03-06-2013, 10:57 AM
2nd in the Tri this weekend! Going to worlds 
Preparation went really well into the race, with my paced runs and 6x1min all pegged at 3:24 pace and feeling comfortable last week. Also managed to get down to 77kg on the start line fully hydrated!
Unfortunately I made a silly mistake at the start and was standing on the pontoon zipping my wetsuit when the starter horn went off! Had to swim around/over 200 athletes to get to the front which wasn't much fun & unfortunately I couldn't catch the front guy. Managed to close him down on the bike but he pulled away at 5k on run. He's run sub 33mins this year, though, so I'll let him off
Anyway, very pleased with the finish place given the quality field and super pleased to be working towards the worlds in Sept. One thing I'd forgotten was how much 40k on the bike kills your legs. They were absolutely numb for the first 7k of run (which was very slow/grass/long hence the slow time). Need to add some brick-sessions to my training I think!
Given the 10k programme I'm using, when do you think brick's might make sense? Any thoughts on a good format?
Planning very easy running until Thurs when (provided all is in order) I'll kick off with the 2k's. Would love to get a solid 5k in over the next months.
J
Preparation went really well into the race, with my paced runs and 6x1min all pegged at 3:24 pace and feeling comfortable last week. Also managed to get down to 77kg on the start line fully hydrated!
Unfortunately I made a silly mistake at the start and was standing on the pontoon zipping my wetsuit when the starter horn went off! Had to swim around/over 200 athletes to get to the front which wasn't much fun & unfortunately I couldn't catch the front guy. Managed to close him down on the bike but he pulled away at 5k on run. He's run sub 33mins this year, though, so I'll let him off
Anyway, very pleased with the finish place given the quality field and super pleased to be working towards the worlds in Sept. One thing I'd forgotten was how much 40k on the bike kills your legs. They were absolutely numb for the first 7k of run (which was very slow/grass/long hence the slow time). Need to add some brick-sessions to my training I think!
Given the 10k programme I'm using, when do you think brick's might make sense? Any thoughts on a good format?
Planning very easy running until Thurs when (provided all is in order) I'll kick off with the 2k's. Would love to get a solid 5k in over the next months.
J