Update - 90k bike ride Tuesday 27/6

Okay, so today is a rest day - thank goodness as i am sooo tired

On Tuesday27/6 I cycled 90k in 4:45

Was with Jenny for 1:30 and then Fi for 2:00 and then cycled the long way home from Eastleigh to get in another 1:15 - ideally i should have cycled for another 45mins but needed to get home and showered as up to Ashtead that evening to see cousin Ruth 😍

And FYI - i LOVE my new bra - I couldn't feel it at all!

Am hoping to swim in Shepperton Lake this Sunday so will see how it feels after an open water swim 

31 days to go

One month till my 1st full ironman distance triathlon

Am i ready??

Maybe not quite yet but i reckon i will be xxx

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32 days to go

I'm very tired.

Tomorrow is a rest day

Will tidy up the flat a bit and then off to bed 

34 days to go & new sports bra day

Isn't she magnificent 🤗

I may have just finished - 10:33pm in exactly 5 weeks time xx

Crikey

So I got up today at 6:30am

Met Jenny 8am - was out for 6 hours but my bike moving time was 4:30 and I did 87km

Home by 2pm

Have lunch, made a sausage casserole for the slow cooker then off on a run via James' new pad in Woolston and a cuppa / visit

Run = 6.5km, 1 hour 

Shower, put washing on them off to Karyn and Sharons for food, drinks - B and Marcella also there. Was lovely. A good couple of hours sat in the garden drinking tea 

Just got home and now watching Elton John's Glastonbury set

Basically in 5 weeks time I'll be doing PE for all of this time. It's utterly ridiculous when you look at it this way 😂

Outlaw prep learning :

I need a new sports bra - just not comfy for 16-17hours of wearing 

Will go to M&S tomorrow 💪

Brunch bars are awesome so will def have at least 3 of them in my top box.

35 days to go

#LizzieGoesLong

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36 days to go

One of the absolute joys of training for an IM while working a 12 hour shift is having to grab training when you can. 

Today I ran as the sun was setting. 

It was fabulous.

5k, 45minutes xx

37 days to go - no backing out now

Today is the last day to be able to defer to 2024

I am not going to defer!

I am going to do The Outlaw on Sunday 30th July 2023

#IveGotThis 💪

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39 days to go

Well now it just feels really real. I'm starting to get that sick feeling in my stomach - that dread of an upcoming event that you know is going to be so hard and so painful and you're not 100% you'll make it. 

It's bonkers I know but I absolutely love my sport

You're racing against yourself and in my case the cutoffs but ultimately it's you racing against yourself to see how well you can do.

This is the peak training time

Swam and ran on Monday

Cycled Tuesday

Swam today 

Will swim tomorrow 

Swim and run Friday

Gym and run Saturday

Cycle and run Sunday 

Am so excited to see how well I can do 🤗

Running with JosieDog

7km round Ashtead yesterday - loved it

40 days to go

Just over 4 hours of cycling today 

Which was brilliant as although I cycle a lot I know I need to do more big chunks of cycling so I can do the 112miles / 180km in less than 8 hours which is making sure my average km/hour is 22.5km or more an hour

Doable 

And certainly helps when you've got awesome mates who'll take you out riding while designing a magnificent route on the fly xx

End of week 18 - recovery week

Didn't cycle much this week but have started to up my running and am very happy with how my swimming is going

Am in my major training period now so need to focus on getting those hours in the saddle sorted xx

42 days to go!!!

Well I'm def getting there!!!

Just got to keep doing the training

Swashbuckler done in 7:55!!!

Am feeling epic 

My first sub 8 hour middle distance triathlon.

Think the swim was on 1500m but the run was just over 22k so reckon it all balanced out.

Loved it

Swim was wonderful- not at all worried now about the Outlaw swim, just concerned about just how far it is and whether I'll be losing the will to live by the end. Although tbh I may well be feeling that about the whole thing!!!

Cycle was in biblical rain

Took it carefully but I was tired at the end so need to get stronger 

Run - every km I walked for 30secs

Wasn't fast but I did feel like a little would up toy, just kept going.

Basically I may well scrape the cutoffs

I'd like to be a bit more confident 

Need to be another km/h faster on the bike and another 30secs per km quicker on the run 

Let's see what happens over the next 5-7 weeks 

4 days to the Swashbuckler

I should be more nervous

Hilarious how it's just a training session and I'm curious to see if I can get under 8hours - that's the cutoff - but that would also be my fastest ever half!!

Swim - feeling fine about it. Hope I'm not to complacent but I have been working on the swim big time and I do feel faster in the water

Bike - well… I think I should be faster than last time I did the bike. It'll be interesting to see if I can go under 3 and a half hours. It's not closed roads so I will need to be careful but if I can average 25km/h how amazing would that be!!!

Then the run

It'll be run / walk

The 10k on Sunday was 80minutes 1:20 so I reckon the 22k this Sunday will be about 2:50. If I can go sub 3hours I'll be happy. I want to finish with stuff in the tank so I recover quickly to be able to train next week

I'm at week 2 of my big training block so I need to make sure I don't injure myself or over train so too sore to do anything. 

I am very excited  

8 weeks to go

Fabulous training week 🥳

Rattler weekend - amazing!!!!

Bike 131km just under 6 hours

Swim 2.4km 59mins

Ran 10k 1:21

Fabulous fabulous weekend of doing what I love with Suzanne (Richard on Saturday for the bike) and Jenny. Was wonderful

57 days to go!! Rattler bike ride

Today was glorious 

131km round the New Forest in just under 6hours

Had my new cycle shorts on - very nice - kinda like I was riding sat on a cushion 

Stayed at Suzanne and Richard's last night as we needed to be on the road by 6:30am with all 3 bikes on the roof of the car

The 82mile / 131km route took us to parts of the New Forest we'd never cycled in. Loved it. 

Weather was fabulous 

Feed stations amazing

Company fantastic 

Got home by 5pm as had some food in the near by farm shop / cafe before collecting Yogi from Ant and Lindsey's 

I cycled home from A&L's on the outskirts of Totton - approx 10k

Chilled

Ate

Showered 

Then off to Jenny's as Suzanne collecting us 5:25am for the swim and run parts of the Rattler tomorrow 

8 weeks away from the Outlaw and very pleased with how today went. Absolutely no way I could have then run a marathon but I reckon as long as I make the swim/ bike cutoff I'll be able to run/walk my way round the marathon in a minimum of 7 hours on tbe 30/7 🤗