Great brick.... Plus a bit of a swim. Never going to complain about the pool I use again though....

Epic windy day here on Sunday. Did a 15k with a friend. One friend had done it in 36mins but he has more muscles. We aimed for 45 'mins and just scraped 42 only excuse for that was the really bad wind yet some skinny cycle blokes flew past an didn't seem to be peddling at all. Then a 4k run wobbly and slow, later swimming in the pool where the tri is. It was
 I saw her standing there

Jonny B Goode

Doo wah diddy

Bad moon rising

Shang a lang

Blockbuster

Ob la di

Proud mary

Rock and Roll is king

I love to boogie

Hi ho silver lining

Eight days a week

Keep on running

Can’t buy me love

 I. Cold grubby and long. Um...... Did a sessh today a e home pool and all I can say is I will never on plain again, warm, clean, and you don't have to pay to dry your hair. Lucky :x)

Yeah... Over the 500!

Dinke danke for getting me over the 500..... A good omen I reckon. Training going better this weekend. Did my 3or4k (not sure) run this morning with ballet mums and despite a bit of  wine (a lot really) I did ok and felt good. Starving after as always (not getting skinny with this training as troughing after as usual) but keen to go swimming later and did my 30 laps but in sets of 10 mainly front crawl this time with rest in between. Noticed I could do sets of 6 front crawl and then 2 breast crawl then 2 bubble swims. Knackering but great. Felt fab after it but then didn't have to get out and cycle when dripping...... and then run......... Later cycled to the park with the bairn and LLL and did 3 laps of the playing fields , not sure how far but probably 1 to 2k at a push in total . So I summary, a bit of a tri but broken up and still short but heading in the right direction and tomorrow will be even better.
Ok so tomorrow,  doing a 15k cycle so will time my 14k and then  a 3or 4k run straight after , believe this is a brick session ... then later a swim in the pool I will be racing in I hope. Good. Happy with that. Keep The Faith! :)

Ok....lets get to 500 views before my tri ...what do you think?

Then I will swim, bike and run for each and every one of you who took a peek at this blog! By total mistake or otherwise (the latter unlikely I hope as the anonymity of this I love....)
So how Are things with you...good I hope?
I had an ok day today, not great but at least fitted in some stuff  . About an 8k bike, with a jog after, not long at all interms of run but just to get the feel of running after a bike ride. Then did my 500m swim at breast stroke to time it and did it in 15mins. Feels like my front crawl, though feels slower when I am doing it, is faster. Spoke to the organiser of the tri and bless him, he did stop me feeling quite so nervous . I had made the mistake of looking at times and trying to work out how I compared and I didn't reckon it looked good for me. 1hour 50 looks like the last person in so I HAVE to beat that so ther you go... That's what I am aiming for. Anyway, back to food.... Made some really bad jam tarts tonight. My pastry skills are sadly lacking and that is even though I have cold hands (good for pastry apparently..) have decided the last year or so , what with work and other stresses had made me forget how to enjoy the free stuff which I used to enjoy so much so, in addition to this fitness lark and the dodgy baking, I am determined to get back to that before the big summer holiday. Sending happy thoughts to you all!!  Some friends are supporting me , and bless them... You know when the support is real. Looking forward to Sunday bike ride :).

Shopping for a flattering tri suit

Don't know why I am even concerned about flattering when I am jumping in a pool, straight out wet onto a bike and then a gruelling run. No time to dry ones hair or re-apply ones lippy........ It's just not that kind of gig. Slow but steady progress so far this week. Sunday  a 5k bike (ned to double that and then add some... followed by a 1k round the park and then later at the gym another 1k followed by some weights. nothing much but  good to run after the hard but short bike ride. advice from a tritraining  programme say these kind of brick sessions are good (might need to be a tad longer though........) then a good swim session today, the 500m in 15mins with 3sets of 4laps of front crawls, 3sets of underwater  bubble swims to expand the lung capacity (those really do knacker me ) and then made up the rest of the laps doing breast stroke.  Might make the pool tomorrow but really need to start this brick business, swim cycle and cycle run. Feeling quite alright about it now...... I think ! Keep the faith!

