2013: Tri-ing something new

[marathondan]

Week 1 progressed with a 3 mile run down by the canal. The high cadence is becoming second nature now, and my old gait seems lumbering by comparison. With Malcolm along I was able to measure pace for the first time, and found that I'm naturally running about 30 sec per mile faster than my normal easy pace. Which is good news. But slowing down - shortening my stride - makes the tippy-toes mincing action feel even more ridiculous. While I'm only messing around with 3 miles, it doesn't matter too much. No excuse for that any more though - I should increase the distance.

Then a nice (daylight) bike + run session covering an hour in total. Best pace to date for the bike, and 2 miles covered comfortably on the run, again at faster than normal easy pace. I'm just very gradually starting to feel a rhythm to this now. Well, on those two disciplines, anyway. More on the dreaded swimming later.