Day 3 in Mallorca - two rides done

It's raining so we're all chilling in the outside covered dining room waiting for the rain to stop so we can go into Pollensa.

We did 65km yesterday up the mountain - Coll de Feminia 588m of total elevation 

We did 60k today -  off to St Margalida today - 88m of total elevation - so a lot flatter!!!

Recovery is good

Need to do more stretching but groin is just a tiny bit sore, flutes tiny bit sore, quads very sore 🤣

 Heading off yesterday 🥳 

Pulling an all nighter at Gatwick

Having so much time is great for doing an MOT on yourself 

My right inside elbow - so sore

Have I pulled tendon? Ligament? 

Driving mums car - glutes still sore after an hour or so

Sitting at work - I am doing quite a lot of standing as it's uncomfortable sitting for long periods. I'm trying to remember if this was the case pre accident. It may have been but I am very conscious of it now

I am feeling stronger 

So excited for my 5 day Mallorca holiday with Suzanne, Richard, Sue & Noel with an hour crossover we think with Charlotte and Tobie Friday early afternoon when they arrive and I leave to catch my flight 

The monjarou injection is going well.

I'm more active and losing weight

68kg now!

My case for Mallorca is 13kg

I have been 81 / 82kg

I have lost my suitcase in the weight 

And my suitcase is bloody heavy to lug about 🤣

Getting tired now

I should have packed a little freshen up bag 

All good learning 

Think it's time to go for a walk (3:05am) 

Bit tired now!!

I guess this is when one says…

And so it begins 

14 months of being a bit tired 😂

Was supposed to go on a 3.5hour bike ride but tired and doing mum stuff so ended up falling asleep on the sofa while the IPL was on. 

Aaah well.

Mallorca next week for 5 days

Cycling up box hill when I get back 

I'm excited as I know I'll just get stronger and stronger.

Plus charity shop shopping - size 14 or 34inch waist. So feeling pretty chuffed. 

69.2kg xx

Training plans & shift working

So this is my new coach Emma O'Toole

https://www.builttoendure.coach/

And we've just started working together

It's brilliant - i get an email to say what i'm doing over the next couple of days with some notes from Emma and then my garmin & training peaks has the workout 

Smashed it Monday - i was at mum's, the training plan said 60mins recovery ride (i'd done the fast twitch sprint triathlon on Sunday) so i went out on Deb's bike and did a 52min loop through Epsom and the Downs popping out at the top of Ashtead

I havn't managed anything else since.

Sue & I cycled 58km on Wednesday but i didnt manage anything from the actual plan

• Thursday i thought i'd leave home early and go to the Jubilee gym before work - decided 6am was too early to get up 
• Friday i thought i'd go to the Mayflower gym after work as was at SJM in Southampton City Centre - was too tired after work 
• Saturday i thought i'd go for a run after work, loving the light evenings, decided i could do laps of Queens Park - was too hungry so had supper and then didn't go back out
• Sunday - today - the training plan was cycling, 60mins with 30sec blasts of increased cadance. During my cycle to work this morning i did little blasts of increased cadance. Thighs were burning and i arrived at least 1min sooner that usual! I havn't saved the workout so will restart it after work when cycling to the train station to go up to Ashtead. Lets see if that will turn my training plan green 🤞

I do think it will take a few rotations to figure out how to fit in my training while working, when at mum's up in Ashtead and when back in Southampton

However, i am certain that we will figure it out 😁

Asked solicitor to settle

This feels like a momentous moment 

I emailed Liz my solicitor to say let's settle my claim

I've now done :

The Ashtead, Winchester and Eastleigh 10k

The Southampton half 

The Fast Twitch sprint triathlon

I have left : 

The Exbury 10k

The Swashbuckler standard

The NF Standard 

And anything else that looks fun

I've asked Emma O'Toole to be my coach

I'm seeing Lizzy every 4-6 weeks for a massage 

I've now done x2 big bike rides in a week - 64km & 58km

I've done some tri club swim sessions and I've done a couple of tri club run sessions. 

I'm feeling so good!

Strong, excited, confident. 

#LizzieGoesLong 

#Outlaw26

I am super excited but I'm also very aware that I need to get a routine going with my training. I've barely done anything this week. Was going to go before work on Thursday and then after work today. Did neither. Figuring out how to be consistent with my training will be vital to get me to the start line of the outlaw. 

I've got just under 14months 🥰

SFT sprint triathlon

Loved it 

I wanted to have a lovely relaxed morning, no pressure, just swim bike run.

Swim was great

Bike def but faster than I was hoping for

Run felt fine, decided I could have kept going if I needed to

Groin a bit sore but figured I'd just biked 20km before the run so that may have contributed to a bit of soreness

Basically I reckon  I'm just not quite strong enough. 

But I will be

23:24 Sunday night

Glutes are a bit sore

Quads are a bit sore 

Calves are a bit sore 

My massage with Lizzy tomorrow is perfect timing. 

64km bike ride yesterday 🤗

Furthest I've cycled since my accident 

And I loved it 

I think working with Emma can't come soon enough. I'm just not strong enough for what I want to do yet but I know I will be 🎉