Trying to ramp up training but getting blocked

Starting my swim sessions in the morning and doing ok. Running hasn't happened since the weekend and nly one short bike ride , some spinning but it just leaves me low and subject to flack for too much training. But I have only 3weeks to go..... Less actually as work is ramping up big time so wont get much training in next week ? LLL complaining about training time so how does one carry off the balancing act on the run up to the event ? Any suggestions welcome.

5k race .. Fun but slower than previous

Really enjoyed the 5pk run today and if you are part of this then good for you ! Do a park run, not hard except that you are challenging yourself so you kinda have to go for it but to see such a variety of runners, all shapes and sizes , all ages and fitness levels, emerging from the fog on a spring morning. Still hurt like hell, and, when I checked my last race, I was within the minute slower but not as slow as my first time.  Shows the difference in my training this year.  Something has changed there but it is not always possible to continue as you planned. C'est la vie.

Swim spoiled by annoying squirt of a bloke

What can I say. This bloke has really annoyed in the gym me from day one.  Always around the equipment i want to use ( not that i have any special claim but the punch bag.... Please....nobody uses that .... I seem to be the only one ... And when I do, he appears from nowhere which is precisely where I would like him to return to! ) Doesn't know me,  i will not give contact and keep out of his way but he is always bloody there.  Now I realise I have not actually stated anything he is doing which is wrong but he has this really off putting presence and then I heard other members have put in official complaints about him about specific incidents so now my guard is up and he got both barrels (body language that is , not actual words ...) after he managed to put me off my swim session tonight.  I  stormed out  past him with a face of stone when he came into the sauna 2 mins after I  as i had just setteled down in there for a quick 5 mins relaxing break half way through my swim session. Again, no actual crime but didnt like it and left the pool, session only  half complete. Mind you, lets put this in perspective. Will resolve to be less affected by this squirt in the future as this is not worth my energy. So (1) nothing will disrupt my training from now on and   (2) I resolve not to come home and stuff myself with the ridiculous amounts of chocolate left over from Easter.

Mighty duo and on the new bike! Much needed boost

Well I went for a spin on the new bike, planning to do a road session and then immediately a run, a bit longer than the first circuit of the village earlier in the week (and let's face it, you couldn't get any shorter) and glory be.... Didn't I end up doing around 20k and immediately followed by a 2.5miles run! Legs a total wobble own the run and did it at a snails pace but at least I got round. This provided a much needed boost for me during what has been a crap ..the only word to use here... Run up training plan for this tri. I don't feel like I have achieved anything but of course , I have achieved a bit. Can now do 2 consecutive front crawl lengths ,,might have to revert back to breast stroke but at least I am able to do that. The road session yesterday makes me realise I am ok with this bit and training on a heavy old bike should help me fly a bit faster in the day. Dinky danke as I usually say.  The run is surprisingly, the scary bit for me. Will I have anything left in the tank to finish the race and get me round the 7k? Not so sure now but still feeling better about the whole thing. At last.

A duathalon but no swim and a bike!!!!

I have a bike, a bloody bike at last. Not the best, not a looker, heavy, £70 so I ain't going to win the Tour de France on that but at least it has 2 wheels and some gears which occasionally rasp and shudder but it is a bike. Went out on sat , did a short duathalon on fri but no proper biking so will try next week if I get a chance . Time is , as always, at a premium. Thought I would be pretty fit after the full on activity including après ski swimming every day but the duathalon still hurt (only a 3k followed by 30 mins spin and the 2k or even 1k run ) still was tough and I hadn't done the full bike or a full swim. Gotta get them together some time.............. Reckon I ate enought cheese and ham in the alpes to bung me up for a while (not literally but definately a different diet than usual) so no weight lost despite the constant activity over there. Have a tri but also a dress to fit into in a couple of weeks so only choice it so do the getting up early thing and go running/swimming before work.... Um .... Well let you know how that goes.

Happy birthday to me!

In he alpen, beautiful snow, sun, après ski, good food.... 2things would have made it perfect but then perfection is over rated. Mind you a card you bought yourself is not the bomb......