A good week for week 6, but dropped the ball week 7 as the family headed to NZ for a weddings and week 8 has not started well with work bunting me around the country, now wednesday and have not had a chance to do one session this week, hopefully tomorrow. Then full day in adeliade on friday.
Week 6 the usual distances
Week 7: Run 41km plus a surf and dive
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Week 5
A light week with crazy weather so missed all my ride sessions due to various reasons and took a rest day yesterday as the boys were starting to drive the wife around the twist as they had been trapped inside all week.
The first twilight club tri was attempted on Friday night and it was an experience. We were all geared as the lightening and thunder hit the blue mountains. The organisers advised the rain should miss us as they had just checked on the web but they were wrong. They pull the plug on the swim due to OH&S and set us off on a 2.5km run, by the end of this the drizzle started. On the first lap of the bike the weather deteriorated further and by the end of the first lap it was heavy rain, paddles and flowing water, and i was expect to be waved in and the race cancelled. But no, we were waved through, down the back straight we had gusting cross winds and torrential rain. It was falling hard enough i could only just see and with a tail wind it was easy to get the bike up over 50km/hr which made everything interesting. When we turned into the wind and driving rain into the face it was blinding, quite a few had got off their bikes and were walking back to the start /finish. We were waved in and sent out on the run, at this stage there was water sheeting across the tracks and ankle deep puddles, i through off my shirt as it as it weighing around 8kgs and i could not move. Given the condidtions i was happy with the body performance.
Then the drive home in the rain, flooding at blaxland, and accident at the speed camera and no power at home. A fun night had by all.
Swim 8k, Run 20k, Paddle 8k, attempted club tri 2.5/10/5
The first twilight club tri was attempted on Friday night and it was an experience. We were all geared as the lightening and thunder hit the blue mountains. The organisers advised the rain should miss us as they had just checked on the web but they were wrong. They pull the plug on the swim due to OH&S and set us off on a 2.5km run, by the end of this the drizzle started. On the first lap of the bike the weather deteriorated further and by the end of the first lap it was heavy rain, paddles and flowing water, and i was expect to be waved in and the race cancelled. But no, we were waved through, down the back straight we had gusting cross winds and torrential rain. It was falling hard enough i could only just see and with a tail wind it was easy to get the bike up over 50km/hr which made everything interesting. When we turned into the wind and driving rain into the face it was blinding, quite a few had got off their bikes and were walking back to the start /finish. We were waved in and sent out on the run, at this stage there was water sheeting across the tracks and ankle deep puddles, i through off my shirt as it as it weighing around 8kgs and i could not move. Given the condidtions i was happy with the body performance.
Then the drive home in the rain, flooding at blaxland, and accident at the speed camera and no power at home. A fun night had by all.
Swim 8k, Run 20k, Paddle 8k, attempted club tri 2.5/10/5
Monday, February 1, 2010
Week 4
Solid week again and body is starting to feel good with old muscles starting to wake up agian especially in the pool and boat. Australia Day i clocked the longest run ever for these legs 25.5km, the bike the next day was tough but glad i did it to blow cobwebs out.
Swim 6.5k, Mtb 45k, Road 25km, Run 51.1, Kayak 12
92kg
Swim 6.5k, Mtb 45k, Road 25km, Run 51.1, Kayak 12
92kg
Monday, January 25, 2010
Week 3/ 13 to go
A light week with rest day monday after 2 days of racing last weekend. Ran well Tuesday morn with BMMC. But had a lack of sleep forced rest day thursday with childern misbehaving in the early hours of the morning over a few nights. Tried to get it back over the weekend but failed. Introduced a night Mtb friday night which was fantastic but it put me further into the lack of sleep basket. Strained shoulder swimming a last week, so no swim for me this week.
Swim 0, MTB 57, Ride 25, Run 20, Paddle 10
Swim 0, MTB 57, Ride 25, Run 20, Paddle 10
Monday, January 18, 2010
Week 2
Good Week : Run 20km, Mtb 15km, Swim 5.5km, Ride, 25km 2x races
Get the new kayak this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Get the new kayak this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Club Tri
The day started with my wife telling me i was stupid for doing two races back to back, but it was a good way to test the body. Given the body was stiff from yesterdays effort i was happy to sub 70mins which was the goal.
The strained shoulder held up for 3/4's of the swim then i had to back off, on the bike i felt strong for the first lap or so then started to cramp yes 25mins in cramp. Pushed on and was not looking forward to the run, 4 people passed before i had one shoe on as i used laces! but i did run 3 out of 4 down. Yes the running is improving thanks BMMC! a good benchmark to monitor progress ver the coming weeks.
68min05sec 750/20/5
The strained shoulder held up for 3/4's of the swim then i had to back off, on the bike i felt strong for the first lap or so then started to cramp yes 25mins in cramp. Pushed on and was not looking forward to the run, 4 people passed before i had one shoe on as i used laces! but i did run 3 out of 4 down. Yes the running is improving thanks BMMC! a good benchmark to monitor progress ver the coming weeks.
