Stroud half marathon 2:49.12

At 11.5 miles I was giving up the will to live!!!

Beautiful course, all roads, some main ones. Great support, excellent fun. But yikes, 13.1 miles is a long way. How am I going to do it all again at the Portsmouth Coastal Marathon????

Fab to see Nicki and Jade.

Will def do again

GSR 2:16.58 :)

Awesome day xx

Squash with Penny

Last game for awhile as Penny heads back to NZ on Thursday.

We played 4 maybe 5 games.

Lots of sweat 

Then lunch

Great fun 

Kona 2019 - tail end of bike course

So exciting!!!

Have set alarm for 5:20am so will listen to the rest of the race in bed.

Love my sport!!

STC at the track

Great session at the track

Wasn't sure I'd be going as bit tired from Watersports, but then realised Sue would be going so I went :)

200m 1.27.55

800m 5.49.35

200m 1.52.21

800m 5.42.62

200m 1.55.25

800m 5.41.75

200m 1.55.46

800m 5.38.16

200m 1.51.44

800m 5.37.27

5k = 37.31.06

250m 2.46.11

40.17.48 = 5250km

2.5 hours cycling before work

Will need to do a lot more of this over the coming months.

Met Jenny millbrook cycle path and we cycled out to the forest, pootled about abit then home. Out for about 2.5 hours. Reckon we did 20 or so miles. 

Then off to work 

Gorgeous weather - sunny crisp autumnal morning 

Struggled this morning

I ducked out of the final block - tired legs and wanted to get home in good time for making sure flat sorted for Timmie.

HB Enduarance session with Jenny and Rob

So glad I noticed this the other day.

Loved it but did have to back pedal a few times...

STC at the track

First track session for a good few weeks. Was late as took XX to station to meet a chum

 

300m hard then 100m very easy.

All did same amount of time so about 28mins

100m = 42.04

300m = 1.51.10

100m = 52.09

300m = 1.56.44

100m = 47.26

300m = 1.58.51

100m = 47.66

300m = 2.03.28

100m = 48.72

300m = 1.59.10

100m = 49.73

300m = 2.02.90

100m = 45.13

300m = 2.02.18

100m = 48.41

300m = 2.08.10

100m = 49.53

300m = 2.05.71

100m = 48.34

300m = 2.03.44

4K = 28.10.51

Wet, bit windy, driving rain.

Would have given up if on my own.

Tonight is why you join a running / tri club!!

Then walked Holly. Perfect cool down.

LRR triple :)

Took Pam to LRR so she could check it all out.

Biblical rain on Monday

Fab S&C at Tauntons - my poor Abs done know what's hit them

Then great track session with Itchen Spitfires.

I'm feeling quite tired.

My stomach is huge.

A has a long mirror 

Jeez.

I'm a bloody space hopper with legs and arms. Must sort my diet out. 

Have a feeling these next three months are going to be quite life changing for me... Am very excited :) 

Track session

400/800/1200/800/400 with 200 recovery jog after each set = 3600 + 800 = 4.4k in 30.44.87

400 = 2.46.89

200 = 1.06.05

800 = 5.44.13

200 = 1.17.20

1200 = 8.36.74

200 = 1.18.75

800 = 5.49.73

200 = 1.18.72

400 = 2.46.66

4.4k = 30.44.87

Fab session.

Tough HB session

Holy crap that was hard!!!!

Shattered!

Managed 40mins at HB this morning but could have easily of stopped within 10mins. Luckily kelly and Yvette kept me going for another thirty mins!!!

Squash later, work at noon. Jet washing tomorrow first thing then London. 

HB after a race = tough

Carl and I struggled through an 85% session this morning. Was tough. 

Ashtead 10k

Love this race!!

Hottest race ever - this was the 14th year.

1:17.29

Mark, Tracey and Roland plus Sue, Noel and their nephew Briain (sp?)

Then celebrated with Dominic's pizza  oven. 

Oh and IM Wales was on today. They started at 7am and last person I was tracking came in just over 14 hours later!!! Amazing HB / STC crew.

Bedtime 

Rest day

Which can only mean one thing...

Bingo :) 

We didn't win but boy did we have fun!

What a day!

Met Penny 8am for squash

Cycled to wide lane for work

Finished early 1:45pm to go jet wash

4.75 hours of jet washing 

Cycled to the track - 35mins of hills

Cycled to A's - tea / food / catch up with XX and college

Home.

Second bfast

Time for bed.

Such an awesome day!!!

4.2miles 57.06

Out with Shazza after work. 

I would have bailed if running on my own - running buddies really are the best :)

Circuits!

1st time for ages - great fun :)

Met up with Caroline and Charlotte for circuits then off to The Stags for drinks. Michelle joined us. 

I love No Limits with a passion but getting job at UoS two years ago - absolutely the best thing for me :) 

New forest half 2:56.40

Awesome fun.

Cycled out - well cycled to Redbridge then cycled home to get my bike locks. All a tad stressful. Ended up being a hard bike session!!

So 8 miles then 11 = approx 19 miles before even started!!

Arrived 9:40 so very quick registration and bag drop

Found Sam for Jeffing plus Carl.

60secs run / 30secs walk.

Then by mile 7 went to 30/30

Was quite tired.

Such fun. Gorgeous route

2:56.40

Happy with that 

Then chilled with the girls - Silvia, Claudia, Katie and Lucie as traffic bad and we all needed to eat - I had my packed lunch.

Cycled home.

Showered and did nothing for about six hours. So tired!!!

Feeling fabulous 

Excellent few days

Friday hurtbox session then cuppa with Sue.

Was hard as it's just relentless!!

