge to Bridge Thames Marathon. We (Maisie and I) must have walked about 20km, well it certainly feels like it. Feet are very sore and I've managed to aggrivate my right ankle - the one I injured last year at Thunder Run. It's sore, bit tender. I've iced it. Fingers crossed it feels okay tomorrow...

Katherine smashed it. 4:55 for the 14km swim which was broken down into 4km, 6km, 1.5km and 2.5km swims with three food stops positioned at the locks that the swimmers had to walk around.

Weather was lovely, I'd packed plenty of snacks and the walk was very leisurely. Mug of tea at the end then burgers at the jekyll and hyde pub on the A33 outside of Basingstoke. Home by 5:30pm, had a snooze and now it's time for bed.

Supporting is knackering :)
Well mabes not quite as knackering as swimming 14km, but tiring all the same x

At tri club on Friday coach Darryl videoed my swimming, can't wait to see what I look like swimming!

New ftp is 161 :)

I kinda understand what the ftp is now but please don't ask me to explain.

Basically it was 135 then it went up.to 145 and now after the actual ftp session it's now 161. It means I've opened myself up to whole lot of hurt at hurtbox because coaches Ant and James now know they can.push me more because according to my ftp I can handle it. I may not think I can but physically they know I can.

Yay. I'm obviously ecstatic :)