68min05sec 750/20/5
BMMC Keeps the trophy
After all the media hype over the week the mountains were alive, could the SUMMIT GEAR BIGFISH team maintain its 
hold on the Kathmandu sprint race in the Blue Mountains????
Myself and MH were as ready as we would ever be heading in well feed and watered.
The race commenced with a short rogaine around euroka clearing where we had to collect 5 out of 6 check points in any order, given MH's research midweek we pretty much knew where we were heading. We lead out of here under the 5mins.
Into the saddle and we had to climb our of Euroka up Bennets ridge up the oa
ks and down to red hand caves car park. In the climb up one team went past but at one of the check points near the top I could see & hear he had blown a lot of juice to catch us, and before we got to red hands cave we had them back.
A quick change of shoes and out on to the run, we started the run with 4 or 5 teams around us as they did not have to change shoes. we ran out hard to disappear out of site. We picked up 2 check points and started the climb back out of the creek, up the ridge to our bikes. A this point i was feeling strong but i could not say the same about MH, his legs were not firing. Therefore in the quick march up the steps we dropped the 4 spots before the transition back to our bikes.
Back on the two wheels beast and yet another climb, We had been going just over the hour and covered a 3km run, 10-12km bike and 6km run, so the pace was up. MH legs still did not want to fire so i had settled on trying to get us into 3rd given we could pass one team on the single track and one in the kayak. We pushed on and i gave
assistance to MH when i could, drafting or pushing.
We hit the single track and we let rip, MH's focus went from his legs to the track and pace came up, there goes one team flat tyre know in 4th, 2 cp's and across Ironbarks and down the ridge, we could see another. So we pushed like crazy mountain men. They beat us to the cp so it was going to coming down the pace. It would take my a few second to clip and by this stage MH was in front of both of them so i had all the work in front of me as i wanted to lead through the gate into Euroka to the next cp as i knew they would not pass us on the kayak. Passed one of on the inside and the other in the air over a water channel, but this left me with to much pace and i could not get it off, as i had to go through between 2 metal posts less than a metre apart, it was to lead to the next cp, i could not do any thing so i lined up the best i could and slid through sideways, i do not know how i missed. But we lead to the cp and up to the transition. (thanks to the BMMC cheers squad)
We asked how far in front the leaders were, the reply we got was 'you are it' t
o our surprise 2 teams were MIA. A quick 1 km run to the river and into the boats, at the turn of the kayak leg we could see we had a few hundred metres on them and in these boats this was alot. Marched up out of the river and 1 cp and trotted for home, cramps just starting to set in but we knew it was only a few more minutes.
Done 2hr 32min 1st Male, 1st Overall
hold on the Kathmandu sprint race in the Blue Mountains????Myself and MH were as ready as we would ever be heading in well feed and watered.
The race commenced with a short rogaine around euroka clearing where we had to collect 5 out of 6 check points in any order, given MH's research midweek we pretty much knew where we were heading. We lead out of here under the 5mins.
Into the saddle and we had to climb our of Euroka up Bennets ridge up the oa
ks and down to red hand caves car park. In the climb up one team went past but at one of the check points near the top I could see & hear he had blown a lot of juice to catch us, and before we got to red hands cave we had them back.A quick change of shoes and out on to the run, we started the run with 4 or 5 teams around us as they did not have to change shoes. we ran out hard to disappear out of site. We picked up 2 check points and started the climb back out of the creek, up the ridge to our bikes. A this point i was feeling strong but i could not say the same about MH, his legs were not firing. Therefore in the quick march up the steps we dropped the 4 spots before the transition back to our bikes.
Back on the two wheels beast and yet another climb, We had been going just over the hour and covered a 3km run, 10-12km bike and 6km run, so the pace was up. MH legs still did not want to fire so i had settled on trying to get us into 3rd given we could pass one team on the single track and one in the kayak. We pushed on and i gave
assistance to MH when i could, drafting or pushing.We hit the single track and we let rip, MH's focus went from his legs to the track and pace came up, there goes one team flat tyre know in 4th, 2 cp's and across Ironbarks and down the ridge, we could see another. So we pushed like crazy mountain men. They beat us to the cp so it was going to coming down the pace. It would take my a few second to clip and by this stage MH was in front of both of them so i had all the work in front of me as i wanted to lead through the gate into Euroka to the next cp as i knew they would not pass us on the kayak. Passed one of on the inside and the other in the air over a water channel, but this left me with to much pace and i could not get it off, as i had to go through between 2 metal posts less than a metre apart, it was to lead to the next cp, i could not do any thing so i lined up the best i could and slid through sideways, i do not know how i missed. But we lead to the cp and up to the transition. (thanks to the BMMC cheers squad)
We asked how far in front the leaders were, the reply we got was 'you are it' t
o our surprise 2 teams were MIA. A quick 1 km run to the river and into the boats, at the turn of the kayak leg we could see we had a few hundred metres on them and in these boats this was alot. Marched up out of the river and 1 cp and trotted for home, cramps just starting to set in but we knew it was only a few more minutes.Done 2hr 32min 1st Male, 1st Overall
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