Monday, March 27, 2006
the week that was :)
Mmm one day i will actually update this blog on a semi regular basis....
anywhoo.
Have had a bit of a big week and have started to get back into training a bit more again which is a good thing and have settled down a bit....but all in time...
Friday
Got home from work a bit late and had a drinking and dinner date so i had to do some stuff fast....went and did a 2k time trial and did the first K in 6minutes and the second one in 5! Whoot! I have done the under 6 thing again...good work I say. I actually didnt feel too bad at the end, but i think the psychological thing about when i start running is messing with my times. am thinking i need to have more of a warm up before i start running and hopefully see my first k times drop down a bit.
I then went out with A and A and had some KFC for dinner which is obviously doing good things to the body following training :P Had a few beers and was tucked up on bed by 2am.
Saturday
Had a bit of a lazy day today and just layed in bed, went shopping, tried to spend $100 at REBEL with a gift voucher and couldnt find stuff...Tried to buy some cycling gear and it was all ugly, then i tried to buy some new running shoes, which didnt fit. I also thought about a cycling computer, but then the lady wouldnt open the cabinet. So i bought a helmet, subsequently forgot about the voucher and then paid for it anyway...grr. Much to the amusement of others :)
Had awesome food at this pub in town and then went out and saw a friend of a friends band 'Urban Groove" at the sleaziest pub in newcastle. MMM. The music was good though and that made me happy...came home and had a nap.
Sunday
A and I got up and went to my last club race of the season (well what i thought was the last club race). Was massivley nervous because i had never had people watch me before, let alone people who i am still attempting to impress :p. Bec and Helen also rocked up about 2 minutes before i jumped in the water so was really feeling it towards the start. The water was freezing and i was standing in the pool for probably about 10 minutes before we started racing which means i was starting to cramp up etc and was really unnerved before i started. Struggled in the swim and got out of the water very close to the end. Which was a bit of a worry for me, as the swim is normally the best leg, so i was setting myself up for the 'oh dear this race isnt going to be fantastic'.
Anyway, jumped on the bike, overtook a couple of people, and the legs were really aching. I was breathing hard and felt like i was going to be dying. For the first time in a race, I actually considered stopping. I didnt though, and i pushed over the massive hill and then was feeling better. bloody psychology....managed to go down the hill without my brakes on and according to my spectators i made up quite a bit of time on the ride. I walked into transition and was over it. I wanted to stop. But i didnt. I also nearly knocked a little kid off his bike, but i wont talk about that since I would assume that his parents would have told him about the whole drafting and overtaking thing but anyway.....
The run was kinder to me than normal, but still not fantastic. Walked probably 300m of it and managed to run a bit and not be overtaken on it....good work. Finished ok and then had my blue powerade. The thing that kept me happening on the run i think was the whole knowing that i was going back to someone who would be smiling regardless of whether i was coming first or last....
Bec and bec then cooked us breakfast which i scoffed down, and made the lightheadedness go away...yes i know, i need to eat before i race. i know i am a bad triathlete :) *lins slaps her own wrists* went home and slept for hours, watched a movie and went back to bed.
Monday
Worked on monday and came home and jumped on my bike. Cycled up the nobbys beach and around past the hospital and down king st and back home. Felt awesome once i got off, despite the massive headwind which was hitting me both going in and going out. Took me about 35mins i think and that was pushing it a bit. The body is feeling good at the moment.
I then went out and fed my face with mexican food! yeah i know, what do you do?
So today, I am going to go and do the run along bar beach again and hoping to add some more time on. I should be doing the data coding for my thesis, but it isnt working so i now have the shits and am updating my blog instead.
:)
anywhoo.
Have had a bit of a big week and have started to get back into training a bit more again which is a good thing and have settled down a bit....but all in time...
Friday
Got home from work a bit late and had a drinking and dinner date so i had to do some stuff fast....went and did a 2k time trial and did the first K in 6minutes and the second one in 5! Whoot! I have done the under 6 thing again...good work I say. I actually didnt feel too bad at the end, but i think the psychological thing about when i start running is messing with my times. am thinking i need to have more of a warm up before i start running and hopefully see my first k times drop down a bit.
I then went out with A and A and had some KFC for dinner which is obviously doing good things to the body following training :P Had a few beers and was tucked up on bed by 2am.
Saturday
Had a bit of a lazy day today and just layed in bed, went shopping, tried to spend $100 at REBEL with a gift voucher and couldnt find stuff...Tried to buy some cycling gear and it was all ugly, then i tried to buy some new running shoes, which didnt fit. I also thought about a cycling computer, but then the lady wouldnt open the cabinet. So i bought a helmet, subsequently forgot about the voucher and then paid for it anyway...grr. Much to the amusement of others :)
Had awesome food at this pub in town and then went out and saw a friend of a friends band 'Urban Groove" at the sleaziest pub in newcastle. MMM. The music was good though and that made me happy...came home and had a nap.
Sunday
A and I got up and went to my last club race of the season (well what i thought was the last club race). Was massivley nervous because i had never had people watch me before, let alone people who i am still attempting to impress :p. Bec and Helen also rocked up about 2 minutes before i jumped in the water so was really feeling it towards the start. The water was freezing and i was standing in the pool for probably about 10 minutes before we started racing which means i was starting to cramp up etc and was really unnerved before i started. Struggled in the swim and got out of the water very close to the end. Which was a bit of a worry for me, as the swim is normally the best leg, so i was setting myself up for the 'oh dear this race isnt going to be fantastic'.
Anyway, jumped on the bike, overtook a couple of people, and the legs were really aching. I was breathing hard and felt like i was going to be dying. For the first time in a race, I actually considered stopping. I didnt though, and i pushed over the massive hill and then was feeling better. bloody psychology....managed to go down the hill without my brakes on and according to my spectators i made up quite a bit of time on the ride. I walked into transition and was over it. I wanted to stop. But i didnt. I also nearly knocked a little kid off his bike, but i wont talk about that since I would assume that his parents would have told him about the whole drafting and overtaking thing but anyway.....
The run was kinder to me than normal, but still not fantastic. Walked probably 300m of it and managed to run a bit and not be overtaken on it....good work. Finished ok and then had my blue powerade. The thing that kept me happening on the run i think was the whole knowing that i was going back to someone who would be smiling regardless of whether i was coming first or last....
Bec and bec then cooked us breakfast which i scoffed down, and made the lightheadedness go away...yes i know, i need to eat before i race. i know i am a bad triathlete :) *lins slaps her own wrists* went home and slept for hours, watched a movie and went back to bed.
Monday
Worked on monday and came home and jumped on my bike. Cycled up the nobbys beach and around past the hospital and down king st and back home. Felt awesome once i got off, despite the massive headwind which was hitting me both going in and going out. Took me about 35mins i think and that was pushing it a bit. The body is feeling good at the moment.
I then went out and fed my face with mexican food! yeah i know, what do you do?
So today, I am going to go and do the run along bar beach again and hoping to add some more time on. I should be doing the data coding for my thesis, but it isnt working so i now have the shits and am updating my blog instead.
:)