Ice skating Saturday afternoon - was very worried about hurting myself before new forest half. Was fine and after an hour I could do multiple laps without clinging onto the side!!

Jet washing :)

Another fabulous morning!

4.25hours

Then shower and luncheon at Watersports before work.

Fun.

HB and brick run

That was tough!! After the first set you think this is fine but jeez half way through the second set you're all holy crap this is tough!!!

But we did it.

Went for a 16min run after then lidls :)

Gorgeous.

Am now in bed wondering why my right knee is throbbing...

Will see how it is tomorrow 

Lovely bike ride with P&K

15.5 miles 1:28

Fabulous bike ride before work - off to Romsey, past the asparagus fields to pop out in Redbridge. Top top fun with Pam and Karen (on her electric bike)

Then work.

NF standard triathlon

Loved it

1100m swim 30.35

Take off wetsuit, 1 mile run to T1 17.04

33k cycle and T2 (forgot to hit watch) 1:35

10k run 1:19

= 3:41

Such a gorgeous day, such beautiful routes.

STC club champs so loads of club mates plus took Silvia along for her 2nd ever tri and 1st ever standard distance.

We all smashed it :)

Alarm set for 3:40am

Well that can only mean one thing!!!

Triathlon tomorrow :)

Club champs New Forest standard distance (kinda)

1100m swim

1.6km to T1

33km cycle

10km run

Should be brilliant fun

At Silvia's as Sue's picking us up then picking Jenny up

Night all

NB hoping for 3:15 xx

Running buddies are awesome :)

Pam and Shaz this evening after our 4.2mile run in 54.56 xx

HB, lunch, running.

Top top day

Woke up so stiff/sore from jet washing 

But all sorted after the fruit bowl HB session with Sue and Donna. Great session. Tough but felt so strong at the end. Endorphins hugely kicked in. Was high as a bloody kite!!

Then lunch with Muts and Moo

Lidls and laundry.

Run with Shazza and Pam

4.2miles 54.56

Felt so relaxed. Chatted the whole way - ran from Shirley to common, around the common then back via Winchester road. 

Could I have done it all again?

I think I could have which is a relief seeing as I'm doing the club champs standard tri this Sunday and the NF half marathon next Sunday :)

6.5 hours of jet washing

Utterly knackered.

To tired for the track

Very satisfying.

I can literally feel my muscles growing :)

Before 

After 

Tough HB session

Just me in the box today. 88% session. Thought I'd struggle. It was tough but I just kept grinding it out, plus Lindsey helped a lot!!

Squash and running :)

Met Penny for squash at 8am. Fabulous match - Penny won but I got a few good shots. 

Then over to Pam's.

5miles in 1:10

Loved it 

Weights then track :)

What a fab day

Cycled to WL

Met Michelle after work in the gym to lift weights - 1st time ever!!! Loved it

15kg bar

Managed to get to 20kg weights each end = 55kg dead lifted. Made up :)

Then cycled to the track

3x 1200m with 75secs rest

7.59

8.02

8.10

= 26.54 for 3.6km 

Very happy with that

Then XX's to celebrate her GCSEs 

Cycling in a flat back tire.

Sigh.

Beautiful Watersports

4.5 hours :)

I love squash!!!!

Such a knackering sport!!

Love it.

Lates this week so lots of HB

The thing with HB is that you really don't think you can do it until the end and then you realise you've done it. You just have to keep on peddling 

It's about three weeks from the club champs.

Reckon to swim will take me 30mins

1k run to T1 = 10mins

33k cycle = 1:20

10k run = 1:15

Total about 3:15 :)

HB then TV

Great HB session - low cadence. Tough as tired from jet washing and the track but also good to train fatigued.

Tea with Sue and Jenny afterwards.

Then home and TV - a lot of NFL on prime :) and eating / cooking.

Bedtime now xx

Weighed myself before bed. I'm getting heavier :( 

Now 13:7 nearly 13:8.

Thank goodness I'm back training. Just need to stop eating chocolate.

Jest washing and running :)

What a day!

5.5 hours of jet washing and cleaning then a strawberry split - yum.

Tri club at the track 5x 800m

Cuppa tea at A's

Top day.

Finally recovered from Snowdon!

Great HB session - red line - that place on the border of can't do this / can do this.

Climbed Snowdon!!

1085m of climbing

14km there and back

3:06 up

Just under an hour at the summit

2:30 coming down

6:32 for the whole thing :)

Amazing 

Did it with Pam, B, Shazza, Dan, Flo and Ollie

So glad I've done it

Soles of my feet sore

Legs a bit throbbie

Overall though I'm okay 

I do struggle with tempo sessions :)

Great HB session this morning. Tempo session. I do struggle with 8mins solid cycling which is odd seeing as I cycle all the time. I think it's the no variety head down just cycle.

Quite a bit of back peddling but I did it. 

Jet washing - lots of sun cream

I did miss a bit so a tad pink on side of where tshirt was on my neck

Good session.

Hot but beautiful 

Then shower and lunch in the welfare unit. Was brilliant!!! 

Dripping in sweat

Tough HB session this morning.

Smashed it

But still eating so much! 

Back back on it!!

Cripes

I'm now 13:7.5 :(

Think it's time to admit I've had my time off from the lakesman and I really must get back on it :)

Was at WS last Thursday then Jesus Christ superstar and Highgate Cemetery then working at the weekend.

Sat on my sofa, still in sweaty HB gear watching TdF highlights - working at 2:30pm today. 

1st Sept - NF standard tri - stc club champs.

8th Sept - NF half marathon 

15th Sept - Ashtead 10k

So I reckon 5 weeks of training,  mainly running with HB and some swimming thrown in should get me back in the game.