Dambuster looming, weather forecast pants!

Well this weekend is the Dambuster triathlon and the weather forecast is looking pants as usual. Not feeling fired up for this event at the moment, Sags suggested we register, get the T Shirt, have a bacon and egg sandwich and go home! It's sounding like a plan at the moment.

On Friday I’d been emailing Sags for advice as I wanted to get a long bike/run session in but I was tired so needed a couple of rest days so didn't know what the best plan was. I would have struggled to fit it in Saturday as I had things to do and as I said I was tired from the weeks training I’d done. Sunday was a non starter as I was down in London all day at Wembley for the Capital FM Summertime Ball. I was getting a bit stressed about it as I felt I needed to do the long session, but I was struggling for time and was tired. Sags gave me the idea about taking Monday off instead thus giving me 2 rest days and no worries about time.

Plan in place Monday I was on leave and did the long bike/run brick I wanted to do. I had a lie in (8:15 which is a long lie in for me) got up and had breakfast with a large latte and about 10:30 had another large latte and prepped for the session. I took 2 x 750ml bottles of high 5 4:1 and 5 gels (1 of them was caffeine plus) with the plan of 1 gel every half hour. I laid out the shoes in the kitchen and 2 more gels for the run and set off. This was also my first ride on the new wheels, it was suitably windy which was a good chance to see how much more of a handful 80's can be over the 50's I was used to. Yes they do keep you busy! But they do feel fast. Anyway the bike went well and I arrived home on 2 hours 45 mins but could probably say the ride was more like 2 hours 35 - 2 hours 40 as I’d been delayed a couple of times at level crossings. I did a race style transition grabbed the gps and gels and went for the run. I was planning to do a minimum of 10 mile but a half marathon if I felt ok. I didn't feel ok, I felt great at 9 miles so went for the half marathon. Now here's the bit that made me happy,


I ran 1:21:47!!!!! My fastest half off the bike ever. Let’s just hope I can stay in one piece and not burn myself out before the Euro long distance champs in August but its looking good.