Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Long posting...
Ok, so I am anticipating that this may be a long post, as it has been a while (i have been flat stick) so for your convienience I have broken it into segments...(Im not 100% convinced that anyone reads this, sometimes I think I am my own audience!)
Training, Racing and all that jazz..
Well I have raced my first race in a couple of years (well since I fell off my bike in the syd to wollongong last year) and it went ok. By ok, I mean, I put in very little effort as it turns out, and got to the end without sweating or breathing hard, maybe I didnt work hard enough. It was the womens breast cancer event at Homebush on the 20th Oct. It was pretty short, but the longest distance they offered which was 350/9/3. The swim went well with me coming 2 in my wave of 10, except that my arm cramped about 250m in which meant that there was a chunk of breaststroke which wasnt great, but never mind. Am taking this with a grain of salt considering that I had only been given the ok to swim about 2 weeks before the race, so obviously hadnt put nearly enough training in. The bike was a 3k loop on a paved walkway (not ideal under the tyres) but managed it pretty quickly, the run was just bad as always (i hate the run) and walked when I probably didnt need to cause I was being lazy. I also managed to tip a cup of gatorade over my head when I asked the guy if it was water and he said yes, and it wasnt. It was a little offputting to say the least. So I think i did it in about 50mins. Not awesome, but a nice lead back into racing.
Training has been going ok, I have been putting in some serious hill training in prep for the camden haven tri (knowing that the hills are a bit nasty when you are tired), and have been trying to get a couple of training sessions in a day. Am up to about 1k in the pool at the moment, although it is still a bit painful I am getting there. Pretty pumped about having a couple of weeks off during chrissy so I can get the bike out on some of those quiet country roads up the coast!
One of the guys I know is also trying to convince me to do some road racing on the bike that I am almost considering given that I am not getting any better at this tri business and i am not too bad on the bike (its all relative mind you).
Life, Work, Uni and the rest
I have been incredibly busy with finishing up my coursework for my degree (dont get too excited I still have to write a thesis and do 2 placements) but that has been a bit hectic. In addition to this, work has been flat out but on the upside, I am heading to NZ for a couple of weeks before christmas for work, and then camping for most of Jan which will be awesome!
I am struggling to be a consistent friend at the moment between uni, work, travelling up and down the freeway and trying to train as well. I was going to be aiming to train 2 hrs per day at this time of year, but it just cant happen. At the moment, I am in the middle of the north west of nsw on a regional trip and training ops are limited, with mostly running being the thing that can be done.
Enough about me, how have you been?
Training, Racing and all that jazz..
Well I have raced my first race in a couple of years (well since I fell off my bike in the syd to wollongong last year) and it went ok. By ok, I mean, I put in very little effort as it turns out, and got to the end without sweating or breathing hard, maybe I didnt work hard enough. It was the womens breast cancer event at Homebush on the 20th Oct. It was pretty short, but the longest distance they offered which was 350/9/3. The swim went well with me coming 2 in my wave of 10, except that my arm cramped about 250m in which meant that there was a chunk of breaststroke which wasnt great, but never mind. Am taking this with a grain of salt considering that I had only been given the ok to swim about 2 weeks before the race, so obviously hadnt put nearly enough training in. The bike was a 3k loop on a paved walkway (not ideal under the tyres) but managed it pretty quickly, the run was just bad as always (i hate the run) and walked when I probably didnt need to cause I was being lazy. I also managed to tip a cup of gatorade over my head when I asked the guy if it was water and he said yes, and it wasnt. It was a little offputting to say the least. So I think i did it in about 50mins. Not awesome, but a nice lead back into racing.
Training has been going ok, I have been putting in some serious hill training in prep for the camden haven tri (knowing that the hills are a bit nasty when you are tired), and have been trying to get a couple of training sessions in a day. Am up to about 1k in the pool at the moment, although it is still a bit painful I am getting there. Pretty pumped about having a couple of weeks off during chrissy so I can get the bike out on some of those quiet country roads up the coast!
One of the guys I know is also trying to convince me to do some road racing on the bike that I am almost considering given that I am not getting any better at this tri business and i am not too bad on the bike (its all relative mind you).
Life, Work, Uni and the rest
I have been incredibly busy with finishing up my coursework for my degree (dont get too excited I still have to write a thesis and do 2 placements) but that has been a bit hectic. In addition to this, work has been flat out but on the upside, I am heading to NZ for a couple of weeks before christmas for work, and then camping for most of Jan which will be awesome!
I am struggling to be a consistent friend at the moment between uni, work, travelling up and down the freeway and trying to train as well. I was going to be aiming to train 2 hrs per day at this time of year, but it just cant happen. At the moment, I am in the middle of the north west of nsw on a regional trip and training ops are limited, with mostly running being the thing that can be done.
Enough about me, how have you been?
