Thanks to all who voted for me and to the athletes I train with who got me through all those sessions. The award is very much appreciated.
Last week was week 1 of a 7 week bike & build phase. Got the program late Tuesday arvo which called for a 4 hour Dandenongs ride Wednesday morning. As I had a 8:30am meeting it resulted in a 3:30am alarm. What a killer way to start! Took me 2 days to recover from the sleep deprivation, was in bed at 8:30pm the next 2 nights. But I saw a deer in Sassafras!
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| (Not the actual deer. The one I saw had antlers!) |
Found the running hard. Just wanted to be as fast as I was 3 weeks ago but knew it wouldn't be the case. I started commuting to work on the bike the week before but my first run was on the Tuesday. Found myself running slow with a high heart rate. You get that after 3 weeks off.
While the weekday training was slow, I came good on the weekend. Felt stronger on the bike getting some good pace. Sunday was a good day - 2 hour ride then smashed out a 20km run in 90 minutes. Probably went a bit harder than I should have but I felt good so I went with it. Legs are sore now so I've been working on the roller and stretching.
Running is what I can improve on most and will get the biggest bang for my buck in Kona. Running on fatigued legs is where it's at.
A 17 hour training week was a good start. 173 days to go until the big island!
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