Wowwee, just completed my biggest running week of the year so far... 9.2 miles. Just getting back onto the swing of 3 short plods a week for pleasure, no pressure. Things are moving forward on the work front, so I may be heading for happier bunny status for a while. Plenty of bunnies in evidence at the moment up on the field where I'm running - they try to outrun the lumbering biped for a while, before scattering into the hedgerows.
Currently nursing a mild groin / hamstring strain sustained from leaping out of bed at 7.15 on Sunday after Naomi set the alarm off. Really should have stretched beforehand...
The
Windsor Tri results are up - had I managed to complete it, I would have finished in the last 10 as expected (probably 1:00, 1:40, 0:55 + 10 mins transition). Maybe I should have downgraded to the sprint distance rather than pulling out, where there do seem to be a few more fun competitors, but I was just getting fed up with the whole thing at the time. Meanwhile, prospective new job will mean going back to working 5 days a week (shocking I know), which I think knocks tri training on the head for good. I'm not prepared to do long daytime sessions at the weekend, and I need some kind of basic lie-in (8am) one day a week.
Then again, if this job comes off it will be only 10 miles from home... 2 x 10 miles on the bike a couple of times a week sounds like a good routine... also last week at swimming we tried some breast stroke and it felt really strong for me - could I swim a mile of breast stroke at a credible pace? Should I nip down to the pool this week and give it a try?
2013: Tri-ing something new
