Somehow managed to go a whole week without posting here…but rest assured that I have actually been training, so all still good.
The highlight of week 15 was my first Half Marathon…but I’ll get back to that, firstly, a breakdown:
Tuesday
1:30 swim around 3000m
Wednesday
1hr Track session, 4 X 1600m on around 7min 55sec. Not as difficult as I thought, I really enjoyed this run.
Thursday
Turbo, 1:25. Quite a tough set, consisting of ½ hour warm up, the 6 by 5 min hard, 2 min recovery, then a 20 min cool down. I have never done such a long turbo session, so really chuffed with myself. It hurt though. But also great knowing that I only have one more session to go.
Saturday
Lake Swim, 1hr 30 min. DISASTER the wetsuit is too BIG. I think I’ve just been kidding myself that the wetsuit was ok. Two mates saw me in it on Saturday and both said that it was way too big. I must admit it was taking on loads of water. 2XU, a new player in the wetsuit game, were at the lake, so I tested one of their suits, it was a much better fit. The thing is, I don’t really want to fork out £300 for a new suit, sooo I’ve sent my wetsuit off to Snugg, the people who made it, and am hoping they can make it smaller and get it back to me in time for the race. Worse case, if I don’t get it back in time, or if I do and it’s still too big, then I’m just going to borrow one. At the end of the day, my swim is strong enough to forfeit a minute or two on a bad fitting wetsuit.
Sunday
Run
Half marathon, 21km / 13 miles
2hr 2 min 8 sec!!!
Not a great time by any stretch of the imagination, but for my first half, I’m more then happy. I was hoping to come in under 2 hours, but it wasn’t to be.
The weather was pretty crap, started raining half way through and pretty much didn’t stop. Bronson was driving Leo to some friends to be baby sat, and managed to find me on the road between Kingston and Hampton Court, Leo peered out the window at me trying to figure out what his crazy mother was doing…very sweet.
I felt pretty tired by 10 miles, but knowing I only had 3 left was a real relief. Bronson met me on his mountain bike and rode with me for the last 3 miles. He kept asking me questions and trying to discuss what we should do with the garden…all I could think of was ‘keep breathing’ and ‘only 3 miles left’. If we were close to the Thames, I would have pushed him in!!!
But at least I know I can do the distance, and I have another PB to try and better.
I felt a bit stiff after the run, but not unbearable. So all good!
The highlight of week 15 was my first Half Marathon…but I’ll get back to that, firstly, a breakdown:
Tuesday
1:30 swim around 3000m
Wednesday
1hr Track session, 4 X 1600m on around 7min 55sec. Not as difficult as I thought, I really enjoyed this run.
Thursday
Turbo, 1:25. Quite a tough set, consisting of ½ hour warm up, the 6 by 5 min hard, 2 min recovery, then a 20 min cool down. I have never done such a long turbo session, so really chuffed with myself. It hurt though. But also great knowing that I only have one more session to go.
Saturday
Lake Swim, 1hr 30 min. DISASTER the wetsuit is too BIG. I think I’ve just been kidding myself that the wetsuit was ok. Two mates saw me in it on Saturday and both said that it was way too big. I must admit it was taking on loads of water. 2XU, a new player in the wetsuit game, were at the lake, so I tested one of their suits, it was a much better fit. The thing is, I don’t really want to fork out £300 for a new suit, sooo I’ve sent my wetsuit off to Snugg, the people who made it, and am hoping they can make it smaller and get it back to me in time for the race. Worse case, if I don’t get it back in time, or if I do and it’s still too big, then I’m just going to borrow one. At the end of the day, my swim is strong enough to forfeit a minute or two on a bad fitting wetsuit.
Sunday
Run
Half marathon, 21km / 13 miles
2hr 2 min 8 sec!!!
Not a great time by any stretch of the imagination, but for my first half, I’m more then happy. I was hoping to come in under 2 hours, but it wasn’t to be.
The weather was pretty crap, started raining half way through and pretty much didn’t stop. Bronson was driving Leo to some friends to be baby sat, and managed to find me on the road between Kingston and Hampton Court, Leo peered out the window at me trying to figure out what his crazy mother was doing…very sweet.
I felt pretty tired by 10 miles, but knowing I only had 3 left was a real relief. Bronson met me on his mountain bike and rode with me for the last 3 miles. He kept asking me questions and trying to discuss what we should do with the garden…all I could think of was ‘keep breathing’ and ‘only 3 miles left’. If we were close to the Thames, I would have pushed him in!!!
But at least I know I can do the distance, and I have another PB to try and better.
I felt a bit stiff after the run, but not unbearable. So all good!
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